STORY BY : NOEMI VALLONE ART BY: RACHEL FAY COLORING BY: JANE WEN PRODUCED BY: TYLER MAXEY-BILLINGS
1 Issue #2: “ TGIF: taylor goes in fear”
CREATED BY: PAMELA CLARK EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: JEFF ERMOIAN ©2019 NEW HEIGHTS EDUCATIONAL GROUP tuesday morning... O-M-G, guys! We’re gonna have a great weekend!
I got a text about a new band playing on Friday night at the music bar
nothing ever happens on this side of town, so this is gonna spice up your life. and boy, do you need it!
Why’s that?
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I’ll give you more details during lunch. meet me under the big oak tree!
does jody really want to go to a bar to see a band? looks that way.
are you going?
But don’t you think JOdy will think you’re boring?
She’s always out doing fun stuff, it makes us look lame!
I’m not lame! I just don’t feel like going. I can have fun anytime, but work comes first.
nah, I have a big project to work on.
You can go if you want to, but don’t go just because Jody wants to. she can always invite another friend.
3 8:00 am
4 12:00 pm I’ll think about it. tay, I can’t answer that for you. Just tell Jody the truth, never mind what she says. mhmh mhmh... do you think I should go? I don’t want people to think I’m a bore You don’t want to stay in the back. People push to get in and you can’t see anything. So let’s leave at 8:15, ok?...So the concert starts at 9:00, but we should get there early to get near the stage and be in the front
I can’t go. I have a big assignment to work on.
My project is really important, and i’m not that into partying anyway.
The guys in the band are super hot, and nothing can be as lame as wasting a friday night at home.
You went to Mindy’s party a while ago.
Because it was her birthday.
What about you?
Are you going to join the loser’s club, or are you coming with me?
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What do you mean you’re not going?
6 Y-yeah, I’ll go!
that
hey, you. it’s 9:15, did the concert end early?
uhm, no. You went there, you didn’t like it, and you came back home. what’s the problem?
I went, but i didn’t like the bar, so i came home.
ok? You don’t think I should have stuck around because i said I’d go?
ok.
9 Later
night...
tay?
I wish i was more like you, frani. you’re never afraid to say no.
You’re not uncool. You’re a nice person who just needs to figure herself out a little.
I just wanted to fit in! when jody asks us to do something, I always say yes, because i Just want her to like me!
tay, I appreciate that, but please listen.
you’re afraid to say no because you want to fit in, but is it worth pretending to be something you’re not just to impress someone?
You didn’t want to be there, so you went home. even if jody didn’t like that, at least you were honest.
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do you want to tell me you were happier at the bar than at home watching tv?
heh, no. Thanks, frani.
the end...
of course! goodnight, taylor. g’night.
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This story was inspired by the AssertivenessTrainingforChildren article by Kelly Bear Press.
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