On the playground during recess and break. Break 1 being before class, and break 2 just shoved in their when the teacher feels like losing their head if they don’t get a moment off. Recess is just before lunch. Nothing special about that.

Day 1 of break 1: make a new friend. He’s has mutual friends with me, and invites me to play Minecraft with him during recess.

Day 1 of recess: Minecraft was fun. We tried to figure out what is the best way to capture the wither and keep it trapped. We eat lunch after and plan to make it a thing with us.

Day 1 of break 2: spend time with other friends. They don’t think my new friend is nice. He got a game banned from being played because he wasn’t good at it. It’s fine I guess.

Day 2 of break 1: I wear a sequin shirt to school today. It flips from silver and gold to a rainbow. New friend like flipping the sequins a lot.

Day 2 of recess: we play Minecraft again. We successfully found a way to keep the wither blocked. Trap it in open pistons.

Day 2 of break 2: new friend flips sequins on my shirt some more. Adding designs like flowers and smiley faces.

Day 3 of break 1: I wear another sequin shirt to school. A purple happy face to a blue sad one. New friend enjoys poking the sequins. I play the banned game in secret, just until class starts.

Day 3 of recess: eat with other friends. They’re cool and their food smells nice. I wonder where my bestie got her hat.

Day 3 of break 2: new friend doesn’t like that I still like hanging out with my old friends. He keeps trying to make a new intricate design on my shirt. I want him to stop, but he just keeps stroking his finger gracefully around the sequins.

Day 4 of recess: I had an ortho appointment today. I also don’t wear a sequin shirt. I didn’t want to get drool on a good shirt. New friend doesn’t like my shirt. He much prefers sequins.

Day 4 of break 2: we secretly play the banned game. As always, new friend loses. And not just the game. He yells loudly for being caught again and now the entire class is in trouble. Everyone but him. And me, he said I did nothing wrong and I didn’t have to suffer the punishment.

Day 5 of break 1: There’s no more intricate designs. He has moved on to handprints. I find them to be quite high, but I don’t tell him that. What if I get in trouble?

Day 5 of recess: Minecraft. Make the golems. In the cage. Place the wither. Beat the wither. Repeat.

Day 5 of break 2: the PE teacher asks for me and new friends help putting away the cones in the shed. As I put them down, the door closes and we are trapped in darkness. I am not an oblivious child, but I wish I had seen this coming. We are in 6th grade.