I Never Had A Real Friend Like Me

hi I'm Edith from Ohio yeah I know I sound like an 80 year old woman my dad was very close to his great grandmother and he insisted that his first child would be named after her unfortunately that's me also as you can see I'm in a wheelchair I had a spinal injury when I was little and I don't even remember what it's like to walk so if you want to feel bad for me it should only be because of my name before I continue please like And subscribe after me came my sisters Luisa Isabelle and Celine their names are pretty because Mom chose them we lived in a kind of horror household in a small town with parents who were galaxies apart my dad was a neuroscientist who lived in our basement he was convinced he was on to some groundbreaking research that would win him the Nobel Prize but every year his research got rejected it had almost become a metaphor in our town it'll rain today I'm sure of it sure is Mr arnstein getting rejected again ugh my son has failed to 10th grade again he's really pulling in Mr Ornstein on us those comments made me so mad no one was as smart or hard working as my dad mom on the other hand was pretty and vain she never met a reflective surface she didn't like all she'd ever wanted was a fancy life so she reminded dad of his failures every day when I met you you made me believe you were a freaking Einstein I thought we'd be rich by now can't you discover gravity or something already like really how hard is it I might figure out all the mysteries of the universe before I understand why I asked you to marry me oh I was such a fool the day I said yes not much has changed since Mom unhappily ran a small flower shop to make ends meet as the eldest I wanted to make things easier for both my parents I was a model student and I tried helping out at home by making my sisters responsible it worked when they were younger but they were growing up to be useless especially my second sister Louisa who was a lot like Mom she was pretty but apparently her nose wasn't Rich looking enough what does that even mean girl I've got this flat button nose and rich people have cute upturned noses ah okay gotcha they look like they can smell cow dung all the time exactly she would sleep with a clothes pin on her nose hoping it would turn upwards she'd also poke her cheek with a pencil while doing her homework thinking if she did that every day she might get a cute dimple such a the other two weren't much better Isabelle wanted to be a dancer and I've never met anyone so uncoordinated Celine was also super untalented but she kept trying new things all the time hoping to find her a true calling soon no one prayed harder than me that it would be really soon luckily I'd inherited dad's brains and in the 11th grade I got a scholarship into a private school that would open up great opportunities for college you've always been my favorite for a reason darling I know you'll do amazing things one day I know you will too Dad I was really excited to start school until disaster struck and my crazy family was to blame entirely for it a week before my mom came home really excited one day because she'd received a huge order for flowers at a rich client's house and the minute my sisters heard that they were dying to go with Mom to help her dad was out of town and I just settled in for a peaceful evening by myself when I got a frantic call from Isabel Edith I'm at the police station mom and Louisa are going to jail what what do you mean they're going to jail Luisa stole a necklace from the rich ladies room and got caught mom begged and cried but the lady called the police please you have to go talk to her Luisa was such a pain Isabelle sent me the ladies location pin and I took the bus to this massive Mansion I was asked to wait in the main hall I just couldn't resist taking a spin on the marble floors but suddenly I lost control of my wheelchair and went crashing into the center table which sent a huge Fishbowl to the ground which made the servants running in slip on the water and land on their butts oopsie Daisy soon I was in the library facing the snooty owner and her carbon copy smooth daughter who are you and what are you doing in my house again so sorry for the damage I'd love to repay you but my parents are poor so I can't speaking of parents um actually my mom is the flower lady who came here today and the girl who took something from you is my um sister what you're related to those thieves Luisa is mentally unstable I swear and some days she just refuses to take her meds please please don't send them to jail what will I do without my mom given my condition this is very distressing and the doctors have told me stress is really bad for me the lady didn't look happy but she called the police station and asked for Mom and Louisa to be released I thank them profusely and just as I was leaving I ran into a school bag lying on the floor knocking over its contents do you even know how to use that thing you should take driving classes or something I apologized and left but I was horrified this girl was going to the same school I'd just gotten into how has my life suddenly become so so complicated oh I'll tell you it's because Miss kleptomaniac here decided to steal and I had to save her greedy butt and now I have to go to school with this snooty girl who thinks I'm from a family of Thieves oh what a great start Edith are you done with this useless family meeting Louisa and I have had a very tough day and we need our beauty sleep maybe the girl will remember who you are fingers crossed yeah right in fact as luck would have it that girl and I were in the same class her name was Haley and the minute she saw me her face went from shock to a wide grin uh-oh and soon Haley became my arch nemesis apparently she was the smartest kid in class till I turned up she was also beautiful and wealthy and she was dating the star basketball player Cody and Cody was fine but Haley still didn't like being knocked off the number one student spot how about we make a deal Edith you can act a little less smart in class and I won't tell everyone how we really know each other I won't be doing that thanks I can make your life miserable you know you really want to make the wheelchair girls life miserable how would it make you look if I started telling people you're bullying me it'll tank your popularity and you might even get suspended or worse and Haley knew I was right we just never got along and continued to compete in class I always got the highest marks in subjects like math and physics but she beat me in history and literature she knew she couldn't openly bother me but she tried in sneakier ways like one morning when I wheeled into literature class our teacher Miss Agatha was looking Furious and everyone was staring at me and that's when I saw the chalkboard on the lower half it said Miss Agatha should change her name because she is not cool like Agatha Christie in fact she is dull and ugly and stupid I think she was a toad in another life she is it went on and on and the lovely cursive handwriting was unmistakably mine okay I know what