His name is Chris.
I first met Chris in the 7th grade. We didn’t really talk, I only knew him since he was dating a friend of a friend. At the time Chris was chubby, short, had braces, and terrible acne. Doesn’t sound too appealing now does it? I didn’t start talking to Chris until the summer that we were entering 9th grade. I had just made a new screen name on AOL instant messenger when his odd screen name popped into my head. I added him to my buddy list then as soon as I clicked OK I heard the little door opening sound. He was online.
I was feeling a bit confident that night so I decided to message him. He didn’t quite remember me at first but we still talked and it was for a few hours.
He was funny, and we shared a lot of the same interests. That summer we would talk more and more each day. Then my computer crashed. I had lost all contact with Chris, I was dumb and didn’t even ask for a phone number. I had to go the rest of my summer wondering what Chris was up to, or if he was wondering why I hadn’t talked to him in such a long time. I was really bummed. But finally the first day of 9th grade. All of my classes were a blur and I had completely forgotten about Chris.
Period 8/9 came around I had gym. (We had to report to the Health Room instead or the Gym.) I walked in just wanting to get the day over with now, grabbed a seat in the back and waited for the teacher. I watched the doorway as kids came in and sat down by themselves or greeted friends in that class.
My friend Tim walked in with someone behind him. I couldn’t tell who it was right away so I just looked away. Our teacher walked in and started calling names for attendance. “Chris Harlot?” “Here.” said a deep voice. “Chris Harlot” I said to myself. Wait a minute, that’s Chris? I leaned forward and looked to my right, Chris looked back at me and smiled. Chris no longer had his braces, or his terrible acne or his short hair that was flipped up in the front and loaded with gel, and he certainly was not chubby and short anymore. I froze as looked at the new and much improved Chris Harlot. He was not the boy I remembered.
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