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Crouched down, my hands were resting on my knees. I just passed the main gates to the school grounds. Boy, I was out of breath. While knelt down, I took a few deep breaths to bring myself back to a neutral, less dying state.

When seconds pass by, I looked down at my watch. It was 10:05am. OH MAN, I was already late, but five minutes isn’t so much. Any more minutes late might be a problem though. I hopped up from my lowered position and got back into a rushing mode and sped up towards the front doors of the main building.

I ran pass the information desk just on the left passed the front door. I hurried to get to the fourth door on the right where my classroom was. I stopped right outside of the door, caught my breath, and slid the door open very, VERY quietly.

I look into the classroom. Great! No one turned around to see me, which means I could still get to my seat without anyone noticing that I am a little late. I step into the classroom and turned around to slide it close.

And once I slid the door close, I heard someone clear their throat very loudly. I realized what it meant and slowly dropped my head to lay on the door and I sluggishly turned around.

“Oh! How nice of you to join us this morning, Yuca. Again, aren’t you a little late today as every other day?” The teacher spoke from the front of the classroom, by the chalkboard, I looked down and said “Yes yes, good morning teacher.” And then a few snickers escaped from some students.

Defeated yet again, I lifelessly walked to my desk, in the back row, second desk from the window, right next to him, Kian.

Kian is one of my two best friends. He’s such a dork, but a lovable dork. He is kind of tall, definitely taller than me and has short, brown hair, usually styled with a bit of volume, as well as being lazily spiked. One could say he’s pretty good looking. And his personality and aura is what makes him lovable. He’s very goofy, always telling jokes, and making people laugh. He’s basically friends with everyone here. Kian really is a great guy.

Sometimes, I envy him…because of just how he is. I want to be like him, very fun and easy to get along with. People love him, it’s in his charm. He has always been charming in a way. Even when we were just kids, he was always out there with his personality as a bright sun, smiling little kid. He’d also unfailingly look out for me when I was hurt or needed any help.

Even though, me and him are the only child in our families, he was my big brother and I was his little brother. And it’s been like that for as long as I can remember.

Yu..ca..Yuca….YUCA!!

I snapped out of the trance, running down memory lane. It was the teacher’s voice calling my name.

“Are you just going to stand there all day or what?”

Completely embarrassed, I pull my chair back and quickly sit down. Apparently I walked to my desk, stood right next to it and just started daydreaming. This time, the whole class burst out in total laughter. I turned to Kian and he was grinning widely at me. I quickly turned to face the front, put my head down on my desk and waited for death to come take me away from this major embarrassment.