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It was the first day of kindergarten and Emily was dropping Simon off. Jack couldn’t make it because of a case he was working on, but they were planning to get ice cream tonight to celebrate.
Simon is excited and nervous. He didn’t make a lot of friends in daycare other than Nick and he was hoping to make some at school.
“Alright Si, it’s time to go in,” Emily said letting go of Simon’s hand.
Simon gave her a kiss and a hug and went inside.
“I’ll see you at 2, on the same spot,” Emily yelled as Simon carried his lunchbox and school bag into the school.
Simon sat down on the back of the classroom, as more students started to walk in. Nobody sat next to Simon. It seem everyone already knew each other, which made sense since Simon had gone to a small daycare and Nick was going to another school closer to his house.
The teacher stood in the front of the class to begin the day.
“Alright kids, quiet down,” Mrs. Jones said. “I’m so excited to get started and meet each and every one of you. I know we are going to learn so much and have so much fun.”
She continue talking about what they will be learning throughout the year. They were going to read a lot and write, as well. She wanted to make sure they were ready to go to elementary school. She was going to talk about the books they were going to read when she was interrupted by an older man at the door.
The kids remained quiet as Mrs. Jones talked to the principal in a low voice. After they were done, a kid with darker skin and nice hair walked in.
“Alright class, this is our new student,” Mrs. Jones said patting the new student in the shoulder.
The kids all waved at the new kid. “Do you want to tell us your name?” Mrs. Jones said to the new kid.
“I-I’m Abraham Greenfield,” the kid said in a low voice only Mrs. Jones and the kids in the front could hear. Simon wanted to meet the kid and then he realized that the only open seat was next to him.
“Sounds good Abraham, you can take a seat next to Simon. We are just talking about the books you will read this year,” Mrs. Jones said with a smile.
Abraham quickly sat down next to Simon. Simon was nervous and hoped to get along with the new kid, or else, he wouldn’t have any friends here.
Mrs. Jones kept talking until she decided to let the kids talk to each other about their family and what they like to do so they get to know each other better.
“Hey, I’m Simon. Simon Spier,” Simon said extending his hand to Abraham.
“Hi Simon, I’m Abraham Greenfield, but you can call me Bram,” Bram said extending his hand out and shaking Simon’s hand.
They talked for a couple of minutes about their families. Bram had just moved there from Savannah, since his dad got a job in Atlanta and his mom worked at the nearby hospital.
It was time for lunch. Bram and Simon walked together, when Bram realized that he forgot his lunch at home. Simon quickly offered him half of his sandwich.
“It’s not the best, but I know I can get mad when I’m hungry,” Simon said with a smile. He then opened his pack of oreos and gave Bram some as well.
This became a trend throughout their first couple of weeks of Kindergarten. They would take turns bringing a pack of Oreos. Around Halloween, Bram would bring the Halloween Edition.
Simon invited Bram to his house around Thanksgiving for the first time. They had never hung out outside of school, but Emily had suggested and Simon thought it was a good idea. He also wanted Bram to meet Nick.
Bram’s mom parked in the driveaway and walked to the front door of Simon’s house with Bram. She wanted to meet Emily before leaving Bram alone and also she kind of wanted to possibly become friends.
They rang the bell and they could hear someone running to the door. The door opened and Simon appeared with a big smile. “Hey Bram,” Simon said.
“Hey Simon,” Bram said. They stood in silence until Bram realized he needed to introduce his mom to Simon. “Mom, this is Simon, my friend at school.”
Simon was nervous and simply extended his hand. “Hi, Simon. I’m Ciara. It’s nice to finally meet you.” She said shaking Simon’s hand.
Emily appeared at the door. “Hey, sorry about that I was changing my other kid’s diaper. I’m Emily.”
“No worries. Ciara.” Bram’s mom said.
“You must be Bram. It’s so good to finally meet you. Simon was practically begging for me to let him invite you to play,” Emily said with Simon blushing.
“Can we go play now?” Simon asked his mom.
“Yes, go up to your room and I’ll bring some snacks soon.” Emily said.
“Thank you for letting Bram come over and play. I think they have developed a good friendship.” Ciara said as she saw Bram going up the stairs with Simon.
“Yeah. Simon didn’t really know anyone at this Kindergarden, so I’m glad he met Bram.” Emily said.
Ciara and Emily continue to make small talk, with Emily inviting them to dinner at their home before Christmas, so they can get to know each other better.
Ciara agreed and said she will be picking up Bram around 7.
Simon and Bram quickly went to Simon’s room and started to play with their action figures and pretending to fight off the enemies. Nick got there an hour after.
