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People call me Rocky, because they don't like calling me by my real name (Brock) since it is very weird
and unique. I have a very consistent group of friends, some are mean and some are nice, my favorite
between all is Eddie because he understands what my interests are and he knows the amount of time I
spend doing those activities, we also have something in common such as we both like skateboarding. I
really like Sam since he is very sensitive, he gets affected by anything, when we were in 2nd grade he
started crying because he didn't get to touch the snake, but now if you tell him to touch the snake he
would probably run away. Rob-Sob, Robbie is the loudest in between all my friends, he is the one who
makes a big deal out of everything, I was walking down the hall and I tripped he started laughing in a very
loud voice, but he is still a good and funny friend, if you try to challenge him at swimming, I don't think that
you would ever want to swim ever again. Now we are talking quite and independent so that means
Nancy, she has been with me since I was born, she is my cousin and one of my good friends that I will
always depend on when I need advice. Now we all know that you should have that one wise friend who is
always taking the right decisions, and I have a friend like that too, and her name is Lill, whenever I did
something wrong in 8th grade Lill would always be wise and helpful and she would tell me what I should
do about those specific situations. Lastly the mean one Mayra, she is very impatient and very picky, in 5th
grade we were walking down the hall and she was talking to herself I guess, she was saying "should I
pick the pink or blue notebook" I answered her of course and I said "to be honest I say you should pick
the blue one because it's very raw" she gave me a dirty look and she threw the blue one in the garbage
and said "it is none of your business" so I knew that I had to step away for awhile until I get to know
Mayra's personality. I think it is time to talk a little about myself, I am very skillful and active, since I was
very young my mom knew that I really liked singing and writing my own songs and making up words that
didn't make sense to her, but it was very fun, sometimes I just liked being by myself, and my twin sister
never liked hanging out with me, so basically I liked being alone, sometimes I never knew how to have fun
during my day so I would just look at letters gather them up together and make up a word. Now let's talk
soccer its my first talent before anything, I love soccer because it was my dad's favorite sport, after he
passed away I got interested in it and since I never had the opportunity to play soccer with him, I decided
to play it the whole time and whenever I play it I remember him and act like he is playing with me and
teaching me his wonderful skills. Quinn my twin sister and my only sibling, never liked hanging out with
me because she is a girl and I am guy so of course I wouldn't ever play the makeup game with her, and
so since then she understood that guys and girls are different and we have different interests, sometimes
I felt bad like in 3rd grade, she wanted to do a "fake" tea party and I felt really bad so I just played with
her. Quinn is not lonely it's only that her friends just don't understand her, to be honest my sister is very
complicated she is weird, sometimes I just go home and find her doing homework, and that is weird
because Quinn never does homework, so I once asked her "What changed? why are you doing
homework?" and all of a sudden she started crying, I just went up to her and hugged her and I said
something really good to her I mean I thought it was good I said "it's ok listen Quinn if you want to change
your personality there is nothing wrong with that just be yourself", I have a feeling I said that because she
likes to have all the attention on her, but she is my sister what am I going to say I love her for her actions
no matter what. The strongest women in the world my mother lets say she was the strongest until last
year, Ms. Adam, she had cancer since she was 19 years old, and when she passed away she was only
34 years old, pretty young, I loved her and her memories are all around the house, my mom loved
drawing and of course she also loved cooking, she had a cooking book where she wrote all her cooking
recipes and my sister kept it, so on the weekends my sister would cook for us, and we would enjoy it. My
mother used to cry a lot, but I would always tell her that she shouldn't be sad and she should be happy,
she understood what I would be telling her, so before she passed away in four days she wrote a letter I
ignored every word she wrote there until she wrote "Brock my handsome son, I love you so much, I know
you love me too, and whenever I cried you were there for me, you always understood why I was crying,
you knew that I was thinking of how you and your sister would live without me I love you for being the only
one who understood me and I love you all" At that point I felt very special because my mom knew that I
understood why she was crying half of her life time.

Now I think I talked too much about my life and my friends and family, I think it is time to talk about some
situations that really had changed my life for the past, yet, I am still the same person, but I made other
people change around me to better not to worse, let's get to the point. It was last year and it was the last
day of summer 2015, my friends and I were enjoying the weather and we were playing our favorite
activities, we were having so much we laughed a lot until it was time to play some soccer, we didn't have
a team of course because it was only us the guys whom were playing and we are only 3 guys, so we
were just passing the ball around, I started showing my skills to them of course at this point you all know
that I love soccer, so Eddie looked like he was being bothered by the fact that I am doing that, I kicked the
ball a little far away, so I went to get it I knew that Eddie was going to say something to the guys I heard
him saying to them "Aye guys let's tell Brock that he is annoying and that he is a show off" now I didn't
know what changed Eddie and why he changed suddenly it felt weird that my closest friend would do this
to me, but I knew that there was a reason for why he was acting like this. I got back and the guys were
looking at me in a groak way, so I knew that they were going to say something my good friend Sam
wanted to step up first and say "Brock can you stop being annoying and acting like you know everything" I
said " I am just playing my favorite sport with my favorite people, I don't think I am doing anything wrong"
at this point we kept playing but I knew that after a few minutes someone else would step up and say
something else, next up the loud one Robbie "Brock! aye my man you good at this but I feel like you're
showing off" I just gave him a smirk, but then Eddie the one who came up with the idea said "Brock! stop
it man, stop showing off your weird skills" then I was thinking if I should say something back, but I just had
to "Bro what's your problem? why are you mad at me? I'm just enjoying myself" then he said "At least I'm
not like you I won't be single for life" of course that is where I knew that he had to say something like that
because I've been single forever, but at the same time I was thinking of saying something back to him, I
wanted to be like well Eddie I don't see that you have a girlfriend now, you have been single for two years
now, but then I decided not to say that because I felt like there was a purpose for why he was saying that
to me. The next day was the first day of school, and I was a little nervous as usual i'm always nervous on
the first day of school no matter what, and I am pretty sure if you are a student or you work at different
jobs you always have this feeling. I walk into my art class, I was waiting for at least one of my friends to
show up, but guess what 3 of them showed up, Mayra, Eddie, and Lill. Basically we knew that for the rest
of the year we will have all of our classes together, and I was very excited because of that, so the girls sat
together, Eddie and I sat together, and we didn't know what to talk about because we have been together
for the whole summer and we knew everything that was going on with our lives, so I decided to ask Eddie
if he wanted to switch seats with the girls since they were together for the summer as well, I asked him
"aye why don't you switch seats with Lill, since we have nothing to talk about" Eddie looked at me in a
very weird way and he said "why Lill why not Mayra? I mean you know what i'm saying right?" I was so
confused and so I told him "I guess.. you can do whatever you want" he stood up and tripped by his stool,
and he got a cut but he went running to the girls, he said "Hi Lill how are you?.. I was thinking if I can sit
here" he didn't even say hi to Mayra and oh wow Mayra got mad and she kicked the stool to his legs, he
sat and he was giving Lill a really big smile, so Mayra came over and sat next to me she said "Hi Brock"
and I said hi back, she said "I am very mad, because what kind of friend doesn't say hi and totally ignores
the fact that I was sitting right there" I looked at her and I put my hand on her shoulder and I said "Oh I
guess he was trying to make a move, plus he has been acting very weird theses past couple of days
towards me, so I don't know why he's acting like this" she looked at me and gave me a brief smile, but
then she said "what do you mean? how has he been acting weird towards you?" he was drawing on the
desk... and I said "well yesterday he told the guys to call me annoying and he told them to tell me to stop
showing off which was a bit weird to me, and he yelled at me and he wouldn't ever done that" Mayra said
"well did he say anything weird that made you think maybe that's the reason why he is acting weird" I had
to think about it a little bit, "umm.. well I uh i think he did he said something like I should not be single
anymore, and that he isn't like me, I thought he meant like I am dumb for always being single" she gave
me a blank stare, she wanted to change the subject I guess so I said "anyways how was your summer?"
she said "Do you think Eddie is trying to be in a relationship, like is he tired or being single?" at this
moment I knew that she wants to keep talking about Eddie, I said to her "I am not sure, I feel like this is
the first time that I don't know who my friend is no more" she looked back at Eddie and she said "just look
at his face, doesn't his face tell you anything..?" I looked at him , he was smiling and talking a lot... I said
"well I still don't see anything that would change him.." At this point the bell rang and Mayra said "this
was a good talk if we sit next to each to each other in the next class let's finish our conversation, because
this conversation is not over" and she left. Eddie came running towards me, and he said "Please Brock
tell Mayra to sit next to you in our next class" I had no idea why he was acting so weird towards the both
of us so I just said " ok I got you my friend", as I was walking in the big halls, I see Sam I wave at him
"Brock bro it's boring without you, but I guess it's like this this year, but next year it will be better" and he
gave me a wink, I laughed because it was kind of funny. I got to my next class which was Algebra, and
the desks were in rows so it was a little complicated, and once I got in the teacher said "you guys have a
seating chart, sit in your assigned seats" I knew that I can never mess with this teacher, I saw my name
and as usual I always sat next to Lill because of our last names, so this time I couldn't let Eddie sit next to
Lill. I was looking around the class, and Lill came in, she said "Hey Brock it's been a really long time since
we have talked, how are you?" I gave her a smile and I said " Hey I know it's been a long time, I feel bad
because we didn't hang out, I am doing fine as you see me" she took a paper out and said "well that's
good", we couldn't talk anymore, because our teacher was explaining a few new things to us. It passed 15
min, so I take my phone out to check the time, and I see a text from Eddie, now Eddie sits in the back,
and he is way too far away for him to be able to have a conversation with us, in the text he sent " Brock
ask Lill if she wants to hang out with me after school, please" I look back at him, and he gave me a smile,
and he points to her trying to tell me to tell her at that moment, so I look at her, she was drawing a picture
of a bird, I didn't want to interrupt her, but I had to, so I said "Lil.. Eddie" she didn't let me finish "what
about Eddie?" I say "well Eddie wants to know if you want to hang out with him after school..." she looked
back at Eddie, and he waved to her, and she looked at me, then she continued her drawing. I get another
text from Eddie "She said yes right!" I look at him, and then I sent him "well she didn't answer to be
honest" he gave me a straight face emoji. There was five minutes left of class time, I was just calculating
the number of times I practiced soccer for the month, and Lill says "Just tell Eddie that I will talk to him
after school" I gave her the ok look, the bell rang, and Eddie ran to me saying "Ok I saw her saying
something to you what she say?" as we walk I was thinking if I should ask him why he is acting weird or
just tell him what she said, so then I decided to tell him "Yea Lill said that she wants to talk to you after
school". It was time for lunch, I don't like the school lunch and since it was the first day of school, I forgot
to pack my lunch, so I went to the library, I knew that none of my friends like going to the library while
lunch, I went to the library and I was reading one of my favorite books, I see Lill coming in, but then I
acted like I didn't see her because I just didn't want to bother her no more, because I already felt like the
situation with Eddie was a bit awkward. Every Time I looked at her I would find her looking at me, I just
didn't feel like it was right for me to go and talk to her, so I just decided to mind my own business and
read my book. I knew that I wasn't feeling right, so i was thinking to myself should I go talk to her about
Eddie or not, but I didn't know what I would say, so I decided to go, I walked to her and I sat next to her, I
said "Lill I just wanted to ask you a question about Eddie" she looked at me, and as usual she was
drawing stuff from nature, and then she said "ok go ahead ask me" I stuttered " well.. Do you know why is
Eddie different? why is he acting weird?" then she said "well to be honest I know he has been acting
weird but I really don't know why he has been acting like this, it really doesn't really make sense to me"
then I just decided to say bye to her and thank her for her quick response and for being honest with me...
