Chapter One

"Addy time for lunch!" Mom called. "Coming!" I called back. I ran down the stairs. "Yay it was pizza for lunch my fav" I thought.  After lunch I ran outside to play with the neighborhood kids. We played Kickball. The red team won! But sadly I wasn't on that team. We played till dinner. Before bed I picked my clothes. I brushed my teeth before I went to bed. I smiled at the picture of my BFF and me, it always made me think of all the wonderful things I have.

I walked to school with my BFF Samantha. "How was your weekend?" Samantha asked. "Great!" I said. "Mine was great too!" Samantha said. "Great minds think alike." I joked.  Samantha looked totally serious. The bell rang. Samantha and I were in different classes.  After school I decided to do homework. After homework I was so bored. Later one of my neighbors Ximena tapped on my door. "Ximena coming!" I yelled. I ran out the door. "Hi Addy." Ximena said. "Hi Ximena." I said. Ximena was a great friend. "Earth to Addy." Ximena said. "Yah what is it?" I said. "Addy do you ever get bored sitting with Samantha?" Ximena asked. 

 OMG did she just say do you ever get bored with Samantha. "No way!" I said. Ximena looked sort of sad. "Oh what is it Ximena?" I said. "Addy I have to go." Ximena said. Ximena hurried away. "Had I just upset Ximena?" I thought. The next day, I told Samantha what had happened. But I left out the part about Samantha. When I got home there was note from Ximena.

Dear Addy,

Meet me at the courtyard at three

OMG it was almost three! I rushed to the courtyard. "Addy!" Ximena said all seriously. "Ximena, why do you look so serious?" I said.

"Addy please I don't want to share." Ximena said. "Fine!" I said. "Addy stop. Whatever. I'm just mad because of you and Samantha. All you care about is you and Samantha. All you want is for me to move away!" Ximena shouted. "Yah right!" I shouted back. "Fine!" Ximena yelled. "You know what Ximena? You're a meanie!" I yelled. I couldn't help myself. Ximena started crying. I didn't care if I was being mean. The next day I found Samantha. "Samantha!" I yelled. "Addy!" Samantha called back. "Samantha, meet at recess?" I asked. "You know the drill." Samantha said.  At recess Samantha found me so quickly.

"Samantha, do you ever feel like someone is always nice but then one day they become a meanie?" I asked. "No way!" Samantha said. "Well it's funny you say that..." I said. "What do you mean?" Samantha asked. "Ximena just did that." I said. "Ximena? No way." Samantha said. At lunch, Samantha and I bumped into Ximena. "Ximena is such a pest." I whispered to Samantha. "I know! Ximena can be so mean, she is the school bully." Samantha whispered back. "School bully, school bully." I chanted back. Ximena started crying. I pretended to not hear. "She's so lame, her name starts with a X." I said.

I didn't care if I was being mean and I bet Samantha didn't care too. OMG, when I got back to class Ms. Wu said "There is a new girl." Her name was Corinne. Then Corinne showed a piece of paper with facts about herself.

Age: 8

Favorite color: Pink

Hometown: Maple Valley

Wow! She had neat handwriting. After school, I realized that my cousin Sadie had sent a photo.

                             Chapter Two

Oh how I wished to live near the beach. But then I heard the craziest thing ever! 

Willow: Ximena, I'm sure Addy didn't mean it.

Ximena: I'm sure she did.

What are they talking about? "Ximena is the one who's being mean." I thought. The next day at school I met Samantha by the flowers. I told Samantha what I had heard last night.

"No way!" Samantha said. "I know, right! Ximena is the one being mean." I said.  But then, Ximena passed by. "Ximena is so selfish." I said. "I know." Samantha said. Then Ximena started crying. "Crybaby, crybaby!" I said. Then I saw that Corinne was handing out birthday invitations. I got one! Sadly Samantha didn't. 

You are invited to Corinne's birthday party!

When: December 23 

Where: Corinne's house 

Hope to see you there! 

