My Friends

By Ben Lykins
5th Period
Family
Megan Lykins

Her name is Megan, but I call

her Meg. She’s my sister. She’s
24-ish. We have been hanging
out a lot more lately than we
used to. She is currently
single, but relationships come
easy to her, so she isn’t too
worried about it. She was
born on June 14, 1985. She
was born in Pennsylvania,
near Amish country. Her cat’s
name is Jax. Currently, she
lives in Huntersville. She
works at Modern Hair Salon in
Charlotte.
I call him Cabe. He is in his last
semester at UNC-Chapel Hill,
majoring in economics. He
was born on May 6th, 1987, so
that makes him 22. Guitar is
his passion. He started playing
at around fifteen. He is also
single, and looking. He likes Thomas Caleb
anything to do with music,
outdoors, or the army. He is
thinking about enlisting in the
Navy, parents permitting. He
was born in a small town in
Oklahoma.
Kaely
Her real name is Mary Kaelyn,
but everyone calls her Kaely.
She is eighteen, turning
nineteen in October. She was
born in the year 1990. She is
currently a Freshman at
Meredith College in Raleigh.
She is dating Clint Lowder,
who goes to NC State
University. They have been
dating for about a year. Kaely
loves anything to do with
music, but especially singing.
She and I both were born in
Albemarle.
Church People
Adam Tucker

Adam and I met at church. We

hang out a lot now. He is 17.
He lives in Millingport. He is a
junior at North Stanly High
School, where he plays varsity
football. Adam is dating
Caroline Kimrey, whom he
also met at church. He likes to
fish and hunt. He wants to be
an engineer.
Caroline Kimrey

Caroline dates Adam Tucker.

They have been dating for
almost two years. She is a
senior at Albemarle High
School. Caroline is seventeen.
She cheerleads for the
football and basketball teams.
She goes to my church, First
Baptist of Albemarle. She
wants to be a choir teacher.
Nick Stiller

Nick and I have been friends

since about ten years ago
when we met in church, but
we started hanging out a few
years ago. He is sixteen, and is
a Junior at North Stanly High
School. His birthday is
sometime in April. He doesn’t
play any sports, but he likes to
hunt and fish. He likes chicken
in his belly. He is also fat.
Sarah Efird

Sarah is my ex-wife (another

inside joke). She is sixteen,
and will be 17 on December
16th. She was born in 1992.
We met at the church youth
group when I was in the 7th
grade. She goes to South
Stanly High School, where she
is a cheerleader. Tyler Belk
and she have been dating for
around two years.
School People
Chase Mauldin

Chase goes to Gray Stone

Day School. We met during
freshman prep last year,
and have been friends
since. He is fifteen. He
plays baseball. He’s funny
and easy to talk to. We
don’t have any classes
together this year, so its
hard to hang out, but we
still manage.
Carl Wagner • *not an actual photo

Carl, Chet, or Delilah, he goes

by any of these. He goes to
Gray Stone Day School. We
became friends in 2nd period
English during Freshman year.
He is fifteen. We don’t have
any classes together either,
but hang out during lunch and
basketball. He gave me a job
over the summer helping on
his dad’s farm.
Everybody calls him Ham or
Ham diesel. He is sixteen. We
met when he came to
Richfield in the seventh grade,
and we have been friends
ever since. He plays Hamilton Deese
basketball, and sports are his
life, those and video games.
He is a sophomore at Gray
Stone Day School. The only
music he listens to is rap, and
he would rather be going to
Albemarle than Gray Stone.
Hunter Latimer

Hunter is fifteen. She doesn’t have any nicknames. She goes to Gray
Stone Day School. She is a sophomore. We had all of our classes
together last year, but this year we only have one. We became
friends in Spanish 1, and she “helped with the classes assignments.
She runs cross country and track, and is good at both of them.
Jake goes to Gray Stone Day
School. He is fifteen. His
birthday is February 12, 1994.
We met at cross country
during freshman year,
although now he sucks and
does soccer. We don’t have Jake Wally
any classes together, which
also sucks. His other sport is
track, or maybe tennis,
depending on whether or not
we decide to run anymore.
The potter couldn’t make any
pots because the fisherman
ate all the palm trees. And
pines. Both inside jokes.
 James just turned
fifteen on August
James 23rd. He was born in
1994. James goes to
Gray Stone Day
School, and does
cross country and
track. He and I met
each other during
cross country. He is
dating Bristol Weekly,
who goes to his
church. We have a
few classes together.
Transform! Pines,
cooo, and woooow
are all inside jokes for
us.
Janna
Featherstone

Janna, or Janna banana, is a

sophomore at Gray Stone Day
School. We actually met at
SPEC camp in the eighth
grade. She is fifteen, and her
birthday is on January 13th.
She loves to run for some
strange reason that I still
haven’t figured out. She runs
year-round, doing cross
country, then winter track,
then track. I seriously think
that’s all she does, and yet I
can still beat her. :P
Jordan Hartsell
Jordan and I have gone to
school together since
kindergarten. We became
good friends in the 7th grade.
Jordan is fifteen, going on
sixteen on May 15th. He was
born in 1994. He plays
baseball for Gray Stone Day
School, where he goes to
school. He and I created RAD,
RAW, RAM, and RAY, all of
which are inside jokes. He
likes the Dodgers.
Kacey Medlin

Kacey and I went to pre-

school together at my church,
First Baptist of Albemarle. She
will be sixteen in November,
and she hates it that I’m older
than her. She came to my
middle school in the fifth
grade, then went to North
Stanly High School, for a year,
then we both went to the
same school, Gray Stone Day.
She runs cross country and
track.
Karlen Lambert
Karlen and I have gone to
school together since
kindergarten. She is fifteen.
She will turn sixteen on April
2nd. She is a sophomore at
Gray Stone Day School. She
and I have been friends since
we met in kindergarten. She
plays volleyball and soccer,
and is on varsity for both
teams.
Mary Bergstresser
Mary –Beth and I met when
she came to Richfield in the
3rd grade. She now goes to
Grayst Stone Day School,
where she runs cross country
and winter and spring track.
She just turned fifteen on
September 10th. She has not
yet learned her roles as a
women, or that she is fat
beyond all comparison.
 Taylor Neal

Taylor and I met at basketball

camp the summer of our
freshman year. He has been
sixteen since June 24th. He
was born in 1993. He is a
sophomore at Gray Stone Day
School, were he plays cross
country and basketball. He
plays varsity for the basketball
team. His nickname is
Manbeard. Or Beardie,
depending on if he makes me
mad.