“Hey Nick, this is my friend Bram. He is really cool and likes action figures like us,” Simon said pointing at Nick and Bram.
Nick shook Bram’s hand and started to play with them. They became friends and started to play together almost every week.
Throughout the two years in Kindergarten, Bram and Simon grew closer. Sometimes they did sleepovers or just played with action figures. They played with Nick from time to time, but he had made other friends.
Bram’s parents had become good friends with Simon’s parents and usually invited each other to dinner, so Bram and Simon got to see each other more.
They both usually sat together during lunch, since nobody else really wanted to be friends with them and they were fine with that because they had each other.
It was the summer before they started first grade and Simon was nervous. His sister, Alice, had told him horror stories about elementary school, but he was more scared of losing Bram. They decided to have a sleepover the Friday before the first day of school.
They were both going to the same school and would have most of the same classes, including lunch. Simon was still worried that Bram will find better friends and he would be left alone, although Nick was going to the same school.
“Bram...What if we are not friends once we start school?” Simon said as they laid in his bed since they couldn’t fall asleep because of the thunderstorm outside.
“What do you mean?” Bram said.
“Well, what if you find people that are cooler than me at school and you don’t want to hang out with me anymore,” Simon said almost like a whisper hoping it wasn’t true.
“I will never do that Simon. You are my best friend and you are the coolest person I know in the whole wide world. And I met Tony Stark, which is the other coolest person I know” Bram said. He liked to make the joke that he knew Tony Stark because he had meet Robert Downey Junior once.
“You are my best friend too, I’m just scared to lose you. Can you promise me that whatever happens we will be there for each other?” Simon said looking at Bram.
“I promise,” Bram said extending his pinky. “Pinky promise?” Bram said to Simon.
“Pinky promise.”
They went to sleep after day. Simon was more calmed knowing that Bram was his friend.
They woke up early on Saturday and went downstair to watch cartoons and eat cereal. Emily and Jack were happy to see that Simon had found a friend like Bram. They felt guilty since they had sent Simon to a school he didn’t know anybody because it was a better school.
Bram’s mom went to pick Bram up and they gave each other a hug.
“I’ll see you in school on Monday Si,” Bram said.
“I can’t wait,” Simon said giving him a hug.
It was Monday and Simon was late. Emily and Jack had overslept and were rushing. Bram was waiting for Simon at the place they had decided to meet.
Bram became worried that something happened and Simon didn’t like him anymore, but all of that quickly went away when he saw Simon running towards him with a big smile.
“Bram!! I’m sorry I’m late, my parents overslept,” Simon said trying to catch his breath.
“It’s fine, I was worried though,” Bram said as they started to head to their first class.
“You always worry,” Simon said nudging Bram.
They decided to sit next to each other, when Nick came in.
“Hey guys, what lunch do y’all have?” Nick said sitting at the desk behind Simon.
“I think we have A lunch, you?” Simon said. Bram was usually quiet around everyone except Simon. Simon had asked him about it, but Bram said he was just shy.
“Same, I think my other friends do too, if you guys want to sit with them,” Nick said. “If that is alright with you” Nick added mainly because he knew Bram was shy around new people.
“Yeah that’s fine,” Bram said to the surprise of Simon.
Classes on the first day were okay. It was going to be a bit more difficult than kindergarten, but Simon was glad that Bram had the smart genes and he could help him, specially with math.
Lunch arrived. Simon and Bram sat at a table for 6 people, when they saw Nick walking in with a girl and a guy.
“Hey guys,” Nick said sitting down. They all stared at Nick waiting for them to introduce them.
“Oh right, Leah, Garrett, this is Simon and Bram, my friends I told you about. Simon, Bram this is Leah and Garrett, my friends from Kindergarten.” Nick said taking a bite out of his sandwich.
“Hey,” Simon said with a wave.
“Hey,” Leah and Garrett replied.
It was silent at first, but then they started talking about different stuff and realized that they all liked the same cartoons. Also, Garrett and Bram started to talk about comic books.
Lunch was over. Bram and Simon decided to hang out after school to do some homework. Emily picked them up and took them home.
They went up to Simon’s room and laid in bed.
“I liked Leah and Garrett,” Simon said.
“Yeah, they were cool,” Bram said.
“Yeah, I saw you were talking to Garrett a lot,” Simon said happy Bram came out of his shell.
“He knew about comic books, unlike you,” Bram said with a laugh.
“Whatever,” Simon threw a pillow at Bram. They had a pillow fight and did homework until Bram’s mom picked him up.