Secret =O

I remember when I was in 2nd grade; someone stole the candies in the candy jar. That day my teacher told the whole class to stay after school, until someone admitted that they stole it. For about an hour, no one admitted. So she sent us all home. The day after that, I went back to school and found out who stole it, my best friend, Katie did. She told me the whole story of how she stole it .Katie made me pinky promise not to tell anyone. The whole mystery about the candies didn’t settle down and my teacher seemed to really "care" about it. Then, I really didn’t understand why she's being so upset about the whole thing, but now I do. She wanted to teach us that stealing something isn't a right thing to do no matter how small or big or precious it is. As days passed by, the pressure of my guilt grew bigger and stronger as big as a monster. I remember every night before I went to bed, I prayed to God to please forgive me for not telling the teacher. About 2 weeks passed and my teacher told the whole class that if she finds out anyone involved in it, she is going to give them a big punishment too as well as for the person who did it. And later, the whole mystery quieted. One morning, I decided that what I was doing for Katie was right but wrong for our friendship. So after school, I went up to my teacher and told her the truth. I remember that day so vividly. She told my in a really calm scary voice that she's disappointed in me for not telling the truth for a month but also very proud of me. I begged her not to tell Katie that I was the one who bailed on her, and she didn’t. My friendship with Katie ended that day, but the big black monster of guilt went away to bother somebody else=]. Through this experience I learned a lot of things. For example, that you shouldn’t go with the flow, but you should go with the "right" flow and make good choices. A secret should be kept if its something that should be kept no matter how big or small it is. Even though this happened a long time ago, its still about ME, my secrect and it reveals my personality that I can't go under pressure of guilt for a long time but at the same time, I can't betray a friend