"ok I guess thank you for helping me out, I uh I got to run right now I'll see you later" then she just shook
her head to me, I felt like that was a bit rude, but then I knew that maybe she was annoyed enough by
me, because of what Eddie made me do. Usually I went home right after school because I just didn't like
to do anything after school because I would be tired and I would have homework to do, but this time I
decided to go to the park and I had my soccer ball with me so I was practicing by myself, and I saw Lill
and Eddie walking together, so I just didn't want to stay at the park just because I thought that I would ruin
something like maybe they were having a conversation, so I moved away where they can't see me and I
was changing my cleats so I can wear my gym shoes, and then I had a feeling that I had to stay at the
park for some reason. They sat at the bench, and I stood behind the tree where they couldn't see me,
they were talking and laughing a lot together, after 20 min have passed I was eating an apple, and still
sitting behind the tree, I can't hear their conversation but I just wanted to know what was going on
between them, after a few minutes have passed, I was about to text my sister but I decided not to, but the
reason why I decided not to was because I saw her walking with Sam, Mayra, and Robbie. I was very
confused at that moment because I knew that Quinn wouldn't ever hang out with my friends because she
doesn't like them, and she even told me during that summer that she doesn't like my friends, because
they are plain and they don't do anything when we are hanging out together and she called them "dry
frinds" , and I knew that she would never communicate with them and that she would never hang out with
them, but that day I was very surprised, a lot of things were surprising me, at that moment of my life I felt
that everyone was ignoring me and everyone was against me, it felt like I was lonely again after my
parents have left me. I went to the nearest restroom around the park, and the reason why I did that was
because I had to change my shirt I wore a hoodie, and the reason why I did that was because I wanted to
get closer to them I wanted to hear what they were talking about, so I did so very quickly and I left, I went
around the bench where Eddie and Lill were sitting. I sat by the nearest tree closest to them, Quinn was
throwing the baseball to Sam, and so they were throwing it back and forth, then Sam threw the ball and it
hit Quinn's shoulder, so Sam ran to Quinn asked her if she was ok and then hugged her, I was shocked to
be honest, I knew they were together at that moment. I didn't know weather I should be sad or happy
because both my friend and my sister didn't tell me about anything that was happening between them, but
then I stopped thinking about that and I just wanted to know why all my friends and my sister gathered up
without me at the park, even though I was there and they didn't know I was there, but I just wanted to stay
there so I would know the exact reason why they were there. Robbie was talking to Eddie and then I
heard them mention my name I wanted to hear more so I put my headphones in made sure my hoodie
was on the right way, and then walked a little closer, then I took my headphones off, I heard Eddie say to
Robbie "What if we tell him the truth and get it over with?" then Robbie looked at him, grabbed a rock
from the ground and threw it at the Squirrel, and he said "well he is there not knowing what is going on,
and we are here just having fun without him, and you are not wanting to tell us the reason why you are
doing this to him". I was very confused I didn't have any idea what they were talking about, I got very
angry and I didn't know what to do, so I decided to just leave and go to my house relax and wait for
Quinn, because I knew she would be my only way out of this confusion. An hour later and I was still
waiting I had ice cream , hot chips, and I went and bought myself some cotton candy, and Quinn still
didn't get home, I called her and texted her and she didn't respond, but I saw her post on instagram and
she posted a picture of a bird and she had a caption "when you meet a new person everyday" I never
understood why my sister would post stuff like that, like this one for example a bird is not human, but
people have different personalities, but I know that people say that twins gotta know each other, but I
guess I don't know Quinn anymore, I used to, but after both my parents left us she has changed a lot. It
passed two hours, and Quinn was finally home, I was thinking of how I wanted to ask her about what was
going on, so I just did this... "Quinn, so what was going on in the park, why were you gathered with my
friends?", she runs down the stairs, looks at me, and she looked like she was shocked, and then she said
" ok so I can tell that you already know what's going on between me and Sam, but I don't think you should
mind. Uh Also I think your friends the one's you call your friends are planning something, I didn't ask but I
heard that something will surprise you and your not going to like it" I didn't know whether or not I should
believe her, but I did because she is my only sister. At night the only thing that I had to think of was what
my sister was saying her voice echoed in my mind "planning something....something....something,
surprise you, you , you" I had to think about what were my real feelings at that moment, but I didn't really
know, I couldn't tell my feelings for the first time, I was very lost. It was 5:00 am; I woke up and I couldn't
go back to sleep, I took a shower, I got ready, and I ate very early breakfast, and it was still 5:45, I sat
down on my phone looking through some instagram posts, then I put my phone down, and I looked at the
clock, I kept staring at it but at the same time I was thinking a lot about what my sister had told me, I just
thought to myself do I really know my friends? do I know who they really are? or is it just that I don't know
myself, I couldn't tell, so I just decided to go to Eddie's house acting like I wanted to walk to school with
him. It was 7:35, and I was standing by Eddie's front door, Eddie came out, and he looked at me in a
weird but funny way, I said "Good Morning sleepy head" he giggled and said "Good Morning my devil"
then we laughed together, and then he said "so what brings you here...ahhh are you here just to walk with
me or to say something" while he was walking and smiling I said "well to be honest, ha you know I am
always honest I am here to do both, to talk and walk..." then we kept it quiet for like three minutes but
those three minutes felt like hell, I was worried about what I wanted to say to him. "So Brock are you ever
going to say something?" I put my arm on his shoulder and i said "well yes I was just wondering what's
the surprise that you're preparing for me? and how come you never told me that all you guys gathered up
in the park and sat there without me? I mean I was there but I just didn't want to show up" He stopped
and sat on the sidewalk.. and then he said "Listen my friend I already told you before that I am being
bothered by the fact that you are showing off, and I don't like that about you and if you want to stay like
that I am getting away from you" I was very angry at that point and I just decided to say a lot "well you
aren't telling me what I am doing wrong, I don't think I am showing off, and I also don't think that you
should be mad, so tell me what am I doing wrong maybe I can understand..." He looked very nervous and
it seemed like he was about to say something really bad, and this is what he said " Ok listen! if you want
to know listen.... I like Lill and all the girls like you including Lill, so please stop showing off, with your... uh
weird skills and keep away from Lill" I was surprised I didn't know that Lill would really like me, I thought I
would be weird to her, but I said this to Eddie "oh really well I know someone who likes you, and your not
even paying attention to that person, you're always acting like she isn't there, I am leaving you know, I
hope you calm down" He looked very confused once I told him that there is a girl that likes him and he
doesn't even know about that girl, even though she is always in front of him. As usual our first class was
Art, so I had to see Eddie the whole day, but I just decided to sit next to Mayra again,she had her head
down, and it's only the second day of school, I had to talk to her and make her feel better, so I said "hey
Marya" she looked at me "Mayraa do you want to finish our conversation that we started yesterday?" she
stared at me and then I said "ok I guess that is a no?" so then I took my phone out acting like nothing just
happened and I just didn't get ignored. All of a sudden, Mayra said something surprising to me "Brock can
I hug you?" I looked at her gave her a smile and shook my head "yes!" and then she hugged me for two
minutes straight, I wasn't really surprised after because I knew she needed someone to be next to her
and understand her, and I was the only one there, after she hugged me she said "Thank you, but no
thank you, because you let Eddie like Lill, even though Lill likes you, and I am here a victim," she cried "I
like Eddie but he doesn't notice that" at that point I figured that bad stuff will happen after this point, I felt
as if I have done my friends very wrong, I knew I had to get into a relationship as soon as possible.
The school dance was very close, it was a week away, my sister went shopping with her friends, and was
ready because I had went and got my stuff ready a month before, because I knew that it was going to be
very crowded in the mall. Quinn was very excited she even called me three times, asking me to look at
my messages because she had worn three different dresses, she likes to take my opinion since I am a
guy. Sam offered to go with her, but she wanted it to be a surprise, and so which means that Sam hasn't
bought anything yet, because Quinn had to pick the color, Quinn told me "So if I pick the red one, it would
be to much for this event, and if I pick the pink one I always wear pink every year, but it's not a bad idea"
then I said to her "well the Blue one is pretty nice I liked it the most, and I would think that Sam would be
happy to wear blue as well" she got happy and excited so she bought her dress, and it was time to pick
the shoes, I told her "Quinn I think you should pick your own shoes, because I wouldn't know how you
would be comfortable" she laughed and said "ok thank you I love you so much Brock see you later". I got
a call from someone else this time, and it was Eddie, I answered "Brock, ok I just decided to do
something very important and I need you help!" .... "Ok what is it?" It seemed like he had people around
him, "wait where are you Eddie?" then he said "Ok so I decided to ask Lill to the dance, and I need your
help I am going to pick out a dress for her" then I was thinking that it's a bad idea and so I said "well I
think you should ask her first and if she says yes, you will pick out her dress, because what if she says
no, what are going to do?" Eddie said "ight I think you are jealous now, I don't even know why I asked
you, my fault buddy, have a nice day" I knew he was going to do that I wasn't mad at all, and I wasn't
jealous. I was very bored, I decided to go to the park, I got my soccer gear ready and I went. I went to my
usual spot where I always practice soccer, and I found Lill over there, she came up to me and said "I
knew you were going to come here" I look at her and I say "why were you waiting for me or something?"
then she said "yes I was, and I also know that Eddie already told you he was going to ask me to the
dance, but I said no..." then I said "ok it's your choice, don't let anyone force you and be yourself" she
took my soccer ball, and started to move it around and then she said "I am just here to say a few quick
words, I like you, but I know it would be hard for you to ask me since I said no to Eddie, and that's fine, I
just wanted you to know that I like you, and please stay the way you are, don't let Eddie change you, and
you be yourself" then she walked away, I was going to say something back to her, but I didn't have an
idea of what I was going to say to her. I was just kicking the ball to the wall, back and forth, back and
forth, and then Eddie showed up, I knew something bad was going to happen at that moment, I was
getting ready for anything because I knew that once Lill said no to him, he would put all his anger into me.
"Brock what are you trying to do, when we talked on the phone, were you telling the future? you knew she
was going to say no to me!" I didn't know what to say... "Oh so now you have nothing to say but when we
talked you haa to tell me that she was going to reject me right!?" I got mad "Listen it's not my problem ,
she doesn't like you don't force her, you should start paying attention to the other people that like you and
care for you, she is just your friend leave her alone" He took my ball, and he had like really sharp object,
my soccer ball wasn't mine, it was my only memory from my father and he knew that, and then he said
"Listen to me if you want to hurt me emotionally, I can do the same thing, tell me who is the girl that likes
me, and who does Lill like?" I tried to take my ball away, then I said "I was going to tell you anyways, I
was just trying to see if you even cared, Mayra uh she, she is the girl who likes you, and Lill she came to
me 30 minutes before you got here, and she was waiting for me over here, and she told me what she told
you and that she rejected you and she also told me that she likes me" He threw my ball on the ground,
and he sat on the grass, he looked depressed, sad, and confused, but then he said "so now you're happy
that Lill likes you aren't you" I sat down next to him "No believe me I'm not, I never even thought that she
liked me until you told me last time" then he said "don't try to be innocent, and I told you so you can get
away from her, but you see what happens, because of you... How did you know that Mayra likes me?" I
stuttered and I said "well she was crying the other day because you have been ignoring the fact that she
is there" He looked at me and said "Don't lie to me, and don't try to talk to me ever again!" and then he got
up kicked my ball and ran away towards his bike.

It was time for the dance and I was ready, I was standing by the door, but then I heard Quinn calling me
she was saying "wait, we were about to forget to do the most important thing which is taking pictures,
stand right there... yes! perfect now I will take a picture of you, and then you will take a picture of me, and
when Sam arrives he will take a picture of us together, and then we will call someone from next door, to
take a picture of all of us." Then she took the picture of me, and she told me "you don't look nice in this
picture let me take another one" then I looked at it and I said "I look fine, it doesn't matter, why are you
making a big deal out of this?" she looked at me and gave me the look as if I said something very wrong,
then she said "it's a big day, I believe everyone should make a big deal, but you're different so let's not
talk about that now." Finally Sam arrived, now we had to take another 5 pictures, it wasn't annoying, it
was just too much pictures, and I don't find it nice doing that all the time. We took our pictures, I closed
the door, got into the car with Sam and Quinn, and of course Quinn turned the music on, Sam was driving
and I was sitting in the back, in order to respect the relationship between Quinn and Sam. We got to
school, it was very crowded by the doors, so I just went inside, I walked in the hallways, it felt like the
longest walk ever, even though the gym wasn't that far, I kept walking then I heard someone calling my
name, it sounded like a ghost "Brock...Brock.... Brock" I looked back there was no one there, I kept
looking just to make sure, but there wasn't anyone, then I look in front of me and Robbie scared the hell
out of me, I pushed him so hard because I got really scared, then I said "I got so scared man, why would
you do that?" then he said "do what?" I looked at him and then he started laughing and he said "I'm just
kidding man it was me" then we laughed until we got into the gym, someone called Robbie, and then
Robbie said "Aye i'll catch ya later man, don't run away before I say good night" then I said "no worries I'll
be in the same spot" I walked around grabbed myself a drink and I sat on the bleachers, I asked a few
girls to dance with , and they all said yes, then I got tired I sat down again. Quinn came over with her
friends and wanted to take a selfie so I did, then I had to take a group picture of her and her friends, Eddie
showed up, but then walked towards Mayra, I wasn't surprised I knew he was either going to walk
towards me or towards Mayra. Lill showed up I acted the way she told me to act, to be myself, so I kept
asking other girls to dance with me, until I got to her, I asked her, and she said yes, I also asked Mayra
and she also said yes, so it was a fun journey until I went to the bathroom, Eddie apparently followed me
to the bathroom, and he had a drink in his hand, I was washing my face, and then he spilled his drink on
me by "Accident" and then he said "oh look who's here, Brock" and then I said " so are you gonna say
sorry?" he said "I didn't mean to, so how was dancing with Lill?" and then I said "dancing with all the girls
was pretty fun" and then he said "I bet your favorite was Lill" and then I looked at him walked out the
bathroom, drank water from the water fountain, and then he came and said "don't worry I will catch you
again, watch your self" and then I walked to the gym, went to Robbie and then I said "Aye Robbie, I am
leaving, just wanted to say bye" then he put his hand on my shoulder, and then he said "mhm bye" but it
felt weird because he would never say goodbye like that, never ever. I walked out of the school, walked
home, took a shower, and then I sat down, made myself some popcorn and then watched a movie. I slept
on the couch and I woke up at 4:30 am, I went to check if Quinn was upstairs, she was there, but I found
someone else with her, Mayra and Lill..... they were awake, the door was halfway open, and they were
just talking, so I left because I learned from my past experience that I should never listen to girls
conversations, and so I went to the kitchen and I heard someone coming down the stairs, and it was Lill, I
moved back slowly so she wouldn't see me, and I went to the living room, I sat on the couch, got my
phone and I wanted to fall asleep, and then Lill came over and said "Boo, guess who's here..." then I
looked at her I was acting like I was surprised and then I said "Oh hey there whatsapp" and then she said
" wow your sister invited us, but you didn't what a friend" and then I really acted like I didn't hear her, and
then she left upstairs, then I watched TV again and fell asleep.

I was walking home, trying to get home as soon as possible, and the reason for that was because I was
very sick, so I told my school that I wanted to go home and so they just sent me home, and it felt like it
was my first time getting sick in a thousand years. I got home and I layed down on the couch threw my
backpack across the living room, and took a nap... Thirty minutes later, I woke up and I wanted to take a
shower, I went to the bathroom, took a quick shower, and went up to my room, I had nothing to do so I
just decided to stay up there and write a song, so I can try to sing it. Earlier that day, before I went home,
Mayra came up to me and said "Listen if you don't want to be in a relationship with Lill, then just try to get
her away from Eddie, or else I will never talk to you ever again" I didn't answer her, and I felt like
everyone was against me, but it was ok at the end of the day everyone would forget what they have done,
and they will move on. That night when I was almost done writing my song, I was about to sing it, I heard
some unusual sounds coming from the tree right by my window, I knew that there was something fishy,
and so I just kept moving on and started singing my song " My precious one whom is always living in my
heart", kept moving on even though I saw an update of where Eddie was at on my phone, and I had to
have that update because Eddie once told me if he lost his phone I am his backup, and so the update
said "Eddie is on 4566 N. Wilson Ave" and guess where that's at, my house, at that point I knew that
Eddie heard me already, and I knew he was on the tree, it was ok he heard me and so now he knew my
biggest secret, I wasn't sure if someone was with him, so I kept singing my song " Why is it that I
accepted you to hurt me, when my soul is in you" I can sing so I wasn't scared of his reaction, then I got
another update which was a picture of Mayra on instagram and the caption said " Going on a big journey"
and it's dark at night where would she go? well the only explanation to that was that she came over with
Eddie. I knew that Mayra and Eddie were planning on to do something, but I didn't know if it was a good
thing or a bad thing, I sat there and I stopped singing, I really didn't know what I was doing, so I just left
my room, and I turned the light off, once I did that I was walking down the stairs, and I see the backs of a
guy and a girl running on the sidewalk. This gave me a clear thought that I was thinking right, both Mayra
and Eddie were there and they heard me, and they both know one of my biggest secrets. The next day I
wasn't feeling well, I didn't go to school, but then it was like 12:00pm I got really bored, so I decided to go
to school, to check with a few of my teachers, since I wasn't there for the day I didn't know what was
going on, but as I was walking to speak to my science teacher, I saw Quinn, so I asked her if there was
anything new and she said no, so then I went and I talked to my teacher. I had a really good
conversations with a few of my teachers and then I had to use the restroom, so as I was walking to the
restroom, I see a few students peeking through the doors, but then I noticed that there was a crown by
the gym, I was going to see what was going on there, but I really had to use the bathroom, so as I was
going in there were wires coming from the gym, and they were plugged in the bathroom, and there was
water splashing everywhere, and I didn't want the water to get on the water, so my school would be safe,
so I just unplugged the wires and put the out of the restroom, and then I heard the crowd say "Aweee"
and I think they did that because I took the wires out, so then I used the bathroom washed my hands and
left, and I was coming out of the bathroom, I see Eddie and Mayra walking towards the bathroom, and
then Mayra said to me "Brock we really didn't mean to do that" I looked at her I was very confused, I
looked at Eddie and he wasn't looking at me well he was trying to move his eyes around acting like he
wasn't looking at me, and then I said "wait what are you even talking about you didn't mean to do what?"
and then Mayra whispered in Eddie's ear... it wasn't really a whisper "wait so he doesn't know?" and then
I said "I don't know about what?" and then Eddie looked at me and then held on to Mayra's hand and said
"uh Nothing don't worry about it" and then he ran away. I walked to my locker, got a few things and then I
left home, I was looking behind me to see if Sam or Robbie would show up, and I was also looking if I
could see Quinn anywhere, I did, I saw her walking all by herself, and it was the right time to ask her
about what was happening by the gym, so I ran to her, and I said "Quinn, ayee what's good... so what
was going on by the gym?" she looked at me I knew she was going to lie, and then she said "well as you
know our gym teacher Mr. Casey likes to do something funny every year, and he was doing that today"
then I said "I thought he would do that every last day of the year" he looked at me and then asked me "do
you want chocolate?" and then I said "No thanks" and I gave her a smile, and we kept walking.