-Corinne

But it turns out that Samantha actually got one - it was in her cubby. The night before Corinne's birthday, I looked for something to wear until I found just the thing. Then my older sister Melinda came in. "Hey Addy what ya got there?" Melinda asked. Melinda was always in my business. Unlike Nicki, my other sister. "Ugh. Sisters they are always in my way." I thought. "Earth to Addy!" Nicki said. "Yah what?" I asked. "Do you ever get bored walking to school with Samantha? You know you could walk with me?" Nicki asked. "OMG, no way." I said.

Nicki looked kind of sad. "Oh Nicki, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings." I said "Oh that." she giggled. "What's so funny?" I asked. "That it's just I have homework to do." Nicki said. So I headed out the door to Corinne's birthday. At the the party, Corinne was wearing a party dress. "Wow." gushed Samantha. "I dress better." I boasted. "Do not." Samantha said. "I do." I boasted again. "I don't think so." Samantha said. "Yah well Samantha, I thought you were my BFF, but I guess I was wrong."  I said. "Well, bye." said Samantha. She went to Corinne. The next day, I saw Samantha and Corinne together. "Addy thinks she is so great." 

I heard Samantha whisper to Corinne. "She brags so much, she even ruined my birthday party." Corinne whispered back to Samantha. I was gonna cry any minute. But I didn't, because it made me think that they were gonna call me crybaby. At lunch I accidentally (I really did this on purpose because I was mad at Samantha) spilled milk onto Samantha's brand new pants. "It was an accident." I lied. "It's okay Addy." Samantha said. "Maybe just maybe Samantha was still my BFF" I thought. Just as I was enjoying the happy thought, sure enough Samantha said something mean. I didn't catch it. "What did you say?" Corinne asked.

"I said that Addy is the school bully. She even made Ximena cry." Samantha repeated for Corinne, even though I caught it. As Ximena walked by, I started thinking about all the mean things I had done. During recess I made a list of what I had done.

Mean things I did to Ximena

1. Said she was a meanie

2. Said mean things about her

3. Made her cry

4. Made our friendship end

5. Called her crybaby

It was time to make things right. That night I wrote a note in my best handwriting.

Dear Ximena,

I'm sorry 

I started. but it didn't sound right.

Dear Ximena,

I am not sorry you have the lamest name in the world, no kids are gonna wanna be your friend

-Addy

I know I shouldn't write something so lame, but that's what I wrote.

The next day I left the note on Ximena's desk.

Across the room Ximena sent me a frown.  Then a slip landed on my desk.  I opened it.

dear School bully,

you are so lame you can go move nobody wants you here MOVE NOW

-Miss Wu's class

I decided to pass it on. It landed straight on Ximena's desk. She started crying. I sent Samantha a new note.

Dear Samantha,

I am so sorry. Can we still be friends? I know I have not been very nice. Please still respect me. I get it if you want Corinne to be your new BFF, but I would love it if you were still my BFF even if you want me to be your 2BFF 

-Yours truly ,hopeful and EXBFF hoping to be NEWBFF Addy.

So at recess I left the note on Samantha's desk.

When I came back in from recess there was a note from Samantha!

Dear Addy,

I know that you are really sorry but to be my BFF you have to complete 3 tasks. The tasks are below.

-Yours, Samantha

1. Be nice to Corinne and become her friend

2. Write lots of kind notes to all the kids in our class AND BOYS - ADDY PAY ATTEINTON TO THIS ONE

3. Become friends with Ximena again

Wow these tasks were sure hard. But first I had to ask Samantha a few things. "Samantha, can I just say kind things?" I asked. "Sure!" Samantha said. "Oh and do they have to be done in order?" I asked. "Nope!" Samantha said.

               Chapter Three

As I walked by Corinne, I thought of what Samantha had said. "Hey Corinne nice boots." I said. "Oh these? They're nothing." Corinne said. "Hey Corinne." I said. "Yah what is it?" Corinne asked. "Could we be friends?" I asked. "Sure!" Corinne said. Yes! One task complete. That night I made a new note for Ximena.

Dear Ximena, 

I'm really sorry for all the mean things I said. Please forgive me with a cherry on top. This thing will make me get my BFF back.

-Yours sorry, Addy

The next day I left the note on Ximena's desk. Across the room Samantha sent me a smile. Across the other side of the room Ximena sent me a frown. "What's wrong with her?" I thought. Ah ha!
 She needed it in Spanish. So that's what I'll do.