“Mandy, meet my friend Nick, Nick, meet my sister Mandy”, Brian said, introducing his sister and friend. “Hi Nick!”, Mandy said shyly, while thinking to herself that this guy seemed really nice, and was really cute.
“Hi! Wanna go play video games? I bet I can beat you!”, Nick said knowing he had found a new friend. “Sure, but I don’t think you can beat me!”, Mandy said, no longer shy, while thinking she had just found a great friend.
Mandy and Nick ran off together to play video games while Brian, Kevin, Howie, and AJ watched them.
“They just found new best friends”, Kevin said, “Are you sure this is the best thing them being so close? Nick’s gonna be gone a lot over the next couple of years.”
“Kevin, don’t be so father-like, they’ve only known each other for a few minutes! And besides, Nick can handle it.”, Howie said.
“Yeah, Kevin, Howie’s right. Besides they both need a friend, they have a lot of hard times ahead, and they both need someone to lean on.”, Brian said, “Now they have each other.”