My Challenging Decision

by Luis

A decision that was incredibly challenging for me was one time in my life in the seventh grade. I had class with my friend and he was playing Clash of Clans during class and he was sagging his pants and had a knife on him. 

It was visible on his pocket and once my teacher caught him using his phone, she not just saw his phone, she also saw the knife and he immediately panicked and went to the school phone to call the principal. My friend told me to hold onto the knife, so he wouldn’t get caught. I was second thinking about it but still ended up doing it because he was my friend. 

The bell rang, and I immediately left class. Ten minutes later, the principal came up to me and told me to give him the knife. I had no other choice and I soon realized that my friend, the one who handed me the knife had snitched on me. 

That’s when I realized I messed up and shouldn’t have taken the knife. I ended up getting suspended for two days and almost expelled. I since learned my lesson and kept my distance from him.