Nora

When I was in third grade, me, Ben, and my friend Aiden were on our way to Ben's house. We started talking about friends, and I asked Ben who his best friend was. I thought for sure he would say me, but he didn't.

"Nora, I have known her since before she was born," He said. I didn't even hear the second part. I was in third grade, and I thought I was Ben's best friend. But I wasn't. Boy was I mad. Some other girl was more important to Ben than me. Right then I decided I didn't like her.

As time passed, I saw Nora at school events. She didn't go to my school, and I never understood why she was there. One time at mustang madness, she came into the gym with a huge sumbraro on and said "It's my birthday," I waved, she left, and I thought she was about the weirdest person I had ever met.

In the summer before 6th grade, my mom told me Nora was coming to my school. I only knew three things about her.

1)She was weird

2)She was Ben's best friend, not me (I still didn't like her for that)

3)Her sister died of cancer.

When I heard about Nora's sister, I didn't even know what cancer was, but one thing I did know was, it must have been bad. When Nora came to my school, everyone knew about Carrie.

As the days went by in sixth grade, Nora and I became friends. One other thing I had learned about Nora was, she didn't like people having pity on her, and feeling sorry for her. Even though something unfortunate did happen, she didn't want attention from people, and people saying all the time "I'm so sorry,"

Nora and I became good friends, and we talked to each other about boys, friends, and other dumb stuff. But I never asked about Carrie, afraid I might sound rude of something.

As time passed, I learned things about Carrie, and relized, by Nora's description, how alike they seem. I never met Carrie, but I know that Nora loves her so much.

Nora is an awesome person, and I learned that even though her sister died, she didn't want to have any special treatment, or attention. I wrote this essay to say I guess, that even though I never met Carrie, Nora, you are so good at keeping her spirits alive, it does seem like I have met her. I hope you never change.