Another day of my life, living without even thinking about anyone around me, I sat in the cool pool, only a
few more days until summer was over, it felt like that year took forever to start, and to even be almost
over, it was different from all the other years, I never felt anything like that before, I was cooling in the pool
I invited Robbie and Sam, they came over too, Quinn was getting ready since her "boyfriend" was at our
house, so it took her a long while until she got ready, which is really weird Quinn wouldn't ever do that for
any type of guy, but I guess this time it was different because she never done this to her x-boyfriend, I
was guessing that she was taking this relationship seriously. Robbie and I played with the volleyball in the
pool, while Sam was still waiting for Quinn, then I hear here scream in a very loud and strange voice, I
leave the pool, go running inside the house, I slipped on the stairs going up, I kept running I got to her
room, opened the door, I saw some blood, and then I look inside the bathroom, and Quinn was laying on
the floor, and he head was bleeding, I saw her phone next to her and then I called the ambulance, and I
was crying, Sam then came running and he looked at her, and he was in big shock, then Robbie came in
he saw the blood he took a towel and put it under her head, I was doing something different.. I was
whispering in her ear saying "Quinn, we are twins, so we are one, and if you die you know I can't live
alone in this world, please Quinn I love you I will do anything for you to live" I looked at her while saying
those words, I kissed her forehead, I then heard the ambulance, and then Robbie went downstairs to call
them over upstairs, Sam was crying, I held onto his shoulder, and then he said "Don't worry Brock, I am
sure she will be fine" then I looked at him and I shook my head, then they came upstairs, took my sister
down the stairs then I yelled "Be Careful!" they looked at me and walked down the stairs slowly, Sam then
gave me my pants I wore them very quickly, because I was wearing my swimming gear. then I ran outside
and I jumped into the ambulance, then Sam came with and Robbie Yelled to me saying "Brock! I will
bring my mother over I will be there in 20 minutes", Then I looked at the nurse and I asked "Is she going
to be ok?" then she looked at me in a disappointing way and she said "we cannot indicate anything right
now" then I started yelling saying "what do you mean, what are you? why are you here? what is your job"
then she looked at me and she put her hand on my shoulder, and the Sam looked at me and said "Don't
worry everything will be ok" then he held on to Quinn's hand and he said "Quinn I know you can make it
through, for us, and for your brother, I know you're strong... we need you" I then looked at him and said
"she is strong right?" and then he said "yes, for the people she loves, she will always be strong" then I
said "what if she leaves me, like my parents left me? what am I going to do then? what's going to
happen?" he took my hand and put it on her hand and said "everything will be alright, think positive and
don't hurt yourself while thinking like that". We finally got to the hospital, and then they took her down from
the car, they ran inside, Sam and I ran after them, they put her in the emergency room, and they closed
the doors, I couldn't see her anymore, and then the nurse told us "you guys can wait and have a seat,
don't worry she will be fine" when she said that I felt very good, but then I was still thinking that she will
leave me and I will be lonely for life. Twenty minutes later, Robbie and his mother came in they were
running towards us, and as they ran I stood up, and I just had to hug Robbie's mother, Ms. Harris, I
hugged her so tightly, and she hugged me back, then I started crying I really didn't care if my friends saw
me crying because they already knew my situation, as we were hugging Ms. Harris said, " Everything will
be alright, she will be fine, don't worry... but tell me what happened?" I looked at her and wiped my tears
off and I said "you know Ms.Harris, I really don't know because I just paid attention to how she was
bleeding..." I couldn't finish my sentence and I cried again, she held onto me and sat me down, and she
put her warm arms around me and Sam and then she said "If someone wants to live longer that person
will live long, because they know that there is someone waiting for them out there" Then I looked at Sam ,
then I looked at her and I said "Thank you for being my second mother, .... If uh if she waked up today,
and we get to go home, can e come to your house?" she looked at me and smiles and said "of course
anytime". , While I was waiting for my sister to come out, I was looking at the floor, I felt like I fell asleep,
then I heard Ms. Harris, calling my name, I woke up, and I said "wait what is going on?" she looked at me
and smiled and then Sam said "Quinn woke up, and she is in room 314" I ran to room 314, I was going to
open the door but then the nurse told me that I can't go inside the room because Quinn has to relaxe and
realize what just happened to her, so she won't be surprised again, and so she won't have any type of
reason why she should have an inside bleeding. I sat outside by the bench that is the closest to her room,
and then I said "Thank god, I won't be alone" then Ms. Harris said "no one will be alone, no matter what
happens" then I looked at her and I smiled, and the Robbie said "I hope that Quinn would be careful next
time, and that she would think before she does her actual actions." Then I looked at him and I said "That's
true Quinn has to be careful for her actions more often she has not patience in her life." After an hour, the
nurse came to me and said "now you can check on your sister, but only one at a time, don't go all in at
once." then I just opened the door and went in, There was a blue couch, I didn't want to sit there because
I wanted to sit next to her. I sat next to Quinn and then I held on to her hand and I said "Why did you
scare me?" she looked at me and said "I'm sorry I slipped, that's what happened" I looked at her and
laughed and I said "Be careful next time, and whenever you need something don't be shy and let me
know" she looked at me and squeezed my hand and said "I'm sorry I made you afraid, I didn't mean to,
but know that we will die together I will never leave you." I looked at her and I said "I love you" I left her
after 15 minutes I wanted to give Sam a chance to see her, so I went out and I said "Sam you can go in
now" then I sat down and Robbie said "So how is she?" then I looked at him and I said "she is fine." then
he smiled, I then see Ms. Harris, walking towards us, she had sandwiches on her hands, she said " Here
you go, eat something I am pretty sure you guys didn't eat" Robbie and I looked at each other and we
each took one sandwich. Five minutes later Sam came over, he grabbed a sandwich and he sat down
and he ate. Quinn came out of the room when she wasn't supposed to, and she said "I am tired of the
hospital can we leave?" and then Ms. Harris said "No honey, you have to stay here for two more hours"
then Quinn said "two more! thats a lot" then she went back in, and then Sam said "I will go inside and see
if she needs anything" then he went inside. An hour later Mayra showed up, she was running towards us,
and then she said "what happened? is Quinn ok" and then Robbie took her and talked to her on a side, I
think he knew that I didn't feel like talking to anybody, but I only asked her a question "Mayra... who told
you?" and then she said " I went to your house and you neighbor told me that something happened to
Quinn" then I just shook my head. I put my head down and I kept it down for five minutes straight, and
then right when I look up I see Eddie in front of me, and then he said "I hope she feels better" I didn't
answer him I guess I did that because I wasn't in the mood of talking at all. Sam came out after a few
minutes and he said hi to both Mayra and Sam, then Mayra said "can I go in or is she sleeping?" and then
Sam said "she doesn't feel like seeing anyone now, but I say you should go in since your a girl she might
need something" then Mayra went in, Eddie wanted to go in when he was about to go in I stopped him
then he said "what I can't go in?" then I said "No, didn't you hear what Sam just told Mayra..." then he
looked at me and sat down, and then he said "why are you acting like this towards me?" then I looked at
him and I laughed and then I said "oh... you didn't just ask me that question did you, you are the only one
who knows the exact reason why I am acting like this towards you" then he said "but.. I don't" and then I
said "don't act like you don't, don't try to act innocent now". After a few minutes Mayra came out, and then
Eddie wanted to go in "Ok Brock can I go in now?" and then I looked at Mayra and I asked "Is everything
ok?" then Mayra shook her head, then I said "Let's go in together". We were sitting on both sides on the
bed by Quinn, and then Eddie asked her "so how are you feeling now?" and then Quinn said "I'm feeling a
bit better, I ... I just want to leave" then he looked at me and said "Don't rush out of this Quinn, you never
know what's going to happen", then I looked at him, and he said "why are you looking at me like that
Brock?" and then I said "let's step out of the room for a second, we will be back sis" and then Quinn said
"Don't start problems" then I closed the door slowly. "What do you want Brock, what the hell is your
problem?" I pushed him off and I said "wait you're saying what the hell is my problem?! are you out of
your mind... why would you say that to Quinn, what were you trying to do?" then Robbie saw us and he
came running towards us, and he yelled "Aye calm down don't start a problem!" then I kept on saying a
few words to Eddie such as " Your hateful towards me and you're putting your anger by trying to say a
few words that would scare my sister aren't ya" then Robbie took Eddie, and Sam moved me away. It was
time for Quinn to leave the hospital, at first she wanted to walk, but when she tried she felt dizzy, so we
got her a wheelchair, Eddie was still there, I didn't know why, I was really mad at him but I tried not to
show my anger in front of Quinn, so I kept smiling, and then Quinn said " I just want to see you smile
Brock" and then I said " Anytime, I will be strong" and then Quinn said " I didn't die because I am holding
on to life for you" then I held her hand and I kissed her forehead. We got home about 30 minutes later,
and I felt like it was one of the longest days of my whole entire life, because it was only 6:00 pm, and I
took Quinn upstairs to her room and I asked Sam to stay with her until she falls asleep, I went downstairs
and I asked Eddie to leave I said "I think it's time for you to leave" and then he looked at me and said "I
am pretty sure you aren't talking to me are you?" then I laughed and I said "Of course I am talking to you,
now leave!" he tripped by the table, stood up and said "I will remember this" then he slammed the door. I
opened the door and watched him, he was walking and he stopped to look back, and when he saw me
he kept shaking his head, then he kept walking, and for the first time and forever he flicked his finger at
me, at that point I was angry, but the thing is inside me I knew that I was going to forgive him very soon,
he has been my friend forever and we were fighting over a girl when we promised each other in 2nd
grade that will never fight over a girl, but I guess we didn't keep our promise and I was pretty sure that he
never remembered that promise and when I remind him about it he will get back to himself and he will
understand what he has done wrong. I was sitting on the couch and I forgot that Sam was still at my
house, so I heard someone coming down the stairs and I thought it was Quinn but it wasn't .. it was Sam I
thought he came down to say goodbye, but he said "Brock I was wondering if I can spend the night
here?" and then I said " Well I already told Ms. Harris that we are spending the night at her house.. so I
don't think that we can do it tonight man" then he said " Quinn said she doesn't want to go there" and then
I laughed and I said "we will do whatever the princess wants us to do, I will call Ms. Harris right now and I
will let her know" then h ran upstairs and I yelled "but your sleeping in my room ok?" then he said "Yes of
course man" , then I called Ms. Harris and our conversation went like this "Hello Ms. Harris, first I want to
thank you for helping out today, you are our second mother thank you very much.... Brock you're like my
son please whenever you need help let me know.... Yes I just wanted to let you know that Quinn was too
tired to leave the house right now, so we will not be spending the night at your house... don't worry, you
can come any other time, and I will check on Quinn tomorrow morning, have a great night... you too Ms.
Harris." Sam came down and he said "Quinn is sleeping now, party time! let's make some popcorn" then
I said "great Idea, we haven't had a night like this before" I went took the popcorn out of the cabinet, and
then Sam asked me the question that I've been wanting him to ask "Brock.... are you mad that I didn't tell
you about our relationship?" then I smiled to him and I said "I was mad, but now that you asked me I'm
not" then he said "Yes! my man, now I feel comfortable spending more time with you and Quinn, you don't
know how lucky I feel that I am with your sister" then I said " do you love her a lot?" then he laughed and
said "yes and it's been a while" then I said "be real like how much of a while?" then he said "to be honest
two years..." I was shocked and then he said "you look shocked?" and then I said "why didn't you tell her
before?" then he said "she used to like someone else, I knew everything while you didn't bro she had a
crush on Ethan... I couldn't believe it but it was true" then I took the popcorn out and I said "wait... what
happened... why didn't they date?" then he smiled and he said "well they did and it was only for two
weeks... it didn't work out, and so I wanted to leave it for the future to tell me what to do". then I said "how
about we change the subject, should we go to the backyard?" then he said " wait but why? what are we
going to do out there?" and then I said "let's sweat and release the stress, which means it's soccer time"
then he said "but I don't have cleats..." and then I said "well you don't have to worry about that, because I
always have extras for those who enjoy playing with me" then he smiles, I went upstairs looked at the 15
pairs of cleats and grabbed two pairs, and I checked on Quinn, and she was sleeping like and angle, then
I closed the door slowly and then I went back downstairs, and I see Sam looking at a small piece of
paper, and when he heard me coming down the stairs, he put that paper in his pocket, I didn't really want
to get too much into his life, I was going to ask him but I decided not to, so then I said "Sam you ready
bro?" he said "where dem cleats at though?" then I said "pick one..." then he said, "which pair is you lucky
pair?" I looked at him and I gave him my lucky pair and then he said "you gave me your lucky pair didn't
you..." then I said "yes, I won't lie I did" then he asked "why though?" and then I said "because, it felt like
you were telling me to try not to play with my lucky pair" then he shook his head. We played for about an
hour, then we both wanted to take a shower, so I went to my room and Sam stayed downstairs and used
the other bathroom. It was time for us to sleep, I slept in my room, and Sam slept in the room next to me,
but I had his sweater because I got cold when we were outside, I took it so I can return it to him, I didn't
notice anything I went I gave it back to him, and I went back to my room, and then I see a piece of paper
on my bed, and it was the same one that Sam had in his hands, and then I took it, I was standing by the
door, I was holding onto the doorknob, but then I looked at it, and I was thinking whether or not I should
read it, I sat back down on my bed, and I decided to read it.... I wish I never read it because of what was
written " Do not tell Brock that we know about his secret... of course you got into a relationship with his
sister, and you know that any type of move will ruin your relationship with Quinn, don't even try to do
anything ... Mayra and Eddie" I wanted to yell out loud, I wanted to do something... so I stood up walked
back and forth, and I ran to the wall and I punched the wall so hard, my hand was shaking and I sat down,
Sam came opened the door and said "what happened... you're bleeding?!" and then I looked at my hand
and I covered it up and I said "don't worry I was doing my nightly exercises and I kinda hit the wall" he
looked at me and he was very confused and he said "ok so do you need anything..?" then I said "no you
can sleep" then he shook his head and closed the door slowly, and that day was over like that.

