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“You have to say that, Ri, you’re my brother.” Garnet didn’t even jump, she just simply stated to his insult. Garnet and Riley had the weirdest possible friendship. You see, they became quick friends, but they acted so much like siblings that their English teacher asked them if they were brother and sister. They looked at each other for a second and both said yes. Ever since, everyone has known them as siblings.

“Well, we agree with Ri, and that definitely counts.” The twins said in unison, as they so often did. Garnet turned to them and remembered first meeting them, how they had almost decapitated her head with a rubber ball, and then in class how they had pulled her hair until she said she would be their friend, and she smiled. Winston knew exactly what she was thinking about, and smiled back. Garnet hugged Doyle and started laughing so hard, then she hugged Winston and kissed his cheek.

“You always seem to know what I’m thinking about,” she whispered in his ear. Winston blushed, and Doyle knew he liked Garnet, but she showed no romantic interest in him.

“You have the best laugh Puppy.” Riley told her.

Still laughing, she replied “I hate my laugh.” In truth, it was adorable, but Garnet wouldn’t believe that. The “Puppy” story was completely something different.

Earlier that year in their math class, two people were passing notes. These two people just happened to strongly dislike the four of them. The teacher saw this happening, and she took the note and read it in front of everyone. It contained the names “dogface,” “beanpole,” “jerk,” and “idiot.” After a disagreement about who was who, it was decided Garnet was dogface, Riley was beanpole, Winston was idiot, and Doyle was jerk. Since, they have called Garnet “Puppy.”

“We’ve literally been standing here talking for almost an hour, we should probably do something or go back to the school.” Garnet said to them.

“Well, if we go back now, Justyse will keep wanting to know where we’ve been all morning.” Doyle responded.

“Same with Kelley. He is just… a piece of work. The good thing about Sara-Lynne is she doesn’t question people, but those three are the strangest group of friends,” Garnet returned.

“So are we,” Riley retored.

“Not necessarily. But Ri, you can be the strange friend.” They all laughed at Garnet’s rejoinder.

“Well twinkydinks, what do you think we shall do?”

“We should probably go back and study for our biology test on Monday,” Doyle reasoned.

“Alright duckie. Let’s get rolling, shall we?”

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