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This is a long one that lasted the entirety of a school year,

getting worse as the year went by.

I met Brandon my senior year of high school.

I was technically a junior, but I was graduating a year early.

The only reason that is relevant is because that meant that I had a junior

English class, which is where I met Brandon.

Brandon was the obvious standout weird kid.

He was easily over six foot tall and morbidly obese with long black greasy hair

and always had a death metal t-shirt on.

As the weird kids always do, Brandon instantly took a liking to me.

Most of the weird kid myself, I was wearing black with long red hair,

piercings, contacts, and heels I'd wear.

My family moved in average of every year and a half,

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