I few weeks later, i was living a normal life getting used to not talking to Eddie that much, seeing Quinn
feeling better, Having Sam being next to us all the time, and getting in close touch with Lill, those few
weeks felt like a few years, I felt like we were all growing up and understanding that what actions we
might attempt can become a disaster to another, I already mentioned what I saw on the paper that Sam
had, but my reaction towards that was a disaster, so I was just there living my life and waiting for another
bad attempt from either Mayra or Eddie, I knew that they were hanging out together a lot, but they weren't
going out, I knew they were planning for new things, but I was planning some ways to make sure that
their plans will not be successful like me, now I know talking about myself like this seems like I am the
bad one, but trust me every once in awhile I have to be bad because that is the only way humans can
survive, and trust me one day you will become a bad person just like me. Quinn and I decided to go eat
dinner outside alone without Sam, but Quinn told Sam that we were going... so on our way out of the
door, we see Sam in front of the door waiting for us, and he said "I don't think you guys mind..." and then I
laughed and I said "of course we don't, let's go" as usual since Sam was with us he was walking with
Quinn, and I was walking behind them... I get a call from Lill, and I answered and Quinn and Sam looked
back at me and I said "you guys can go, I will catch up" then they walked and I said "Hello.." then Lill said
"Hey, I'm not in a good mood, I was wondering if we can hang out?" then I said "Well to be honest I'm not
home, but will you be my date for the night because Sam and Quinn are together and I was walking with
them I felt lonely, and you called on the right time" then she laughed and said "yes why not, send me the
address and I will be there". , I was very happy at that point, not because Lill will be my date, but because
I knew that I wasn't alone, I also knew that it wasn't going to be a big of deal, it's just a small date for a
few hours. I ran to catch up with Quinn and Sam, I caught up with them, I was smiling, Quinn looked at
me as if I did something wrong... so she was investigating "Brock, why are you smiling?" I laughed and I
said "what I can't smile?" then Sam said "Let him be happy" then she looked at Sam and said "Sam I was
asking Brock... but Brock I know there is a reason why you are smiling... who was on the phone?" then I
said "Lill is coming, she called me and she said she was bored, so I invited her" Quinn raised her
eyebrows and smiled and said "ok I see, I see, very interesting" I knew she was trying to get to the point
where she want me to tell her that I like Lill, but she knew I wasn't going to say it in front of Sam, so that's
why she said "interesting" , we arrived and we sat at a table with four chairs, I sat next to Quinn and Sam
sat in front of Quinn, we weren't going to make our order yet, because we were waiting for Lill to arrive. I
got a message five minutes later from Lill saying "sorry I'm late, I will be there in about 10 minutes" then
Quinn took my phone from me, I didn't want to argue with her just so Sam won't know anything, and so
she was typing back to her,, then she gave me my phone back, and I opened it to see what she said back
to Lill, I was nervous, but then I just opened it, and I read it, it was funny, I was afraid for nothing because
it said "Ok be careful not to trip, not to get hit by a car, not to bump into the wall" at first it didn't make
sense but it was funny, because I knew what Quinn meant by saying that, when we were 8 years old,
Quinn and I lost our mother, and we as a family were going to the same restaurant, Quinn and I knew the
way to the restaurant, but when we were walking together, I tripped, then I stood up, then we kept
walking, and Quinn hit the car, and then I held her hand, and we kept walking... and lastly we both hit the
same wall, it was funny, that was the only reason why Quinn replied to Lill like that. A few minutes later
Lill arrived, and she looked around the room, and I waved my hand so she can see me, she saw me, and
once she turned around, my eyes were just concentrated on her, she came and she sat down, she said
"Hi Brock, Quinn, Sam" Quinn and Sam said hi back, but I was just staring at her, and then Quinn said
"Brock are you ok?" and then Sam said "Buddy you don't look so good..." then Lill called me, I looked at
my phone, and then I closed my eyes and said "Hey Lill.." then they all laughed, and Lill said "what
happened to you?" in my head I was like, you happened to be very beautiful, that I wasn't able to talk, but
to her I said "Oh I was daydreaming you know it happens" then Quinn said "well I know you the best and
this doesn't happen so often, I don't think it happens at all" then I kicked Quinn on her leg, very softly, and
she looked at me and laughed, then Lill said "ok I am starving... what should I eat?" Quinn said "I'll tell
you whatever Brock order's you order the same, he has a good taste" then I looked at Quinn and I smiled,
then Lill said "Brock for real.. you do?" then I said "I guess I do" Sam then took our orders and sent them
to the desk, we were waiting, it was a 30 minute wait, and during those 30 minutes, we all talked about
stuff we like to do when no one is around, now Quinn already knew, and Sam did too, but Sam didn't
know that I knew who told him, so Quinn was about to mention it until I held onto her hand and I said "lets
not talk about this now" she looked at me and she knew I was getting mad so she shook her head. Our
food was ready, Sam went and got it, I ordered shrimp, with rice and vegetables, and when Lill saw it she
seemed shocked, and so I asked her " do you like it?" she looked at me and smiles and she said "I love
shrimp" Quinn ordered chicken with a side of mashed potatoes, and Sam ordered shrimp with noodles,
Quinn said "I like shrimp but, I miss this place, and the best thing here is their chicken" then I said "since
when do you like shrimp?" then she took her phone out and texted me saying "I said that because I don't
want Sam to think I'm weird" I texted her back saying " Quinn be yourself, guys don't like girls that lie" she
looked at me, and she started eating, after a few minutes Sam offered Quinn some shrimp and Quinn
looked at me and said "No I don't like shrimp at all" then I smiled, Sam said "are you sure?" then she said
"yes, I am positive" Lill was looking at me, I was eating my food, I was doing the usual me, eating, but
everytime I put my head up I see Lill looking at me, I knew that she liked me I really didn't mind, but then
Lill asked me a question that I couldn't get the answer for " do you sing?", I didn't know if I should act like I
didn't hear her or just move on and answer her question... Quinn looked at me and said "we are waiting
for an answer" I knew Quinn was trying so hard to get me mad but I didn't know why she was doing that,
then Sam said "Nah I don't think he sings" then I said "Yes, I do, I sing" Quinn looked at me and she had
her eyes open so wide, I knew she was shocked, but I just had to say the truth, I felt if I didn't say the truth
then something worse will happen in my life. Sam looked at me, and he figured that I knew about the
whole paper thing, and that he knew I sing, so he was looking at me deeply in the eyes, and he said
"really?!" he acted like he was shocked just in front of Lill, and then Quinn said "well, yea he does every
once in awhile" then I looked at her and I said "ha every once in awhile, you mean everyday" then they all
laughed. Lill kept looking at me and she said "I sing too" at that point I was shocked I didn't know what to
say or do, so I said "oh maybe we can sing together one day" she looked and smiled and she said
"maybe we can do it today.." I looked at her and I said " so should we go to the park?" then Quinn said
"yea we should, I saw Sam step on Quinn's foot, and I knew why he did that, he wanted to leave me and
I'll alone, but I didn't want to stay with Lill alone because I knew it would mean something if I did, because
to my sister whenever I stay with a girl on our own it means that either I like her, or I'm in a relationship
with her already. We finished our food, we walked out of the restaurant, there was like a big crack on the
sidewalk while we were walking, and so Sam held on to Quinn's hands and she jumped, I crossed, I
turned around... I held onto Lill's hands.. her hands were very cold, and then she jumped, but now comes
the awkward part where we both fell on the floor together, then we looked at each other and laughed,
Quinn didn't even see when this happened she was too busy talking to Sam, and so we laughed I stood
up and then I gave her my arm then she stood up and we kept walking. We got to the park, Sam said "
Quinn and I will be walking... what do you guys want to do?" Lill and I looked at each other, and then we
both said "Swings" and then Sam and Quinn laughed, I mean it wasn't that weird but "Great minds thinks
alike" it was cool that we both thought alike. Sam and Quinn walked, they were laughing, Quinn looked
back at me and she gave me a wink..... then I looked at Lill and I said "Let's run" we ran to the swings, it
was a very weird day because Lill and I were aiming for the same swing which was weird, but then I let
her stay on that blue swing, and I was on the red swing. It passed 5 minutes we haven't talked nor done
anything but we were just on the swings, then she started singing .... "The first beautiful feeling that my
heart felt.... hmmm.... if you needed a start from the sky I will bring it to you" her voice sounded like an
angel, it was very beautiful, then I sang the next part of the song "The words I love you that I see in your
eyes, and your smile that lights up my life" she looked at me and smiled and she said "so you know the
song..." I smiled and I said "yes I do" I wanted to ask her if my voice was nice or not, but then she said it
herself "your voice that runs through my ears is the only thing I hear you sound like a bird in the morning
and an owl at night" I laughed and I said... " but you don't know how I sound like in the morning" then she
laughed and said "true I don't" , she kept smiling, there was something different about her smile, then
when she used to smile when we were younger, she had a more positive feeling to it, I felt as if I were to
be the one smiling not her, it felt like if she is smiling I have to be smiling. We switched spots, and then
she asked me " since when?" I knew she was asking about how long I've been singing so I said "about 8
years" she looked at me and she said "wow, long time, for me it's been only 4 years, that is when I knew I
had a voice" then I said "you have a very beautiful voice, you sound like an angel to be honest..." then
she smiled and looked the other way, and she saw a man with cotton candy and she said " Cotton
Candy!" I laughed and I said "you want me to get you some?" then she smiles, and I walked over to the
guy, I got 4 of them, then I walked back and she said "why four?" then I said "two for you and two for me"
she looked at me and took two and she said "you like it too don't you" and then I said "yes, why lie, I do
like Cotton Candy" then she started eating it, and she said "it melts in my mouth, its relaxing... i'm sure
you know what I mean" i knew what she meant, it just that all she had to think about was cotton candy,
and she had to give all her attention to it, so she won't feel like she ate it quickly.  I looked at the sky and I
kept looking at it while we were both enjoying our Cotton Candy, then Quinn came she was running, and
she yelled "Sam look!, I want cotton candy!" ok I was confused there was something wrong going on with
Quinn she never liked cotton candy, so what changed now, in my head I was like did I just hear her say
that or is is just me?... then Sam came and they both stopped and looked at us, I knew that Sam didn't
like cotton candy at all, so if he was going to say that he liked it too, that means they are living a
relationship based on lies, and just based on actions, then Sam said "Aye why didn't you get us some?" I
looked at them and I laughed, and I said "because you both don't like cotton candy" they looked at each
other and Sam said "wait Quinn you don't like cotton candy?" Quinn looked at me and she said "well
uhh... yes I do I love it!" then Sam said "yea I like it too, I don't know what your talking about Brock" then I
laughed and then Lill whispered "are they lying to each other?" then I smiled and I said "yea, you guessed
it!" then she laughed, Quinn ran to the guy that had cotton candy, and then she got two one for her and
one for Sam, Sam looked at her and smiled, and then he looked at me and he looked as if he was
disappointed because I said that he doesn't like cotton candy, but I really didn't care. The night was over, I
walked Lill home because she lives a little further then we did, and Sam took Quinn home, as I was
walking with Quinn she said "It was a fun night, I know more about you know" then I smiled and I said
"yes, I do to" then she said "like what?" I said "I never knew you can sing, I didn't know you liked shrimp,
and I didn't know you like cotton candy...imagine" then she laughed and she said "yea that true, I mean
you barely know anything about me, but you know my personality pretty well" then I looked at her and I
said "well we are here now, it's time for me to run home" then she smiled and said "thank you, this was a
very fun night.... well I guess I will see you around, .... good night" then I said "yea, see ya". The next
morning, I woke up, I took a shower, got ready for school, and went downstairs, I smelled something I
didn't know if I was just smelling something, but it was food, then I thought well Quinn doesn't wake up
early, so I go to the kitchen and I see... she looked like my mom... I was scared, I said to myself " It's a
dream, it's Quinn" then I look back again, and she still looked like my mother, I said "Hi" she said "good
morning, how have you been doing?" it was her twin sister, she came from Alabama, whenever she
came, she checked on us to make sure that we are doing good, and she had the keys to the house, and
then she said "Brock...honey how have you been doing?" I looked at her and I said "good... I missed you
a lot" then she said "aww honey I missed you too, come here" then she hugged me, and then she said
"come on eat something before you go to school, I know that you don't like having breakfast in the
morning, but at least have a biscuit" I looked at her and I smiled, and then I took a biscuit and I said "ok
let me run to school, I will see you later... don't forget that Quinn has to wake up, she is always late" then
she said "ok no worries, have a nice day" then I left. I was walking to my art class, I noticed that Eddie
hasn't been there for a while, but I figured that he switched classes because he didn't need art, so he had
to switch his classes. Lill came 15 minutes late, she probably didn't sleep well, the night before because,
it was a long night, she sat next to Mayra, and I just didn't want to look at Mayra's face because she
looked very depressed, I didn't know what was happening to this girl lately, I was confused, but I know
that a girl would understand her the most, because they express the same feelings to each other, and
they are more open to each other, so I had to think of someone to talk to Mayra and make her feel better,
the only person would be Lill.... but then Lill came to me and she said "Mayra doesn't want me to sit next
to her, and she doesn't like me because I am hurting her in a way" then I said "ok then just don't sit next
to her, keep it simple with no problems" at that point I knew that Mayra needs to have a serious talk with
someone that she really trusts, and doesn't have hate towards that person, and that would be Quinn. I
decided to go to the bathroom, well act like I was going to the bathroom, just because I wanted to see if
Quinn was in her physics class, so I walked pass her class and I told her to come out, then she came out
and said "uhh what do you want" then I said "Listen I want you to talk to Mayra today during lunch, like
maybe ask her whats going on, why the hell does she look like a dead and depressed person.... ok?" she
looked at me and smiled and said "ok I will seemes like you are planning something...aren't you?". then I
said "if you say so, maybe..." she smiled and said "ok gotta run back in" then I walked away, I went to the
gym to checkout whose class was in there and then I saw Robbie, I didn't say hi because he didn't see
me, so then I walked back to class.

