Chapter : Jack's Reflection

Auggie is special, but not in the kind of way he might appear to be. He is one of the best guys I know. Always kind, always laughing and always there for me. He is the first true friend I have and I still can't believe that I made those terrible comments about him behind his back last year. Just thinking about that makes my heart feel heavy with regret. However, even through that he still remained with me when all of the people I thought were my friends turned their backs on me. Last year, I learned four things about Auggie Pullman. First of all, his face is nowhere beast as bad as it might seem, secondly he's such a cool and funny guy, third he is such a genius and always lets me copy off his work, especially in science. I still remember that first science pop quiz where he let me look at his answers while our teacher was supervising. And finally, I now know that if I had the choice of who I would want to hang out with, without a doubt I would choose Auggie. Now I've also learnt that he is incredibly loyal. He will stay by my side and will always be the friend that I can rely on. On the other hand, he is incredibly insecure. He constantly needs reminding that I'm his friend and that I'm there for him too. I guess spending most of your life under an astronaut helmet would feed into self consciousness and insecurity. But that doesn't matter because we spend so much time together each week so he really should have nothing to worry about.

"So why do we have to get this done now?" I say as I drag my feet as I walked with Auggie back to his house after school.

"It makes sense just to get this outta the way so we can just chill all weekend ." Our English teacher had already given us an assignment after the first day. A partner project where we had to write a two hundred word reflection about friendship. The first day of sixth grade was pretty smooth seeing as Auggie and I were in basically every class together. He quickly showed our new science teacher Mr Woodruff that he was by far the best in the class. We got to Auggie house and his mom was there to open the door for us.

"Hey Mrs P," I said politely as she held the door open for me.

"Hey Jack," she said sweetly as she shut the door behind me. "How was your first day of school boys?" She asked. Auggie ran up the stairs without answering his mothers question leaving me downstairs awkwardly.

"It was pretty good," I said. "We're basically in every class together again which is sorta sweet." Isabel smiles and looks up the stairs before returning her gaze to me.

"That's great." She said. "Go on, he's waiting for you." I thank her again before racing up the stairs and I enter Auggies room. He was sitting on the end of his bed and had his computer open. I place my bag on the floor and lay down with my head at the end of the bed so I can see his screen. He has a blank document with the title Friendship, by August Pullman and Jack Will.

"So dude," Auggie says as he looks down at me. "What is friendship?" I think for a minute before remembering something that my mom said to me after graduation last year.

"Friendship is when two people have feelings stronger than friendliness and where they can both can enjoy being with each other." Auggie typed that under the heading and from there I kept giving him sentences and comments until we got around 200 words worth. He closed his laptop after finishing and the laid back on his bed and sighed.

"Jack, can I ask you something?" Auggie asked. I look back and nod my head.

"Sure, what is it?"

"Do you ever wonder what life would be like if I didn't look like this. I mean… would you even have noticed me?" Damn, Auggie should go be a philosopher with some of the deep questions he came up with.

"Uhh," I said as I thought. "To be completely honest, I think that I probably wouldn't have notice you if I hadn't have met you before last year. I was already pretty cemented into a pretty shitty friend group so I don't know." Auggie nodded before laying his head down entirely.

"Thought so," he said. "I'm quiet enough so you probably wouldn't notice me."

"Hey, we'll jut be thankful that we are in the position we're in now. I know that I wouldn't trade it for the world." Auggie smiles and pats my foot closest to him.

"Me neither." He agrees.

"I love ya dude, so you don't need to worry about whether or not we're friends." He smiles again and so do I. I can't be any more grateful for Auggie. He is the best thing to ever happen to me.

Note: Hey, I know that this won't be as popular as my FC fic but I think that it will help my writing and therefore make the other fic way better. Hang in there and I'll try keep working on these stories. If you like this one, don't hesitate to comment or leave suggestions.

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