My Introvert Days

Memories: Part I

Patrick was in hysterics, and even though I asked 

"What did he say to make you burst out this much?"

"You know....he...him...he...he said...bwaahahaha...!",replied Patrick.

As if I would understand from what he said. So I asked Harry personally what his joke was. He took me to a side of the bus and started whispering 

"I wrote an ABCD joke...mhmmhehehehe." 

He actually giggled as he said "ABCD joke", but it's not news for me. Harry always laughs at his own jokes before others get his joke, so I always figured he'll never be a comedian.

I wanted to flee from there as soon as possible before I went mad. So I looked at him and remarked.

"hahahahaha funny......I'm going now!" 

And tried to leave as I said that but he caught my Bag's strap.

"Wait! where are you going? I still didn't tell you the joke." said Harry while trying to hold in his giggles.

He again took me to one side and started whispering the joke. At first he went 

"A for Apple...hmmhehe." 

In my mind I wanted to pound him with my fist but after the "A" he went fast without giggling in the middle. 

"B for Bapple, C for Capple, D for Dapple, E for Eapple, F for Fapple.........Z for Zapple."

Well I did laugh at how stupid the joke was and if Nasir was here he would have teased Harry to death.

Harry here is a friend I've known since 4th grade.Harry joined our school ,Cameron High School in 4th grade. He joined midway of 4th grade and when the teacher asked 

"who wants to sit with the new student?"

obviously no one wanted to as the friends circle was already formed. My bro Greg was in the corner with Steve. During 4th grade I had only had two friends, My bro and Steve. 

Some even said, "He smells weird." I felt that was harsh but Harry was in his own world with a smile on his face so he didn't hear that.

I happened to be the only guy sitting alone in the front row so him being my partner was inevitable. The teacher then asked me to keep him company as he was new to this school and ended her request with 

"Also, please help him make friends." 

She asked me, the guy who sits quiet in the front row with only two friends in class so far, to help him make friends. 

I didn't even know how to approach him. He sat down and stared at the board during the entire class. It went like that for the second class also. The bell for the Morning break rang. The teacher left the class, the corridors which were silent during classes were now echoing with the voice of students who got out of the classrooms. 

As I put the books back in my bag I heard a chuckle. I turned back and saw no one. When I looked to my side I saw Harry with a big grin on his face. I was curious so I asked him what had happened. 

"Today I was so scared you know, new school and no friends but now I feel calm as I've come to like it here...hehehe" replied Harry.

I was breaking my head thinking what was funny in what he said as he had giggled again. 

He then thanked me for being his first friend, so I let it slide and now I had three friends in total. I introduced him to my bro and Steve later that day.

His character is very much the same as before but he beat me in height. In 4th we were of the same height. But in 6th he suddenly grew and became the tallest in class. Six years have passed and Harry has been in the same class as me since 4th. 

I wanted to leave as my bus is stopped behind the school and the driver might just leave me behind if I didn't arrive so I rushed to my bus after bidding both of them goodbyes. 

Just before I reached my bus I saw miss Ava and the PE sir lecturing two students. When I went for a closer look I found that one had asked the other to bring their cellphone to school today and were caught using it in the back seat of the bus by the PE sir who does round checks in random buses. 

Today seemed to be their unlucky day as Ava Miss was also nearby when the sir started Questioning them.

Miss Ava was my 5th Grade class teacher who was also an English teacher. She once pinched my ears when I said "Thanks you Ma'am" as I was leaving the class. 

She comes #2 in the list of strict teachers after Sophia Ma'am. Whenever one person does a mischief and blames it on the other by saying that he asked him to do so, she always says one line

"If he asks you to jump out of the window will you jump." 

After hearing this they just accepted their faults and faced the consequences.

Even I had to hear this line from her in 5th grade all because of Adrian(He was a classmate whom I met in 5th grade, He later left school after 5th). 

During the English class one day........

To be continued in Memories: Part II