We each had to create our own color sand, and we had to put it in a clear pot. As I was coloring the sand
I had, a girl came in and she looked so familiar, Lill was talking to me and saying something that I didn't
even pay attention, I was to distracted by looking at that girl and trying to know who she is, then the
teacher said "Welcome, what's your name?.. you th new student right?" then she shook her head and she
said "my name is Liv " I stopped and I dropped the sand, I felt like when she said that, it was the biggest
shock of my life, I was tearing up, then I stood up and I hugged her, then Lill said "Brock... are you ok?" of
course, she didn't know who Liv was, Liv was my x-girlfriend, and she was my only girlfriend, she left
when we were in 7th grade and she was my best friend, and my girlfriend. Mayra then came, she was
walking slowly, and he was looking at Liv closely, and she said "Liv, are you Liv, OH MY GOD" then Liv
looked at us and said "yes, it's me, but wait... Brock.. I wouldn't have known you until I seen your eyes"
then I said "really..why" she said "because you changed a lot, but in a good way" then I smiled to her. The
teacher said "ok now this is a good situation, since you know these people, you're in safe hands... have a
seat young lady" then we all sat down, Lill said "can someone explain what going on?" then Liv said "Hi
I'm Liv" and Lill looked at her in a bad way and said "ok, and I'm Lill" then I said "Liv was " then Live
interrupted me and said " I'm his x-girlfriend" then Lill looked at me like she was going to do something to
me, then she threw the pot on the floor, it broke it was glass, and she ran out of class, then Mayra said
"don't worry she will be fine" I felt bad, but then I thought that she will be ok later and she will understand
the situation, and plut I didn't get why she was mad because we weren't in a relationship, in any type of
way anyways. I was holding Liv's hands and I was looking into her green eyes and I said "I missed you a
lot" she looked at me and she said "I missed you too" then I said "there is no way I can think of, but I tried
all ways to get to you, and I was never able to" she then said "I tried too, it was one of the hardest years
of my life" then Mayra said "well I guess you didn't miss me Liv" then Liv laughed and she said "I missed
you a lot, you didn't change at all" then Mayra said "oooh well you don't know that..? do you..." then Liv
laughed and said "that's true... so are you in a relationship with Eddie...since we were young you guys
looked like you would be the best couple ever!" then Mayra looked at her in a disappointed way and said
"no we aren't unfortunately he likes that girl" then Liv said "wait Lill?" then Mayra shook her head, and she
said "it's complicated... Brock how about Liv and I come over to your house, so Quinn and I could explain
the situation to Live" then I shook my head and I said "sure, but talk to Quinn about it, I don't really mind,
but I don't no about her" then the bell rang, and I asked Liv "what class do you have next?" then she said
"I have gym next" then I smiled, then she said "why are you smiling" then I said "I remember when we
were in gym together, and I asked you out" then she smiled, and she kept walking. I got home, I felt like it
was a long day, I didn't see my aunt though, she might have left a letter somewhere in the house, I went
upstairs, dropped my backpack on the floor, and layed down on my bed, I felt very tired, and I wanted to
hang out with Eddie and the boys, but there was something from stopping us, which wasn't a good thing
because, our friendship wasn't developing much the way I wanted it to be, but at the same time, I felt that
maybe, they will all understand what they have done wrong to me, on the day where they were saying
"stop showing off" I knew that someday they will come up to me and they will apologize, they will realize
that I've never done anything to them, and that my actions were never wrong like theirs were and still are.
I was writing a novel for my class once, and I wrote something that really hurt me, I wrote... You will never
know that person until they lie for the first time. You will never trust that person unless you love that
person. You will never give up on that person unless that person gives up on you. You will never forget
that person until time has come for you to leave this life. I wrote that because, I felt like I was writing about
my friends, and about Liv, about my parents and about Quinn, it felt like I was writing the truth for the first
time, I felt that I wasn't lying to myself anymore. The next morning, I was walking to school, then I see
Eddie running towards me and he says "Hey there," then I say "Hi..." then he said "are you mad at me?"
then I said "well, to be honest yes" then he laughed and he said "well great, just to let you know you will
be mad at me for another while" then I said " Your childish mind just won't leave ya..huh?" then he said
"Oh don't worry, my adult mind is working as well" then I kept walking, and he took a different direction.
As I was walking, I passed by this grocery store, then I thought of Liv, and I wanted to bring her, her
favorite chocolate, so I went in and then I went to the aisle that has cookies/sweets, I looked for her
favorite chocolate which was Reese's pieces, I found it and I got three packets, then I went to the cash
register and I paid and left. I kept walking until I got to school, then I got to school and I said goodmorning
to the security and I kept walking, I got to my locker, and I noticed that Liv's locker was across of mine,
and I walked to her locker before I opened mine, I knew what her combination would have been, it would
be either her birthday or mine, because she told me that my birthday is easy to remember, so I tried mine
first, and it worked.. I opened her locker, I put the chocolate in there and then I locked it. As I was going
up the stairs, I saw Mayra looking through the window, she didn't see me, so I didn't want to say hi, then I
kept moving on with no distractions. I got to class everything was going good, except that there was
barely anyone in class, only 3 to 4 people, it was kind of fishy, but I sat there and I waited, I put my bad on
the desk and I put my head on it, I had my headphones in, my teacher wasn't there yet, when I put my
head down it was 7:45am, then all I remember was that I slept, and I looked the time was 8:00am, there
was no one sitting next to me, I looked behind me and there was no one in the class, then I took my
headphones out, I look at the teacher's desk, and he wasn't there, I was very confused, I walked out of
the class and I saw no one in the hallway, then someone gave an announcement on the intercom and
said "The performance will begin in 5 minutes" then I heard cheers and loud voices coming from the
auditorium. Then I figured that I forgot it was "National Hobby Day" which meant people would perform
things they like to do, while they are on their own, so I walked down the hallway very slowly because I
knew it would be boring, just like every other year was. Then the principal, Mr. Anderson saw me in the
hallway and said " Brock, you are very late, don't wonder in the hallways and get to the auditorium as
soon as possible" then I said "Good Morning, no worries, I will." Then I kept walking, slowly though,
because come on why would I want to see what people do when they are alone, I mean I didn't want the
people to know what I did when I was alone. I got to the auditorium, then Eddie, called me and said
"Brock! I saved you a spot hurry up" then I walked towards him, then I sat next to him. When I got there,
this girl named Ocean was performing, and she was showing us that she can challenged herself and have
one full bottle of cinnamon. Then I laughed, and Eddie said "This is dumb as hell" then I looked at him
and I shook my head, then he said "later on I heard that there is something that will surprise us, I am so
excited for it" then I said "ok that's cool" , then I guy came up on stage, he was on a wheel chair, and the
first thing he said "I can't walk, my name is Jasim, and I hope I will inspire you today" then I gave him all
my attention, because it seemed interesting. Jasim had a soccer ball in his hand, I got totally excited for
his performance, so then he started showing us his skills, while he was sitting down, he did some head
moves, and leg moves that I couldn't ever manage to do. He then finished his performance and then I
stood up for him and I clapped, I was very impressed, and I knew that one day I have to talk to him.
Mayra went up the stage, and I wasn't too surprised, because she is kinda weird, so she would do
something on her own, then she said "Hi, most of you know me, I'm Mayra just in case, and today I will be
showing you a performance by one of my best friends, I don't know if he is here, but I hope he is watching
this now" I kept watching, the only person that I would have thought of would be Eddie, it was a video, It
was very dark, and in the video someone said "shh he is starting" then Eddie said "watch this closely
Brock" I looked at him, and when I looked back at the screen it was me, at that moment I knew that there
was no hope from my old friends, and notice I said "Old" because I have to find some new ones since I
can't trust my friends anymore, it was a shock to me, but I knew they were going to do it one day, since
they tried to do it before, everyone clapped and said "woooo," and everyone was surprised, then I heard
my voice, and I heard how I was singing, Quinn called me about three times in a row, I wanted to answer
her but then I knew that Eddie would say something if I answered her, so I decided not to answer.  ​I sat
there, I was very disappointed, I thought that Eddie wouldn't really do anything that would upset me again,
it seemed to me that he really wanted us to be friends again, then I hear everyone saying "Stand UP,
Stand UP" I stood up looked around the whole auditorium, and found myself out of the auditorium in just
seconds. I had no hopes anymore, I am just left with two friends, Live and Lill, I knew that there was no
way I can bring them back, unless a miracle happens. As I was walking in the hallway I heard Quinn
calling my name so I stopped, and it was one of the most emotional moments that I ever had with Quinn, I
ran to her and I hugged her and I cried, she hugged me back tightly, and she said "everything will be
alright" then I said in a cracky voice "but.. I didn't want anyone to know" then she said "don't worry, they
will forget about it soon, and it will be an old topic to the people" then I kept hugging her and I said "I'm
scared, I feel lonely, I don't know why my friends are doing this to me, they are leaving me with no hope"
then she said " They are just tired of being the same every year, so they just wanted to have fun" then I
looked at her and I was shocked and I said "Fun!, what do you mean, having fun making fun of me" then
she said "I... I aaaahh I' didn't mean that" then I said "you meant what you meant, don't try to calm me
down now" then she looked at me and said "I'm sorry, let's keep walking.. where do you want to go?" then
I said "To my favorite place" she looked at me and smiled, and she put her arm around my shoulder... as
we were walking out of the school, Mr. Anderson, saw us by the door and he asked "YOU TWO...
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" then I said "Home Mr.Anderson, he smiled and he said "well I understand
your situation, I give you permission to go, be safe though" then Quinn said "Thank you Mr. Anderson"
then we walked out, Quinn came to school with her bike, and so she went and she rode her bike home,
then I went after her, so I could get my bike, and so we both could drop our backpacks in the house. I
went into the house, changed my shoes, put my backpack down, looked at myself in the mirror, and I said
"This might be a lucky day, and I will not use my time to do harm, I will use it to do good" then Quinn
came to my room, knocked on the door and said "Brock are you ready?" then I said "yes, I will be right
there" I took my phone off the bed, and I took one of my favorite notebooks, I went down the stairs took
the keys, and then closed the door and locked it, I went to the garage and I get my bike from in there,
then Quinn said "don't forget the helmet, might need it for emergencies" then I said "nah I won't take it this
time." Then we took our bikes we walked a little until we go to the first stop sign where we cross the
street, then we rode our bikes, we passed by the park and there we saw some one Quinn's friends, they
all said Hi in a good way, then we kept going, after that we passed by Sam's house, his mom was in front
of the house, and we said hi to her, and we kept going, after that we passed by the place where Robbie
swims at, and we saw Robbie, but he didn't see us, and I was very happy that he didn't see us because I
didn't want him to see me, and then try to say something to me, weather its mean or not, just because I
wasn't in the mood, and the only people that I would want to talk to would either be Quinn, Lill, or Liv, just
because all three understood me the most, of course my twin sister would have known me the most which
makes most sense if you think about it because we are "Twins". Fact-Based writing wasn't something that
I would ever have been interested in, but since I am very smart and I know how it feels, to express your
feelings through writing I thought that Fact-Based writing was useful during that time of mylife. So we got
to the place, where I just loved being at, which was on the mountain, there was a big tree, I would always
sit against that tree, either sing or write, or even just sit there at night and watch the stars, the only two
people whom knows this place are Quinn and Liv, Liv knew about it because that is where I planned our
first date, and it was like a picnic, it was very fun, and as I was going up the mountain, it reminded me
even more and more about my past relationship with Liv. I got to the tree, and I sat against it, while Quin
just walked around and admired the beauty, I told Quinn "Lets stay here for the night" and she looked at
me as if I was saying something crazy and she said "we got nothing with us, we are unprepared" then I
looked at her and I said "you can invite Sam" then she smiled and she shook her head, and the only
reason why I told her that was because I knew that if he had come, he would have brought us the things
we were in need for. So Quinn called Sam, and he said that he will be bringing everything we need, and
he drives too, so I was happy because I wanted to sleep in the car, it wasn't ever easy for me to sleep
outside of the house because I am a light headed person and I wake up from anything around me, for
instance, if someone was whispering outside the door of my room I would wake up, and every time
something like that happens to me I get mad because it takes me forever to sleep, but for Quinn it's the
opposite she can sleep as soon as she puts her head on that pillow, and she can sleep even if the music
was on the loudest tune, she would only wake up if someone threw a bucket of water on her face
especially if it's cold. Sam arrived and he really got the stuff we needed, I was amazed I thought he
wouldn't know, but I believe that he was smart enough, or maybe it was just that he knew me and Quinn
very well so he knew what we needed and what we didn't need, and most importantly he knew that I
needed my soccer ball just incase I couldn't sleep, I was lucky to have a friend like him and I wasn't lucky
enough for a day like that because of what had happened earlier that day... I was waiting for Sam to come
with a really bad reaction, but he was totally ignorant towards the whole situation, he didn't even mention
it at all, at least not in front of me but I wouldn't know if he had said anything to Quinn. So I wanted to set
up a fire, I got all the things I needed to do so, and I set it up, Quinn hated the fire, just because it really
bothers her eyes in a different way then it bothers us, but it was a cold night so we needed it, Sam said
"Quinn do you want to stay in the car?" Quinn looked at me an smiled and she said "I sure do...but I want
to eat some marshmallows, so I would stay here, even if there is pain" then I looked at her and I hugged
her and I said "alright let's have fun!" then Sam said "yes you said it, let's have fun and remove all the
negative thoughts in our mind" then Quinn got the marshmallows and I took them from her, and then I
looked around for some cookies I thought Sam got some then Sam said "ok check in the back seats it
might be there" then I checked there I see the cookies and the chocolate, and Sam already got the
marshmallows ready, so we were ready for some s'mores, I was excited because I hadn't had smores in a
while, with my sister and one of my closest friends, I knew that the night would be fun, but this time, Liv
called me and she said "where are you?" then I said "Mountain top" then she said "you favorite place
huh?" then I said "yes the usual" then she said "ok I will be there in about 20 minutes" then I said "we will
be waiting" after that I said "Sam you know this is one of my favorite places to come to, so I would
suggest that we keep this for only the four of us as a secret alright?" then he said "wait the four of us..but
we are only three.?" then I said "Live knows about it, and she will be coming in about 20 minutes" then he
said "ooooh the great couple will be meeting again" then I said "please don't make a big deal we are just
friends" then he said "well, that's what you're saying now, we will see what you'll be saying in a few
months" then I said "just take care of my sister Sam, worry about your relationship" then Quinn said "yeah
Sam worry about us, not them" then Sam said "alright alright don't brag, as if I don't do nothing for us"
then we all laughed, and Quinn said in a squeaky voice "yes you do a lot" and she looked at him and
gave him a smile, then I said to them "I will wait in the car, if I sleep though wake me up" and so I went
into the car, watched Sam and Quinn, laugh a lot, and then the last thing I remember was that I fell
asleep, and no one woke me up. In the morning I woke up from the birds, I look around at the sky, and
then I look at the seat next to me, and Liv was there and she was sleeping, I felt really bad because she
came and Quinn and Sam didn't even bother to wake me up, and so I got out of the car quietly, and then I
said to myself I should go get them something to eat, so I looked and I saw that Sam and Quinn were still
sleeping, so I quietly took my bike and rode down the hill, and oh man it was a fun ride. I got to the bakery
place and I wanted to get some bagels, so I ordered some bagels, and then I saw a bunch of fresh
strawberries and I got them, and I asked the guy for the cost, and I decided to take them since they were
fresh, I got them because Liv loves strawberries and I just wanted to get her some, since I didn't see her
the night before, so I got the bagels, and the strawberry's and I left the bakery, then I noticed that I had
taken Liv's backpack with me, so I just put the bagels and the strawberry inside her backpack, and I rode
back up to the mountain.  ​As I got to the mountain I looked inside the car and Liv was still sleeping and I
look on the ground Sam and Quinn were still sleeping as well, so I decided to just to sit by the tree and
read a book, until they wake up, I first set the food on the ground, then I took the book from the car, and I
headed to the tree, I sat there and I started reading, I looked at the clock and i was only 7:35 am, so I
knew that it was still too early for them to wake up, so I started reading my book, but something was
missing, so I knew I would be very distracted because something was missing. After about an hour or so,
I got tired of reading, so then I go back to where they were, and I see that Sam woke up, and then he saw
me and he said "when did you wake up?" then I said "about 2 hours ago" he looked at me and he
laughed, and then he said "why that early?" then I said "forget about that, why didn't you tell me that Liv
came last night?" then he said "Liv?... where is she?" then I looked at the car, and then he saw her and
he said "well, we slept I guess that's why we didn't tell you, so there should be no reason for you to be
upset at us at al" then I said "oh then that is a different situation if you guys were sleeping" then he looked
at the food and he said "I see you were very energetic... what did you get?" then I said "I got some
bagels, and strawberries" then he said "mmmm great taste, I'm hungry man, aren't you?" then I said "I'm
very hungry but I thought it would be rude if I ate right now, I mean if you want you can eat, but I'll wait for
them to wake up" then he said "nah I'll wait too" then we both went and walked back to the tree, as we sat
there it was silent, so I wanted to get a conversation going so I said "you know this tree, it's just very
calming, do you feel the same?" then he said "I mean, I am not sure, what my feelings are towards this
tree, because I am not here as often as you are" then I said "yea thats right, I understand what your trying
to tell me, it makes total sense" then he said "let's think of it this way, have you ever thought how I felt
towards your sister?" then I said "well, no because we are talking about nature, and my sister is human"
then he laughed and he said "well to be honest your sister is my nature" then I looked at him and I
smiled.... then he said "how about you..what are your plans for this year?" then I said "I got no plans to be
honest" then he said "I'm talking in terms of getting into a relationship you know..." then I said "oh I have
plans, but I am not trying to make a big deal, so let's keep it on the low" then he said "ok one last
question... Lill or Liv" I looked at him and I said "I can't decide" then he said "just don't give both of them
hope, and then make one of them sad, try not to make mistakes, because results are the worst thing we
can think of right now" then I said "yea I understand, I'll try my best" then he said "don't think too much"
after that Liv showed up and she said "Goodmorning" then I stood up and I walked to her and I hugged
her, then she said "sorry I just didn't want to wake you up last night... you were sleeping like an angel"
then Sam said "why didn't you wake us up then?" then Liv said "I didn't notice you guys until I got into the
car" then I said "well it's ok now, listen I got you some strawberries, I know that you really like them" then
she smiled and she said "how sweet, thank you" then Quinn woke up and Sam said "Good Morning
sunshine" then she said "Good Morning, I'm hungry where is the food?" then I laughed and I said "all
Quinn cares about is food" then we all laughed. As we were eating Liv said "Oh my god are these fresh?"