this looks like but I really didn't do this detention for a week this hell Ellie was good she'd copied my handwriting to Perfection I didn't take her pranks sitting down though well I'm always sitting down but you know what I mean I just had a lot of accidents around her oops sorry lost control that jacket looks new huh sorry sorry I just didn't see your toes you have really tiny feet Haley then one day our principal came to class to tell us about a Statewide competition for which one student would be chosen from the school and all interested candidates had to sit for a test also I should add that the winner of the competition will get a full scholarship to any University of their choice this was a chance to make all my dreams come true I spent countless hours studying for the test I knew Haley Was preparing for it too even though she didn't need a scholarship it was just an attempt to beat me the test was tough but I did my best and guess what it was good enough I managed to come out on top and I was over the moon but there was one problem the competition required a big entry fee and I had to travel to another town and cover those offenses too I wanted to ask my parents for help but that evening I heard a huge fight between them over money and I just couldn't I wasn't giving up though not after coming this far so I decided to sell tacos in the school cafeteria because seriously I make the world's best tacos I could cover the cost of ingredients and I just needed to sell enough for two weeks to collect the amount I needed I set up a little taco Corner in the cafeteria and they were an instant hit my tacos were selling like hotcakes till the awful lunch ladies in the cafeteria reported me to the principal and I was informed that I couldn't sell food on school premises so the next day as soon as school ended I was ready with my taco stall right outside the school gate technically not on school premises so no one could say anything to me even some friends joined me in selling them and the first few days things were going great but suddenly things started going very wrong students started getting sick in school with similar symptoms and parents poured in with complaints the principal launched an investigation and it wasn't long before they they discovered the problem my tacos I was suspended for two weeks but worse than that Haley was chosen for the competition instead and I was devastated I didn't even tell anyone at home I was suspended they all thought I had spring break but three days later the most unlikely thing happened Cody Haley's boyfriend came to visit me at home um hello I'm Cody from school I came to see if you were doing okay oh wow you're welcome but you too what can I come in or are you busy no no I'm not busy I mean yes I am busy actually there's an avocado that's going bad and I need to make some guacamole but it can wait a bit longer not too long though what was I even saying in that afternoon Cody told me that Haley had sabotaged my taco business she'd mention something about bringing you down and I thought she was kidding she got someone to mix something into your food which made everyone sick I am so sorry I couldn't believe that someone could be so heartless and there was nothing I could even do about it and I just started to to cry there will be other chances Edith and I can't believe you started a business and made that much money you're really cool and brave after that Cody started visiting regularly during my suspension and we'd have fun and joke around he really made me feel seen and we could talk about anything do you feel people act weird around you sometimes yeah most people get so awkward when they see a wheelchair like they don't know if they need to express sympathy or if they should just ignore it completely but really I'm fine and I just want people to act normal do you wish you could walk someday more than anything in the world I dream about it all the time Cody pressed my hand and smiled warmly and my heart fluttered and when I went back inside my stupid sisters were waiting for me with huge grins you like him you wanna hug him you wanna kiss him you wanna shut up Luisa he's just a friend you may be book smart but you don't know the first thing about boys he's not coming over every day because he likes you as a friend and if you're not interested dating him I can I mean it would be a crime to let this Rich yummy boy go shut up Louisa he's mine when my suspension ended I was back to school ready to work hard again actually I was looking forward to seeing Cody more than anything but to my disappointment I found him right next to Haley I gave him a small wave and he just looked away well I guess things were back to normal Cody had just felt bad for me and he tried to make me feel better he was still gonna choose Haley because she was everything a guy could want soon enough the Spring Dance was on everyone's mind but I wasn't even thinking about it till one day in the cafeteria I was reading by myself when Cody sat and joined me Edith I'm sorry I've been avoiding you will you go to the spring dance with me what but what about Haley you you stole my boyfriend you act like this poor little wheelchair girl but you're so cunning and I'm done keeping your stupid little secret too hey everyone did Edith ever tell you that her sister's a thief who stole something from my house who knows maybe dishonesty runs in the family and Edith's lying and she can't actually walk that's enough I broke up with you because I don't love you Haley please just back off and stop spreading lies about Edith no one's buying them least of all me Haley stared at us furiously then screamed and stormed off so where were we oh yeah the Spring Dance go with me since you're desperate sure we had an amazing time dancing away and then we went out for a breather and shared our first kiss well my first kiss ever and it was magical but when I got back home I found dad in the lounge in tears Dad what's wrong are you okay I'm more than okay honey I just won a huge research Grant oh my God I knew you'd do it I'm so proud of you what's your research about it's about you it's all I've been working on for years and I couldn't give up you never lost complete sensation in your feet Edith and I've been working on developing a machine that can get you walking again I don't want to raise your hopes too high but it's a very real possibility and we have the money to try it out Dad I can't believe you did this for me even if it all doesn't go to plan this means everything well long story short I was one of dad's subjects and within two months he got me to stand on my own two feet a baby couldn't be prouder of his first steps than I was and all of my moms and sisters dreams came true too we moved to a much bigger house with much fancier things and mom didn't have to work anymore I knew I always made the right choice marrying you Mr arnstein I'm still wondering why I married you but uh let's not argue anymore dear

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Length: 13min 42sec (822 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 24 2023