Hey guys. (If you have not seen @CaptainC0der 's recent project, look at that before this.) Life has not been great. I'm sure life has not been great for all of us, but let's talk about me. You can go rant in the comments. To sum up everything in a nutshell, two of my friends are dating each other. I would have added more, but let's not make this personal. Anyways, on Friday there was this event in my grade that removed more than half of the students from my grade for that day. It was pretty empty, and pretty easy. After my lunch at school, we have around 10 minutes of just doing stuff outside. I was having fun with my brother and the one friend I had, while the other friend was at the event. Let's call the friend I was with Friend 1. Friend 1 had this soccer ball, and I made the stupid decision to take the ball from him. So I guess I am guilty if you look at it in different ways. I started to get pursued by Friend 1, and because he is faster than me, he caught up to me. He then took the initiative to strangle me and threaten to harm me after he let me go. Then someone got the ball again, gave it to me, and I started passing it back and forth with my brother. After a bit of Friend 1 playing with a frisbee with other people, he slowly began to approach me in a way that made me nervous. He asked for the ball back, but then started full sprinting to me. I, in instinct, run away in full speed. I knew I wouldn't be able to outspeed him, so I circle around and run towards another friend (Friend 3) who would help me incase anything went down. Something went down. Friend 1 grabbed me and started strangling me again while trying to slap the ball out of my arms. I was unable to let go. Friend 1 started cursing at me and threatening me again until Friend 3 noticed and broke up the incident. I, hurt, walk away to avoid escalating the situation and to avoid getting hurt again. Friend 1 is a completely different person when his girlfriend isn't around to contain his "impulsive reactions." After school, Friend 1 sent me a blank apology to win back the heart of Friend 2, who found out earlier thanks to my brother. I am afraid, I don't know what to do, but I know I am not alone. I want to avoid Friend 1, but it feels like he's following me and watching me. I am sorry that you had to read this, but I just thought you should know that friends can always change into unknown people in a matter of seconds if conditions are met. I am somewhat ok, so don't go asking that in the comments.
I did not mention names in order to protect the privacy of the people involved. But y'all know who my brother is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo yeah. Respect your friends boundaries, don't go in their way for attention, but keep an eye out for incase they need you.