then I said "Yes ma'am they are fresh" then she said "they are really good to be honest" then I said "I
knew you'd like them" then Quinn said "Is there anything to drink?" then Sam said "there is six bottles of
water in the trunk, go get some for all of us" then she rolled her eyes, and she said "why do I have to
move..." then Sam said "oh god, lazy as hell, I'll get it" then I laughed and I said "Sam you say I have to
look at your relationship, well... I'm looking, its a funny relationship to be honest" then Sam got the water
and he said "A funny one is better than a depressed one isn't it?" then I said "true true, real talk right
there" then Liv said "why are you guys talking like that?" then I said "talking like what?" then Quinn said
"you guys are talking in a mysterious way..." then Sam said "if you girls want to know what we are talking
about just ask us, be clear about it, tell us that you want to know what we are talking about" then I said
"yes I agree, it's just that guys hate when girls act like...like they want to know everything but at the same
time they don't want to show us that" then Quinn said "but we didn't mean that..." then Liv said "well you
guys are right we should just be honest with you. An hour later I was on the phone with my aunt and she
was saying "listen I didn't really mean to leave like that without saying goodbye or anything you know that
right?" then I said "well I understand for sure because you have kids, they need you and you also have a
job, it's fine at least we got to see you" then she said "aw you're the sweetest, but I think that Quinn got a
little upset" then I said "no worries, I don't think that she is upset, if anything I will cheer her up" then she
said "you probably know why I love you know" then I said "I love you too" then Sam came up to me and
said "it should be time for us to leave right?" then I said "whatever you guys want to do, i'll do it" then Liv
said "yea it would be great it we leave, I want to take you guys somewhere" then I said "oh, for the first
time, lets see where Liv is going to take us" then Quinn laughed and said "to the park we goooo" then we
laughed and Liv said "let's hope that you guys know this place". As we were on our way, of course this
time Liv was driving, I was sitting next to her, and Sam and Quinn were in the back, then Liv looked at me
and said "why do you seem unrelaxed?" then I said "please eyes on the road" then she said "listen if you
don't want to go then just tell me" then I said "just keep driving" then I got a message from Quinn and it
said "should we leave you guys alone?" then I texted her back "don't you dare to do so" then I looked at
her from the mirror and she shook her head. We got to this dark building...it looked like a house, but then I
didn't know weather it was a house or something else because of how dark it was, then I asked Liv
"where are we?" and it was a very windy day, usually Liv would tear up when it's really windy, so I looked
at her and she was tearing, then she said "this place is where I relife my stress" then I said "since when?"
then she said "since we were young" then I said "how come you never told me?" then she said "well I just
didn't want you to know, but now I do" then I said "well let's go in" then she said "no stop, just wait a
second, I will be right back" she went to the back yard, I was looking at her and I saw that there were lots
of wires in her hand, then she switched a cable, and the whole light lit up.... I was in shock, Quinn got
excited and said "Oh my god, look at this girl, so smart, I want to sleep here" then I looked at her and I
laughed, then Liv came back running towards us and she said "now do you like it?" then Sam said "if I
had to live here for life, I wouldn't ever regret it, then I said "to be honest I thought it would be boring as
hell here, I can't wait till night time it would look better I bet" then Liv said "alright who wants to go inside?"
then I said "Lets go, it shouldn't be a question" then we went inside, and right when I got in the lights
suddenly turned on, but this time it wasn't Liv who turned them on, because she was right next to me, so
then I asked her "ok....how did this happen?" then she looked at me and she smiled, and said "in a few
minutes we will be taking a tour around the house, and then you will understand how" then Sam said "is
this like a haunted house?" then Liv laughed and said "no...no, just be aware though" then Sam tripped,
and there was a crack in the floor, and then Sam said "oh now I get it" then Quinn ran to Liv and they
started talking about something, I went to a big area, it seemed like it would be the living room, and in the
house there was just a few pieces of furniture. There was a brown chair, and it seemed funny to me
because it looked like one of those chairs that were from the old times, so I sat on it, took my phone out
and took a selfie, I wanted to post t on snapchat, and I wanted to write a caption, so I thought of one really
quickly and I wrote "spinning spinning spinning, WonderWall is the filling" then I posted it, so I got out of
that room, and I didn't see Quinn, Sam, or Liv anywhere after that, I see that Liv saw my story on
snapchat, so then I called her, and she didn't pick up, I looked in all bedrooms downstairs but there was
no one there, I went upstairs and I got into the first room, and then they all said surprise and they had
blue and red lights with a microphone, then I looked at them and I said, "wait what's going on?" then Liv
said "I decided to do something for you in my special place just because I felt like if I don't do it, you will
always be thinking about what people would think after they saw you in school" then I smiled and I
grabbed the microphone and said "wow Quinn wouldn't ever think of something amazing like this" then
Quinn laughed and said "to be honest I wouldn't have ever thought of this, when I saw it, i was going to
yell for your name, but then Liv stopped me" then I laughed and I said “well it was a surprise so she was
going to stop you anyways” then we all laughed, then Liv said "I got you a microphone, are you going to
sing for me?" then I said "since you got it, it's my only chance" then Quinn clapped for me, and then I
started singing "Look you can play it cool, act like you don't care, river don't be cruel, you're pushing me
away, Don't want to get hurt, saw you hurt me first, with the words you say, maybe you should fall, that's
what rivers do, cause when you're in love, you don't mind a different view, things are looking uppppppp
up" They all clapped for me and they got happy for me, and then Sam asked "I just want to know the
exact reason why you don't sing in front of everyone..why?" then I said "just because I don't feel
comfortable in front of everyone it always depends on who you are, if I trust you I will sing in front of you,
and if I don't will I will never sing in front of everyone" then Liv said "but you have to start thinking about
your future...what do you want to do?" then I laughed and I said "in terms of my future... I know exactly
what I want to do to" then she said "are you sure" then Quinn said "When Brock says something he
means it honey" then I laughed and I said "for the first time my sister knows me for sure" then we all
laughed. Liv got us some ice cream and we were in the backyard, eating the ice cream and enjoying it,
then I got a call from Lill, I answered and walked away, the conversation went like this "Hi" "Hey I just
called I was wondering how you've been doing?" then I said "I'm fine, but you don't sound ok..." it seemed
like she was crying, then she said "are you home?" then I said "no now, I'll be home in about 20 minutes"
then she said "well i'll be there waiting for you" then I said "ok see you there" I went back and I said to Liv
"aye Liv do you mind If I leave?" then she said "no it's fine go ahead" then I left, and Sam followed me
and he said "wait a sec Brock, where you going?" then I said "I'm going home, Lill is coming over and I
have to see her" then he said "alright take care" I took my bike and I left. I got home, Lill wasn't there yet, I
go inside and I change my clothes, and I sat on the couch, then the bell rang, I went to open the door, I
opened the door, but when I did, I closed it again. I sat on the floor, thinking of what happened to me at
school the other day, and I was thinking about that because when I opened the door, Eddie was the
person I saw, then I hear knocks on the door, it felt like I was living a shock, I didn't know what to do, so I
just opened the door, it was Eddie and Lill, they went into the living room and sat there, then Lill said
"Brock why are you standing?" then I said "I don't feel like sitting" then Eddie said "sit down, we're just
going to talk" then I sat next to Lill, she was in the middle between the both of us. Lill started talking
"Brock, I talked to Eddie about this situation, I told him that I don't like him, and that the both of us belong
together, and he said that he gives up on me" then I said "it's not about us Lill, if I wanted to I would have
asked you out a long time ago, but it's about Eddie and Mayra making me feel like trash in front of the
school" then Eddie said "that isn't our topic right now" then Lill said "well since there is nothing stopping
us from being together why aren't we together?" then I said "listen, I am not trying to hurt you Lill but life
isn't all about you, I have a family" then Eddie said "man what family are you talking about? huh... your
mom died, and you barely knew your dad, and Quinn doesn't care about you..., why are you talking
about" then I said "if you knew the feeling you would understand what family I'm talking about" then Lill
said "well in the case, I am going to leave until you guys know that whatever you're doing is wrong and
trust me it isn't a good choice for the both of you" then we both looked at each other while Lill slammed
the door. Then I got up washed my face, and sat back down, and then Eddie said "well Mayra..." I didn't
let him continue " Mayra what huh? she was always one of my good friends, but you.. what did you do
you changed her, she hates me because of you, and that is the only reason why she is helping you out
with you dirty plans" then he said "she never cared for you, she likes me not you, and it's always that you
think you're the cool one who gets to actually be loved by everyone...well too bad" then I started tearing
up and I said "you know I'm not like that, you guys, all of you been with me forever, do you know what that
means to me... you don't of course, you guys are the family that I am talking about, I didn't want to get into
a relationship with Lill until I bring my family back together, but it isn't working out, and I believe that you're
not trying to help, you want to have fun just because you think I'm good at everything when I'm not" then I
kept crying and we were silent for a full 10 minutes... "Listen to me Eddie nobody is perfect in this world,
I'm not perfect at all, and if you think that oh girls like me because I'm really good at soccer, well some
girls don't like me for that, some girls like me for me, for my personality, for my humor, for me always
being myself" then he said "being yourself!? you didn't tell the world that you can sing, until we told them"
then I said "I don't have to, no one asked me, so I never lied, if someone asked me I would have said yes,
for instance, when Lill asked me if I could sing, I didn't lie I said the truth, and she wasn't surprised" then
he said "now what's your solution? I'm tired of talking" then I said "yea that's all you care about the
solution, you hate listening to the truth, you hate knowing that you're wrong, you hate knowing what a bad
person you are, you don't know yourself" then he said "I have problems too, I liked Lill, but I never thought
that Mayra would like me, so I liked her back since I have known her for a longer time" then I said "that is
none of my business love whomever you want, just don't let people hate me because of your dumb
actions, if you want to be friends with me again you gotta show me respect and show me the real Eddie
once again" then he stood up and said "to me you're nobody to tell me what to do, if I want to be your
friend again I will but not the way you want me to be" then I said "alright then, at least try, we will see what
will happen" then he said "oh screw you" and he walked out and slammed the door. So I stood there on
the couch thinking that today my door got slammed twice, is it me doing something wrong, or is it them
that just don't understand me....I was thinking of Mayra, maybe I should call her to come over, so we can
talk, but I was afraid that I might say something mean to her, but I still took a risk and I called her and
when she picked up the phone "are you talking to me to make me feel bad about you?" then I said "no I
just want you to come over, let's talk with no arguments please" then she said "what's changed now?"
