When I walked down

the halls at school,

they were there.

It was their hall, they said.

I had no business in it.

I was just the “pool boy”,

someone who didn't belong

with athletes, basketball players,

popular and mean,

I needed a plan

like I needed air.

I make a bet with an girl.

If i fix your mom’s car

you have to be my girlfriend,

for       two  weeks.

My recipe popularity.

And so I do, and so she is.

The couple weeks fly,

And I am popular because of a deal.

But the bargain cost me more.

My old friends don’t care

for the dust of  popularity.

And I can’t forget about them.

My new friends wipe away the dust

And I’m not popular because of a deal.

the me and this gorgeous girl deal,

The world stops talking to me.

It’s a quiet lesson.