I\u2019m originally from Peru, but my family and I moved to Canada when I was ten. At the time, I barely spoke any English. I still remember my first day at school\u2014how scared I was, surrounded by a language I couldn\u2019t understand and people I didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
Then I met him<\/em>.<\/p>\n He walked right up to me, smiled, and introduced himself as Fabri. He said he also spoke Spanish. From that moment on, we were inseparable. Fabri helped me learn English, stood by me during the hardest moments, and for years, he was my best friend.<\/p>\n But everything changed in sixth grade.<\/p>\n When the new school year started, things felt normal\u2014at first. Then Fabri became close with a new kid named Tyler. I didn\u2019t mind. In fact, Tyler and I also became friends. But things took a dark turn. Tyler started insulting me, making fun of my accent, and even nearly injured me during a fight. Then Fabri\u2014my best friend\u2014turned on me too. He said Tyler was a better friend and kicked me out of our group.<\/p>\n I was heartbroken. But I knew I needed to move on.<\/p>\n That\u2019s when I met Nolan. We hit it off instantly and became close friends. Tyler eventually joined our group too, but this time, he didn\u2019t insult me. I was okay with him being around.<\/p>\n Then, Fabri came back.<\/p>\n He joined our group again\u2014but this time, things were different. He wasn\u2019t the center of attention anymore. He couldn\u2019t control me like before. I could tell that bothered him.<\/p>\n Then one day, he pulled me aside and apologized. He admitted he was jealous. Not of Nolan\u2014but of the fact that Nolan was now my<\/em> best friend. I didn\u2019t say much in response, but in my mind, I thought:<\/p>\n “I\u2019m not letting him take another friend from me.”<\/em><\/p>\n For now, that\u2019s where the story ends. But if you want to know what happened next\u2014or want more details\u2014let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m originally from Peru, but my family and I moved to Canada when I was ten. At the time, I barely spoke any English. I still remember my first day at school\u2014how scared I was, surrounded by a language I couldn\u2019t understand and people I didn\u2019t know. Then I met him. He walked right up …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5006,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5004\/revisions\/5006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}