I have to try.
I came all this way. I kept telling myself that I would never let anyone hold me down again. Isn't that what I'm doing now? Letting the world crush me?
Washing my hands and my face, I head outside, only to see Harry eating his sandwich.
"Do you want me to drop you home, Harry? Maybe Maddie is back."
However, my brother shakes his head. When I sit down, he walks over to me, holding out one piece of sandwich, "You should eat."
"I'm not-"
"You have a big project, don't you, Aisha?" His voice is serious. "You always tell me that you need energy to work. So you have to eat."
I smile at him, a soft, sad smile, and then pull him into my arms, "You know I love you, right kid?"
"I know," Harry beams into my hair. "I'm your most favorite person in the whole wide world."
"Yep!
