10 year old Kevin Ryan was sat listening to his teacher explaining the science experiment they were about to do. He wondered who he would be paired up with as his best friend Ollie had moved from New York to L.A. and Kevin was sat on his own, he looked around the class room at all the desks, there was no one else sat on their own. Guess I'm doing this by myself sighed Kevin. There was a knock on the class room door and the school's headmistress entered the room followed by a boy who was obviously new. Kevin could see that the boy was trying to put on the tough guy act, so no one would think him weak and get picked on. Kevin knew how the new kid was feeling. Two years ago Kevin had moved from the outer suburbs of New York to Downtown Brooklyn if it hadn't been for Ollie who saw through his act seeing how scared Kevin really was.

"Everyone this Javier Esposito I hope you will make him feel welcome" said the headmistress. She gestured to Javier to sit next to Kevin. Javier made the long walk to the back of the class trying to ignore the others staring at him. Kevin pushed his books away from where Javier was to sit. Javier nodded his thanks.

"My name's Kevin Ryan" smiled Kevin,

"Hi, you already know my name" Javier returned the smile.

"So where did you move from?" asked Kevin,

"We lived in Manhattan and to make things easier I moved schools"

"Where about in Downtown Brooklyn do you live?"

"Jay Street"

"No kidding! I live in Chapel Street!"

"Really!"

Neither of the 10 year olds knew that the person sitting opposite them was going to be their very best friend for the rest of their lives.

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School had ended; Kevin and Javier had sat next to each other on the bus ride to their stop.

"So have you got any brothers of sisters?" asked Kevin,

"Nope, just me and my mom and dad. What about you?"

"I've got three older sisters"

"Wow"

Kevin just nodded. When they reached the top of Chapel Street they said their goodbyes when Javier said "meet you here tomorrow morning?"

"Sure thing" Kevin he waved to Javier as he started to walk down the street, Javier waved in reply.

When Kevin walked through his front door he didn't realise he was wearing a huge grin on his face.

"How was your day Kevin?" asked his mother

"It was great mom, a new kid started today; his name is Javier Esposito and guess what? He lives on Jay Street!"

Fiona smiled, she was happy that Kevin had made a new friend as he had been really upset when Ollie had moved. She could sense that Kevin and his new friend Javier were going to be really good friends.

"How did your first day go Javier?" asked Sophie,

"It was great mom! I made friends with a boy called Kevin Ryan and he lives on Chapel Street!" grinned Javier. Sophie smiled to, she was happy for Javier. She knew that he was unhappy that they were moving, but he hadn't complained, so she was thankful that he had made friends already. Like Fiona Ryan, Sophie Esposito knew her son and his new friend were going to be really good friends.