then I said "well to be honest eddie came here we had a talk but it didn't go so well, so I don't know would
you like to come and talk maybe we can come with a solution?' then she said "I don't know, I feel like if I
see you I'll say something bad to you" then I said "well I feel the same way but I don't think it's a bad idea"
then she said "ok I will be there in 2 hours, I have some other things to do then I will come to you " then I
said "ok bye" then I called Liv to see what was new "Hy Brock whats up?" then I said "nothing what did
you guys do?" then she said "we are having some popcorn and watching a movie" then I said "wow that's
cool" then she said "are you coming back?" then I said "not that i don't want to, it's just that I can't, I'm
trying to fix up some situations" then she said "alright then I got to go I don't want to miss more of the
movie" then I said "alright bye" I go onto snapchat and I look through all the boring stories, and I see that
Quinn updated her story, I open it and I see a video of her and Sam laughing then she switched the
camera and it was Liv and some other guy, they were sitting so close together and he had his arms
around her, so I knew that Liv was in a relationship, she was waiting to tell me and that is why she wanted
me to go back, i wasn't mad or anything, I just felt a little jealousy but then I knew that I wasn't supposed
to feel jealous because I hav Lll and we will be together soon . I went upstairs sat down listened to music,
I felt like I wanted popcorn so I went back down and I made myself some popcorn, I was looking online for
a move, I like any type of movie so I decided to watch ​The Conjuring s​ o I started the movie, and then 5
minutes later I got a call from Sam and he said "aye aren't you coming back?' then I said "no, Liv didn't tell
you?" then he said "no she is too busy with her boyfriend Brandon" then I said 'oh ok, well I won't be able
to go back because Mayra is coming over and we will be trying to talk about some serious situations"
then he said "are you ok..or will you be ok?" then I said "yea for sure don't worry about me, just take care
of Quinn ad enjoy your time" then he said "alright call me if you need anything" then I said "no worries
bye". so I sat there and I kept watching, when I was watching I seen stuff that really scared me to be
honest, every time I saw something interesting I got a pencil and a paper and I wrote a sentence about
that, I was trying to make up a story based on the movie, and it was working out well, I was just there by
myself enjoying my time, having some popcorn and writing some words, to be honest I never felt as
comfortable as I was that day because I was just talking out all the words that I needed to take out of me,
I was being honest with the people around me and honest with myself. Mayra arrived, so we had to talk...
she saw that I was having popcorn, and started eating some, and she said "so what do we need to talk
about?" then I said "about the recent changes that have been happening and hurting us" then she said
"like Eddie having a crush on Lill right?" then I said "don't worry, he noticed that he did something wrong,
and now he likes you" then she laughed and said "you're a liar" then I said "if you don't believe me now
it's fine, but watch very soon the both of us will be in a relationship with the people we like" then she said
"I'll be waiting" then we sat there and she saw the notebook, and she said "what are you writing here?"
then I said "I just write anything that is interesting in this movie, so I'm just trying to come up with a book
based on this movie" then she said "I like the idea, this is cool" then I asked Mayra "why do you hate
me?" then she said "I really don't hate you now.." then I said "now you don't but before you hated me, but
why, I mean it wasn't my fault that Eddie liked Lill" then she said "it was in some type of way" then I said
"how, tell me exactly how" then she said "well I won't say that we all knew, but I knew that you liked Lill,
and since you liked her you never asked her out, and that was a problem because Eddie liked her, and
there was a big possibility that he would have asked her out" then I said "all that isn't important, now do
you still hate me?" then she said "no I don't" then we just sat there and we watched the movie together,
then she asked "do you think that I should start writing as well?" then I said " I mean to me I think that if I
write it really helps out, I won't think about anything anymore, my whole mind will be with whatever I'm
writing" then she said " I should start using this method, so like for example whenever Eddie gets me
mad, I won't get you in the middle of this and I would just write about that day, or about the situation that
is making me sad" then I said " yea trust me it will help you out a lot, and you will be a happier person if
you do this, because as you see all I do is write and never care, no matter what type of situation I'm in, I
know that at the end of the day I will be smiling and laughing, and this is how I learn how to be myself"
then she said "yea its pretty interesting" then I said " it's just like when you're having ice cream and your
not caring about anyone around you, and your just enjoying your ice cream" then she said "yes, the best
feeling ever" then she asked "can I make some more popcorn?" then I said "yes, it's in the closet" then
she said "you know popcorn is a good feeling too, sometimes you put it in your mouth and you just let it
melt, feels good" then I said "yea that's true" after that I got a call from Quinn "Hey Brock what you
doing?" then I said "well I'm having popcorn and I'm watching ​The Conjuring with Mayra" then she said
"oh ok cool, have fun" then I said "ok take care" , all of a sudden, Mayra asked me a very smart question,
that I couldn't really get an answer for, she asked me " Who are you really?" then I laughed and I said "I'm
Brock" then she said "I know that...but you who do you see yourself as in between us, who are you
really?" then I said "I'm one of your friends..." then she said "you still don't understand my question do
you?" then I said "to be honest, I don't understand.." then she said "ok I will do this, I will take this printer
paper and I will write the question... Who are you?... and now I will give you this paper, and you have two
days to give it back to me with an answer...deal?" then I said "deal..but why am I doing this?" then she
said "because you don't know who you are, and I want you to tell us who you are.." then I said "ok two
days, I got this, I will write the answer and give it to you" then she smiled, and I smiled back to her. After
about 15 minutes the movie was over and Mayra said "alright it's time for me to leave, we had a nice talk,
and I have positive thoughts, I think everything will be ok, hopefully we will come back together and we
will be good friends again, and everyone will be happy and we will enjoy our time, I really want to say this
and I will, I believe in us" then she smiled and I said "No worries, everything we wish to happen will
happen, we will be happy again, and we will gather up like we used to do so before" then she said "yes!
hopefully, I'm leaving now, don't forget to write the answer down, see ya in two days" then I said "yea
don't worry, see ya" then she left, and it felt like it was the first time that Mayra was this happy in history,
and I wanted to put it on the calendar, and so I went and I wrote on my calendar "today is the beginning of
a new life" then I went downstairs and I washed the dishes, then I looked at the counter, and I saw the
paper where the big question was "who are you?" I got a pen I got really excited and I was about to write
something..until something weird happened to me.... I had no words to write the answer down, and that is
when I felt very weird about myself, it was the first time ever that I couldn't say anything about myself, I
was lost, but I figured that I might have been lost because of the different situations that I have been in
lately, everything changed my own thoughts about myself and about the other people around me, of feels
like I gave up on everyone but myself, it seemed as if I never cared for anyone but myself, I felt selfish,
but then I said to myself "You did a great job at helping myself, but did I help others, it's ok I did this for
my own good" it's just that I felt that I reacted in a bad way towards specific situations I wasn't supposed
to react in a way that may have hurt others, for example I felt that I didn't react much to when I knew that
Sam and Quinn are in a relationship, maybe I was supposed to take the role of the brother who makes
sure that his sister is happy in her relationship and that nothing is bothering her, I was supposed to ask
her questions like if she is comfortable in this relationship, if she knows that she gives all her trust to Sam,
and that in some type of situations she won't tell me everything, I felt like I was supposed to talk to her
about these things, I didn't though...why? because I was too busy caring for myself, I felt lonely for a
second, but if I think about it I have to know that I just wrote something on the calendar "today is the
beginning of a new life" I asked myself "is this the day that I have been waiting for? is this the beginning of
a new life?" I was asking myself so many questions and why was I doing that? because of the paper that
had the question "who are you?" so because I was getting angry I crumbled the paper and I threw it in the
sink. I went upstairs and I layed on my bed, I stared at the wall and I said "is it true that I don't know
myself?" I felt as if I am turning into a selfish person who only cares for himself, and I feel like I'm hurting
myself and hurting others by my actions. It was 6:20 pm, I was home alone...not knowing what to do, I
wanted to call Quinn, but then I decided not to because I didn't want to bother them, so I just left the
house and I was walking, I just wanted to walk until I see someone or something that may gather my
attention, so I kept walking, I passed by walgreens, then I walked back, I went inside, got myself some hot
chips and lemon juice, and then I left, I walked to my school, we had a girls soccer game, and I noticed
that I haven't been keeping track with the soccer teams, so I went to the field , the game hasn't started
yet, and then Coach Watson called me and he said "Brock! come here for a sec young man" I walked to
him and he said "where have you been? I told you in the beginning of the year that I need you to coach
these girls, aren't you going to come?" then I said "sorry I have been busy with a lot of family issues.."
then he said "tomorrow morning at 7, I want you to be here in the field first priority, ok?" then I said
"but..I." then he didn't let me continue and he said "be here at 7" then I said "ok and he walked away, then
I walked to the bleachers, and I sat down, there was barely anyone there to watch the game, only a few
other students and maybe one family, then a girl came up to me, her name was Jackie and she said "hey,
you did really good the other day, and I uhhh I would like to learn how to get to the high notes from you...
do you think you will be able to teach me?" then I said "wow, I never thought that someone would ever
ask me for help...I don't know if it's a good idea though" then she said "come on please.." then I said
"alright I'll do it for you" then she said "oh my god, you're the best ever... I'll see you soon then" and she
walked away. As I sat there I saw that the other team has arrived and I got up to wish one of the best girls
in our team luck, so I went up to her and I said "Leah.. I just wanted to wish you luck" then she said "Oh
hey Brock...thank you" then I said "oh also, tomorrow morning I will be here helping out..." then she said
"oh like you used to before" then I said "yea just like that" then she said "ok I'm looking forward to seeing
you" then I said "yea.. good luck again" then she smiled to me, and I walked back to the bleachers, the
game started, our defense team was very strong so I had high hopes for the team, as I was watching the
game, I noticed something moving by the goalie, and it wasn't noticeable, but I noticed it from the light, so
I walk on the track and I go by the other side of the other team's goalie, I still see it, it was a very long
string, and it was thick, so then I knew what it was.. it was a string in order for the girls to trip before they
get the ball into the goal, I was amazed that I didn't notice it before, but the reason why I didn't notice it
before was because I was talking to Leah. So then I ran to the coach and I told him, then he immediately
topped the game, I wasn't surprised that he did that, it was just that I thought he would ignore it..but he
didn't, all the girls came running towards us, and Coach Watson went and talked to the other coach, the
girls gathered up by me, and Leah asked "Brock what happened?" then I said "don't worry about you, girls
today I want you to play with all the strength you can, our defence team is very good for the day, and I
want the best coming out of you girls" then the coach called the girls and I went over with them and he
said "Be careful from this team, they are trying their hardest to make you guys lose, but they are doing it
in a way that I didn't train you in" then some girls asked "what do you mean? what way is that? what’s
going on?" then the coach said "I don't want you to worry about what's going on now, just be careful,
remember heads always up" then the girls left while they were mumbuling words, and they separated in
the field. The game was going and it's been 20 minutes, and still the team hasn't gotten one goal, and the
score was 0-0, I was getting nervous for the team, but I had a feeling that something good was going to
happen, the team didn't seem as nervous because they didn't even know what the problem was, they had
no explanation in order for them to be nervous, so they played the usual way they would do. I just wanted
to understand why the other team had a different way of playing, tricks and all that kind of things, but I
knew that they had a technique that they used and it was just one of those techniques that no one would
understand, it like "Trick-Tips", but one day I will understand what their tricks are unless they are cheating
I wont. The score was 1-1 so it's a tie, our team is strong, and the other team was strong as well, and it's
been an hour, and they only have half an hour left, I had some hope for the team I was very concentrated
with the game, my phone rang like three times, I didn't answer, it was like 7:25, I wasn't even sure about
the time because of how concentrated I was, it was just so fun for me to watch the game, and as I was
watching the game Coach Watson called me he said "Brock come here, I need ya for a second" then I
walked over to him, and he said "ok go to my office, and in the back room, I have a physical spray, and
it's orange, I need it right now" then I said "are you talking about the shoe spray..? the one for the special
run.." then he said "exactly, now run and get it, and don't let anyone notice what you have in your hand
when you come back" then I ran, I went upstairs, and I went to his office, but it was locked, so I ran back
outside, and I wet running to the coach, and I said "Coach! the keys..." then he said "are you serious, I
thought you already got it.." he gave me the keys and said "now run, I need it in less than 4 minutes" I ran
back in, went through the stairs and I unlocked the door, and then I went to the back room and I looked on
the table, I didn't it see it...I looked through the boxes, I took out all the uniforms, and then I found it, but
there was two of the same bottle, sometimes there was the fake one that doesn't work, and the real one
that worked...I only had about two minutes to pick from the two, I was very nervous I didn't know which
was to choose, then I said to myself " I gotta hurry up, or else I will not be able to be on Coach Watson's
good side" so then I just picked the one in my right hand, I had about 50 seconds to go back out there, I
closed the door, it was going to lock itself anyways, and then I ran downstairs, I put my best effort in
running and then, I get outside, and the game was over. So the game was over, I wasn't surprised
because there was only about half an hour left before this whole process of me running up and down the
stairs, but as I look all the girls were very happy they were jumping, and they were very proud of
themselves, I was sad though because I really didn't see the ending of the game, I wasn't too upset but at
least I was trying to help. The coach called me over and he said "Brock come here..." then I walked
towards him and he said "sorry for that but, at least you got the right bottle of spray, the team won though
which is a good sing for the future, we are very happy now, and I am proud of you I want you to be with
us, next week... we will be celebrating the win" then I said "yes, I am proud as well, let's hope that I don't
have anything to do next week, I will be very happy to help you guys be happy on the day of the win" then
Leah came over and she said "where are our rewards?" I laughed because all the girls wanted was to win
and show off their rewards, I never did that though, it's good to see how different people react to different
situations, and it's really good to see the people who have the same interests around you be very happy.
