I think there is no class at any school without at least 1 fat pupil. When I was a schoolgirl we had 3 fatties in our class. It would have been normal if they had been friends. However they were enemies and even somekind of rivals: every day each of them did her best to look as thin as possible, though they were approximately of the same weight. Their names were Kate, Julia and Ann. These girls didn't have real friends in our class and were often made fun of. One of them, Kate by name, considered me to be her friend and always said all her secrets to me. I didn't object and kept our talks in secret. But I can't say she was my friend, just because of the difference in our charecters.

I also think that there is no class without a "cool guy" or "the first guy" as they say. We had one of those too. His name was Max. He was a tall, handsome, funny boy. Almost all the girls from our class (and other classes) had a crush on him. That's why all other boys tried to make friends with him to be closer to the girls. His jokes were always successful, his clothes were always fashionable, he smelt very sexy and it was impossible not to notice him even in a crowd. As a rule such "stars" are self-confident, impudent and dimwits. So was our Max.

As I've said many girls had a crush on Max including our 3 fatties. But Kate... Kate was hopelessly in love with him! It could be seen from her behaviour (when he was somewhere near her), her eyes (when she was looking at him)... And what did Max do? He didn't miss a chance to make fun of her though he knew she loved him.

Each time when Kate came into the class Max shouted something like: "My Goodness! It's a bomb! It's gonna blow up! Lie down!" And we all loughed and hid our heads under the desks. And when, by some chance, she came in together with Julia and Ann, Max made large frightened eyes and said: "Here it is -- World War 3..." or something like that.

Kate sat down at the last desk and cried quietly so that nobody could see that. Certainly, some of us were sorry for her, Ann and Julia but no one wanted to spoil relations with Max (now I understand how stupid we were!).

So, Max changed pretty slim girls one after the other; at the same time Kate loved him so much that she began......losing weight! In September she still was a fatty, In January she was just chubby and in May she became already rather a thin girl. However, she told nobody how she managed to do that, even not to me. Ann and Julia almost hated her for that but could do nothing.

Kate appeared to be a very pretty girl. She used make-up now and wore fashionable clothes. Every day more and more guys paid attention to her and I noticed Kate was happy.

Max couldn't make a fool of her because she wasn't "a bomb" any more. And you know what--he began to fall in love with her! Finally Kate's dream came true! But it happened too late. Kate understood that Max was just a stupid, frivolous skirt-chaser and she declared that to him in public. The result was shocking -- Max blushed and couldn't say a word (perhaps it was the first time when he was made fun of)! Moreover, everybody began laughing at him! I'm sure he still remembers such a shame!

Max was not "the first guy" since that time and nobody was -- we were already grown up for such stupidity. Kate found her real love and now she is his wife. She is a fatty again but still happy because he loves her the way she is.

AM.