I Know You

The Beginning

I wake up to the sound of my alarm, thinking to myself that I have just one month until Summer. (Evangeline loved Summer)

She brushes her teeth and gets ready for school. Her brother shouts from the car " LEANE COME ON".

I shout saying "I'M ALMOST DONE". It's only 7:30 and school starts as 8:45!! What's the rush you may think? Oh well my brothers best friend,Hamzah. We have to pick him up since he totaled his car last summer. "

Why do we always have to pick him up?" I say. "Leane, he's my friend I can't let him down like that, and he's chill" Tray says.

Sure, chill. Well despite what my brother says he is not "chill". Ever since we were kids he'd always tease me.

One time during our camping trip, Hamzah comes along. I'm swimming and he makes fun of me and says "you'll drown you're too heavy." I was 10 and have hated him since.  The sound of him and my brother laughing stung.

I know he was just trying to be funny but
no matter how much I improve myself that comment would always linger in my head.

But for a while he's been okay. *Hamzah comes in the car.*

"Hi guys thanks for picking me up" says Hamzah. "Yeah nothing new " I said.  "Shut up Evan" he said. Ugh that nickname, Evan. He would always call me that mocking me saying that I had looked like a boy. He knew how much it pissed me off. Oh how I hated him.

We go to school and part ways and I meet my friend Diana. I wave at her going closer to her locker. She says" Oh my gosh hii how was your weekend?" I explained how it's been restful but my morning had been ruined because of Hamzah.

Diana knew how much Hamzah impacted me, she was there on the camping trip. She was there when I cried my eyes out and is still here ever since.

"Why don't you tell you're brother how he treats you?" She says. I answer "Don't you think I've tried?" "My brother is the most stubborn person in the world" "God you have it bad" Diana says. I bang my head on my locker "I'm very aware." I respond.

We start walking to class. Diana asks, "I thought you said he's been nicer recently, maybe it's because of your massive glow up." "Don't even say that, but I guess he has been nicer but im taking off credit because of this morning."

We sit in art class with the mixed grades and for the next 40 minutes I had a class with Hamzah. I hated this class but it was a good reminder that Hamzah was really bad at something. I look behind me and see the board says Final Group project!! Oh crap.