The next day...it was a school day of course, and I had to be in the field at 7:00 am, so I woke up at 6:00
am and I took a shower, changed my clothes, got my other bag ready, took one of my normal cleats and I
put them in the bag, I put extra shorts, and my favorite soccer jersey, I felt that if I do something like this
every morning, I will feel more energetic, I will feel positive, I feel like my day will be a better day. As I was
making a protein shake for myself, In the sink, the crumbled paper was still there, and I knew that I had to
give it back to Mayra the next day, but the only problem was that I didn't have an answer for the question
"Who are you?", but that day I decided to take the paper out of the sink and crumble it and put it in my
backpack, I wanted to keep it in my backpack, because the only way for me to really have an answer for
Mayra's question was by taking the paper with me, taking a look at the different activities that I enjoy
doing through the day, and putting them all together and making up an answer for the question, I knew
that I was a simple person, but how can I explain in words, like words that really matter to people and can
really make sense to those who don't know me, I didn't really know what the question was... was it asking
me who am I... like what do I like to do, what are my interests... or asking me, why am I an important
person to the people around me... but at the same time thinking about that, I didn't really know if I was an
important person to the people around me, and maybe I felt that because of the bad experiences that I
went through, maybe, god was testing me, testing my temper, testing whether or not I am a good person,
testing what would I do in bad situations and if I will be taking the right decision or not, it was just very
complicated to me, I didn't really have an answer, what was going on, why was this happening to me, at
some point I also felt as if I was testing myself, by seeing how much I give up on situations like this, but to
me I felt like I didn't give up at all, it was just that I was trying to show how strong I could be from the
outside, but how is it from the inside, I knew that I was a weak person, I couldn't take everything there are
weaknesses that I have, and pretty much I know that there would be no person in this world that doesn't
have any weaknesses. My mother... she taught me a lot.. she taught me how to stay strong no matter
what my weakness was, and to stay standing on the ground, my mom told me once "your home is where
you learn most of your bad experiences" I learned, and I learned a lot, sometimes these bad experiences
can help you in the future make a better result out of the bad things that happened to you during the past.
My home was one of my favorite places because it taught me a lot, but to me I really didn't take my
mothers advice, because it didn't really help me, as I was walking down the street one day the train
passed by slowly and it had something written on it, I read it but I never really took it as a serious thing
and it said "who am I to judge another when I am imperfect" that day I noticed that the quote is talking
about me, because I do exactly what it says, I don't judge nobody because I know I am not perfect, but
Eddie does it the opposite way, he does judge, he thinks I'm perfect and he thinks that I get all the love
just because I'm perfect, but he knows that there are things i can't do, for example he can dance but I
can't, like I can dance, but his talent it different, he does it better and everyone knows that, sometimes i
say if it's hard to move from one place to another that means it's hard to change yourself the way that
people want you to be, but this is what life taught me, life taught me to be myself, never change for
others, dream big and accomplish, make the best out of my future, because my future is in my own
hands, when I was in 7th grade I told Eddie once "what's the most thing that you think is impossible for
you to do?" then he said "I don't know, but it might be impossible for me to cook" then we laughed and I
said to him "remember if it's one of your dreams then make it happen, don't give up on it, and believe me,
when we grow up I will ask you one day to cook for me, I know that nothing is impossible" then he said
"it's impossible if you don't like to do it, but it's possible if you like to do it" now I think that ok he said it to
me when we were younger why doesn't he think about it now I mean if he really thinks that girls like me
just because I can play soccer well if he likes soccer it will be possible for him to learn from me and that
will be the only way as he says that girls will like him, even though he has Mayra now he doesn't have to
worry about anything anymore. I got to school, there was nobody there yet except for me, I took my
soccer ball and I started practicing by myself, and as I was practicing I thought that maybe I should start
thinking of what kind of activities I should use with the girls to help them practice more, so I was making a
list in my head, first cone run, the ball run, then team game, and that's all I thought of because I wasn't
sure if we had enough time to start before the bell rang. All the girls arrived except coach Watson and it
was 7:30 and I was still helping them out with their first practice which was cone run, where they run
around the cones kicking the ball in the right path way. Most of the girls that did good at this helped out
the other girls that didn't get the idea or got the idea but just didn't do it the right way. It was already 7:50
and I told the girls to pack their stuff up and get ready to go inside the school change and go to class,
while I was going to the boys locker room I saw coach Watson and I asked him "Coach, we were all
outside...where were you?" then he said "this is why I needed you because, I want you to take care of the
girls in the morning by yourself, and I will take care of them after school" then I said "ok, then I will see
you around" then I left to the boys locker room, I changed and I went upstairs to my locker I put my other
stuff in my locker and it was 7:56 so I had four minutes to get to my class, I was walking down the hall, but
then I remembered that the paper was in my other bag, so I ran back to my locker and it took a while for
me to open it, I took the paper out and I locked my locker, and I ran down the hall opened the door to get
into the art room and right when I sat down the bell rang, and then my art teacher said "that was close
Brock, you almost got tardy" then everyone laughed, and I was trying to take a breath because of the way
I ran, I ran so quickly. As I was in class, I never liked art at all so I just wanted to pass by quickly, Lill was
enjoying her time she was drawing a lot of different things, Liv was just sticking to one thing and she was
trying to finish it, Mayra was doing something but it wasn't clear to me what it was, and Eddie came to
class late, he sat next to Mayra, even though the seat right next to me was empty... Liv and Lill were
sitting next to each other I didn't find that weird because I think that Liv might have told Lill that she
already has a boyfriend and everything was going to be alright, I wasn't sure if she told her not but I knew
that I was going to know at some point so I had no problem, my only problem was that I had to fix my
friendship with Eddie. After about 10 minutes Mayra said "Brock come here for a second please" so I
walked over to her, and when I walked over Eddie turned around, I guess he really didn't want to see me
nor talk to me, so then I say "Yes... what do you need?" then she said "so did you answer the question
yet?" then I said "no.. you gave me until tomorrow to answer your question..didn't you?" then she said
"yea but I was just checking if you had it earlier then the time I gave you" then I said "well no not today, I
might have it by tomorrow" then I went back to my seat I took the paper out and I started writing words,
such as; Hope, dreams, unique... and words like that, I wrote them down like a list, it wasn't easy for me
but I was trying, so at the end of the day I could find the right answer, and know who I really am. The bell
rang, I had the paper in my hand the whole time just in case if anything comes up to my mind I could write
it down, I got to my second period, and I sat in my seat, Eddie ran to the back with Mayra, and Lill sat next
to me, and she said "Brock...I might be going home early today so can you call me or send me a
message of what I missed" then I said "yea sure just send me a reminder right after school" then she said
"alright" and she smiled to me, then I put my paper on the desk, and I asked my teacher to go to the
washroom, and I left to the washroom, as usual I passed by Quinn's class and I looked and I waved to
her, and then she waved back and I kept walking to the washroom. I look at my desk and the paper
wasn't there, I wasn't going too crazy about it, I was just mad because of the words that I had on there, I
was worried that I wouldn't remember them, but then I look back at Eddie, and I see Eddie reading it,
which tells me that he was listening to my conversation with Mayra during art class, so then he looked up
and I acted like I wasn't looking at him, and then Lill asked "are you looking for something Brock?" then I
said "yeah but I found it" then she said "alright great", our teacher gave us an assignment and as I was
writing it down, Eddie comes up to me and he said "I borrowed this paper from you if you don't mind" I
wasn't mad or anything at the end I knew that the paper was in safe hands and then I said "no I really
don't mind" then he said "cool" and he smiled and walked away. The next day I woke up and I woke up
from a baby crying.... I went down stairs and I see my cousins and my aunt... and then my aunt said "Hey
sorry did they wake you up" then I said "no it's fine I was going to have to wake up anyways" then I went
up to her I hugged her, and I kissed the little one, and then I took a bagel off the counter and I went back
upstairs, got my stuff ready..changed my clothes, went back down and I see Quinn, she woke up early
and she was ready as well, I was surprised so I said "Quinn! You're ready, let's go together" then she said
"now?" then I said "yes I go to school earlier because I coach the girls soccer team" then she said "really,
how come Nancy didn't tell me?" then I said "Nancy? our cousin?" then she said "yea..." then I said "well
she didn't join, unless she did but I haven't seen her" then she said "ok I will text her and figure out what is
going on" then we left the house, I took my bike and Quinn took her bike as well, and we rode our way to
school. We got to the field I told Quinn to lock my bike because the girls arrived to school before me, well
not all of them only 3 of them, so then I went to the field I ran to the girls, and the Jessica said "Brock,
some girls will be late today" then I said "why? everyone should be here on time, no one should ever be
late" then she said "well Nancy had a sleepover at her house yesterday and we forgot that we had to be
here early..." then I said "a sleep over! on a weekday? did Nancy even think about school when she
invited you guys? and did you guys think about school at all, or practice?" then Quinn heard me and she
said "stop being harsh on the girls, it's ok it's a one times thing" then I said "I don't want them to get used
to this one times thing and that is the only reason why I was yelling" I then said "ok now all 3 of you will
practice the cone run until the other girls get here". It was 7:30 and the girls arrived and when they
arrived, I blowed the whistle and I called them over, they all came and they made a circle and Nancy was
one of them, and then I said "from now on, you girls will never be this late or else you will have bad
consequences and I don't want to hear about stupid sleep over night or whatever" and then Nancy said
"but we were..." then I said "I don't want to hear it" then Nancy came up to me looked me in the eyes and
then she ran away, and all the girls took place in the field, and then Quinn clapped for me and she said
"great, now you made the girl cry" then I said "then run after her quickly" and then she ran. It ws 7:50
already, and I told the girls to go inside, they went and then I went to the boys locker room, and I
changed, after that I went upstairs made sure to take the paper with me, I thought I would have the
answer by the night before but I didn't, then I went to my first period, I didn't see Mayra which meant that
she was going to run late, so I was happy, and then when Eddie came in, he sat next to me and he said
"Hey let's talk, friend to friend" then I smiled and I said "before we talk I have to write something wait a
second my friend" and he nodded his head saying "ok" I told him to wait because once he sat next to me
the answer popped up in my mind "I am a simple person, who wishes for hope, love, and big dreams, and
I am a person who knows where I belong and who wishes for the biggest future" I felt as is I took out all
the bad, negative, sad, feelings out of me after I wrote those words, because those words describe who I
am and really told me the truth about myself, I felt like I needed Eddie , and he s the one missing thing in
my life, who had to come back, and once he came back life came back to me, I remember who I am
again, and I know why I need him now, and why we are true friends, we should never give up on each
other, the way I never gave up on him, we should be together, we should stick together, and never let a
girl get in between us no matter what how much we change and how old we get, we can't live without
each other and that was the one and only truth. After I wrote and I finished, Eddie said "Ok, so I thought
about everything, and I thought about how this was just so dumb of me, I wasn't supposed to ruin our
friendship just for little things, and I know I did a lot of bad things to you, I don't think that you will ever
forgive me for showing your secret to everyone, but I really hope you do...I'm sorry" then I wanted to play
around with him so I just gave him a serious face, then he kept looking at me, waiting for me to say
something, but I couldn't stay still so I laughed and then I gave him a hug and he hugged me back and I
said "well now since we both know what we did wrong how about we try to make the girls happy?" then
he looked at me and he asked "In what way would we do that?" then I said "well we both know that
Mayra's birthday is on the 5th of January...but I don't think that you know that Lilly's birthday is on the
6th.." then he said "so you are telling me why don't we surprise the girls with something on friedy...?" then
I said "exactly..how about you come over tonight and we talk about this and plan this out the right way?"
then he said "why I was going to come anyways" then we both laughed. Mayra came in late, she looked
at me and she said "I see a paper in your hand may I have it" then I said "Yes Ma'am you may" then I
gave it to her, then she walked to her seat next to Lill, Liv wasn't going to be there because her
grandmother got into a surgery and she wanted to stay with her, Mayra and Lill really understood each
other and they had a really good friendship, and that is what I liked about them. After about 15 minutes
Mayra came up to me and she said "to be honest... you do know yourself very well, I am suprised" then
Eddie said "do I know myself?" and he gave her a wink, and she smiled to him and walked away.

At the end of the day I told Quinn that I will be going home, but then she stopped me and said "don't
forget that you made someone sad, and you have to make up what you did" then I said "was she that sad
?" then she said "yes, come on why would you do that to her in front of everyone?" then I said "I didn't
really mean it" then she said "but it sounded like you did" then I said "ok then just invite her over, she
hasn't even came over our house for a long while, ask her be liked Nancy would you like to come over to
our house today?" then she said "alright, I will see you in about 45 minutes" then I went home, and I took
a shower, changed my clothes, I felt very comfortable, I was waiting for either Eddie or Quinn to show up,
but someone that was unexpected showed up which was Lill, she knocked on the door and I looked
through the window and I knew it was her, so I opened the door, and she said "Hey, so instead of you
looking at your phone today, I decided to come over if you don't mind" then I said "Oh god please forgive
me I totally forgot about you, it was just that I was extremely happy today, and I wasn't even paying
attention to anything" then she said "it's fine anyways, you don't even realize that you were supposed to
tell me yesterday not today, but it's fine" then I said "well are you going to stay standing by the door?
come in please" then she walked in and sat on the couch, and then she said "hmm the house smells like
grapefruit" then I said "well yea, it's my favorite scent, it's a candle, it in my room" then she said "wow we
are downstairs, and the candle is upstairs, it's a strong candle" then I said "yea..its one of the good ones"
then someone else knocked on the door, and I looked through the window and it was Nancy, I opened the
door, and I said "don't talk or anything, just give me a hug" then she smiled and she gave me a quick hug
and she said "ok whatever I forgive you, I can't be mad for this long you already know me" then we both
walked in together, and then started the girl conversation, where I had to stand away, I was pretty happy
that these girls got along, i was sure that if I had a relationship with Lill it would be very nice, because it
seems like my family loves her. The last knock on the door, it was Eddie and Quinn, I opened the door,
and I also see Mayra walking, so then Quinn went inside, and then all the girls headed up to Quinn's
room, and Mayra came in and she said "where did they disappear?" then I said "run they went upstairs"
then she went upstairs, and then Eddie said "alright, it's time for out talk...but before anything my one and
only question that has to do with me is...can you please teach me soccer?" then I smiled and I said "I was
pretty sure that one day you were going to ask me this question, I will always be here to teach you
whatever you want from me" then he smiled and he said, "alright let's plan this surprise". It was Friday the
6th of January, and it was a really nice beautiful afternoon, Eddie and I asked out gym teacher if we can
stay in our clothes for the day and not change, and he said yes, so then during our lunch period, we went
to the gym and we had big posters ready, and we also had lots of writing on them, and we also got a
slideshow ready of the pictures, Me, Eddie, Mayra, and Lill, we also asked for help from Robbie and Sam,
and they helped us out, and Sam said "man why can't I come up with idea like this fro Quinn" then we all
laughed and then Eddie said "now we all have to try helping Rob-Sob, with a girl he needs one" then we
all laughed, and Robbie said "I just wanted to see this day where Rocky is the one, smiling" then I gave
him a hug. It was time for our gym period, the girls came in, the light were off, they were confused it was
soo funny, we watched them watch the slideshow, but at the end of the slide show, we had two small
clips, one of me "Lill will you go out with me?" and a clip of Eddie "Mayra will you go out with me?" then
they both yelled out "yes!" and then we opened the lights, and they both ran to us and they gave us hugs
we were very happy. At the end of the day, I will say that I am proud of who I am and what I do, this was a
wall, and the wall was built because I always had to wonder what's behind that wall, and I had to make
sure that whatever was behind that wall will never make me give up, on my family, friends, and most
importantly my dreams.