Miss Independent
by Rain Lownes
(Antioch,IL, USA)
You know the song "Miss Independent" by Kelly Clarkson? Yeah, well that was me. I've never let a guy in, I never wanted to become dependent on someone and then just let them hurt me.
Well, that didn't go so well. See, on the first day of school this new student showed up. He had everything I liked, he was blonde, had freckles, was nice, and had an awesome sense of humor. He was going to take me to the first school dance (we only have two.) but he then decided to take another girl without telling me.
You know how sometimes people say a dance isn't complete without a girl crying in the bathroom? Yeah, that was me. Then I wouldn't speak to him for a month, even though I so] wanted to!
Eventually I forgave him and he was supposed to take me to the last school dance. Then he told me he didn't want to take me anymore the next day! So I've realized since then that I'm in love with him. When I hear him talk, see him, or even think about him it hurts but gives me a rush of excitement. It's been six months,and I still can't stop thinking about him.
I had a new boyfriend, but I broke up with him because it wasn't fair to him if I dated him while I was in love with someone else. I have to go back to school soon, and I don't know how to face him without crying. Would it have been better for me to stay Miss Independent? Tell me what you think!