You Glance At The Boy On Your Way To School. You Stop When You See His Brother Standing Next To Him,

You glance at the boy on your way to school. You stop when you see his brother standing next to him, talking. It's been a week since you started your project with his brother. You've managed to make him your grudging friend, which you're excited about. You walk over to them and his brother breaks off whatever he was saying and looks at you. You smile, "hey. What's up?" He shrugs, "nothing. Just saying by to Junior." You blink, "Your names Junior?" Junior glares at his brother, who immediately shrinks, cheeks burning red, "s-s-sorry...." Junior looks at you, "So? It's none of your business." You shrug, "There's nothing wrong with it. I was just surprised." Junior glares, "it's still none of your business." You sigh and look at his brother, "Come on. We're gonna be late." He hesitates, glancing at Jr. Jr nods at him and he hurries over. You walk to school, shaking your head. Why does he have to be such a jerk?

You walk to school with Jr's brother, glancing at Jr as you pass him. He's watching his brother intently. You look at his brother, "How do you manage to get along with Jr? I'm trying, really, but I feel like I'm getting no where..." He shrugs, smiling a small smile, "I guess it's different when you're together all the time... Just be persistent is the only advice I can give you..." You nod and keep walking. Persistence. You can do that. You press your lips together. After school you'll figure out something else to do with him. You can do this…

You walk to school with Jr’s brother, stopping by Jr to talk. Jr rolls his eyes, "Hurry up and go to school. You're gonna be late." His brother nods, tugging on your shirt. You frown, "I just wanted to say hi..." "Hi. Now go away." Jr crosses his arms uninvitingly. You huff and walk the rest of the way to school. Why does he have to be so difficult. Just yesterday you were helping his brother together with his homework. Getting along just fine. Now he won't hardly even look at you. You sigh and sit at your desk. Maybe it'll get better. Maybe he'll slowly start being friendly more often. Maybe you can teach him to be more friendly. You rest your chin in your hand, thinking about what you can drag him along to do next....

So... that boy is still there... as well as that huge guy by him. They still chat like old friends. He still annoys the tar out of you. You stalk past him everyday. Every time you see him his words flash through your mind 'Yeah if you're a coward. A whimp. We have a tally, see who can kill the most enemies' You shudder, pushing your hands deep in your pockets. You hate this. Why did this have to happen to you? Couldn't he just stay a hot boy who you don't like that leans against the wall of a street you go down on the way to school? You kick a rock angrily, quickening your pace. Life is so unfair.

You run up to Jr, "let's go to the park!" Jr sighs heavily, but you grab his hand and drag him along. You had considered seriously what you should do with him all through school. Obviously the coffee shop hadn't been a good idea. He wasn't going to tell you what be enjoyed, of course, so you would just have to figure it out by process of elimination. Coffee shop was already eliminated. Next up, park. Besides. Jr's out of school, he's already done all this crap, and you really need help... You reach the park and plop on the bench, "I need help with my homework." Jr scoffs, "Like I know any of that." You pout and he sighs, sitting by you. You resist the urge to grin, one win for you. You show him your homework and he sighs heavily but starts explaining it. You lose track of time as he walks you through your homework. You're brought back to reality by his brother muttering, "I need help too..." Jr laughs and goes over to him immediately. You follow and help him explain things to his brother. By the time you decide to go home, it's getting dark. You wave, beaming. This went way better than expected. You practically skip home, admiring the raise of sunlight streaking across the sky as the sun goes down. Maybe this won't be so hard after all…

Life hack: when you're on the go, and have hot coffee, drink from the air hole. It's small enough it won't burn your mouth (most likely....) and the mouth hole works fine as an air hole.