Sing it!

Hey Yinz!

So, I just got back from a chorus meeting. It was a test grade, yada, yada.

When I got there, we had to meet in between two trailers and line up with our group (Alto, Second Soprano, First Soprano). I am a first soprano, so I lined up along with my group.

There has always been this one girl, *Lily (*name changed), who has always been strangely negative towards me and other people sometimes, but is a sophomore loved by a lot of the other chorus members, and tons of people think she's so cute. I never really thought much of her snappiness and putting people down.

One time, when the girl next to her lent me a pair of scissors, and when I was done with them, I offered them back, because I thought they belonged to her.

"Really? Pass them to the front! Is it that hard to pass scissors?" Lily exclaimed.

I always brushed off the things that she said.

They were stupid; she was stupid.

She even randomly went off insulting people and muttering remarks about them behind their backs. I just let it go. Sadly, I have no choice but to sit in front of her, since she is in my vocal group, and we all have assigned seats.

Tonight, we all lined up, and I kept bending down, because that's one of my tics.

The girl next to me said, "Why are you doing that?"

"Tourettes," I replied quickly.

Lily caught my attention, then twitched her head violently, and exclaimed, "Sh**! That's cool!" She laughed and went on, "Oh, sorry, I had to do that."

It wasn't a sincere sorry, just a joking around type of sorry... 

But, I know she doesn't understand. Goodness, how many times do I say that on here? Tons.

I've always thought about moments with mean girls in high school when I was younger; what I would say... what I would do... but, right then and there, in the moment, I was highly offended, yet had nothing to say.

People started asking, "Is that true?", "Do you have Tourettes?", "You have Tourettes?", "Really?"

I just nodded.

"So, do you cuss and slap people?" an upperclassman asked.

"No," I replied.

Tears were brimming in my eyes because of what Lily had said. I was surprised, since I hadn't been feeling any extreme emotions from her ignorant comment.

Strong, Emma, I thought, Just keep strong. You are strong.

I didn't let one tear leave their ducts. Strong, strong, strong. Just. Keep. Strong.

The rest of the night was alright, even though I got a bit anxious during the meeting, but it was all fine.

By the way, I just turned 14 on the first of September.(:

Brush it off, she's not worth it, move on.

Stand up for yourself, don't let them walk over you.

Remember, Just. Keep. Strong.

Love,

Emma<3