Protagonist/Antagonist Short Story

WHAM!  The ball landed right in the corner of Tommy’s square and continued flying out into the field.  He chased after the ball.  “Nice hit, Adam,” exclaimed Susie, “ I guess that makes you the new king now!”  Tommy returned with the ball and tossed it to Adam. 

Adam whacked the ball right at Eric’s square.  “SUSIE!  You gotta hear this!” Susie turned to see who was yelling her name. As she turned to see Tina waving her arms frantically, the ball smacked Susie right in the face.  All of the boys cringed, embarrassed for Susie.  Eric apologized to Susie over five times.

“It’s okay.  It didn’t even hurt,” Susie could feel her skin burning where the ball had hit her; she rubbed her face and glared at Tina.  Tina sputtered, “A group of girls have been talking about your sleepover tonight.”  Susie waited for Tina to finish.  “Well…it seems that…nobody wants to… go anymore.”

“What?” Susie stepped away from the game, her cheeks going red now for a different reason.  “I’ll be right back guys.  You can play without me.”  She turned back to Tina, “I just talked to them earlier today and they said they were coming over.  Is this a joke? Because it’s not a very funny one.”

“Sorry Susie.  It’s not a joke.  It’s Sandra.”
            “Why would Sandra care about my sleepover?”

“Do you remember when you passed out the invites last week?  You didn’t invite Sandra to the party, remember?”

“Why would I invite Sandra?  She doesn’t even like me.  She never talks to me unless she is telling me how ugly my outfit is or bragging about something new that her dad bought for her.”

“I know…but I guess she is having a sleepover tonight too…and all of the girls want to go because Sandra’s parents bought us all tickets to go to the concert…and there’s a limo ride!”

“This is so unfair! Just because I didn’t invite her, she doesn’t have to go ruining all of my plans!  Wait…You’re still coming to my sleepover tonight, right?”  Susie looked Tina straight in the eye.

“I hope you won’t be mad at me, Susie.  But I told Sandra I would go.”

Susie fixed her eyes on a pebble laying on the ground.

“Please promise me you won’t be mad!” Tina pleaded, putting her hand on Susie’s shoulder.

Susie shook Tina’s hand off and didn’t look up.

“I will text you on Saturday though, okay?”  Tina quickly turned and headed back to the swings.

Whatever, Susie thought to herself.  The last thing Susie was going to do was let Sandra get to her.  Maybe she could just hang out with Adam, Tommy, and Eric instead.

Susie turned around and instantly clenched her fists at what she saw:  Sandra was in her square, playing with all of her friends! 

Sandra looked at Susie and narrowed her eyes.  She flipped her hair and giggled as she turned back to the game.  “I’m so glad I could come and play with you guys...You looked so bored earlier.”

Susie slumped over to the monkey bars as a single tear rolled down her cheek.