I love my family and I love my friends, but some friends should NEVER be brought home. I have a lot of family members. I also have a lot of friends. But sometimes I wish I never brought home some of my friends. There’s this one friend in particular that had me convinced that she was trying to take over my life. I cried almost every night, worried that my family would disown me and adopt this friend. I guess I wouldn’t actually call her a friend where as an acquaintance or maybe even a frienemie would be a better word. In my immediate family there’s my mom and dad, Jill and Dean and my sister, Cassie. But I have other family that I’m close with. First there are my cousins, Sam and Callum. Then there’s my grandparents, Molly, Renee, Barbra, and Sam. On top of that there’s my aunts and uncles. I have my Uncle Jack, my uncle John and my aunt Joss. But that’s just my family that I’m close with. I also have many friends that I’m close with. First, there’s my school friends. Ellie, Rockelle, Eden, Effie, Barbara, Olivia and Bailee. Equally important, there’s my friends from dance. Marisol, Lilith, Kacey, Sally, and Jordan. There is one other friend I dance with, her name’s Alia. Alia came to my dance studio when I was 10 years and she was 9 years. We didn’t actually start talking till about 2 years later. That’s when it all started. After Alia and I became friends, she started coming over every once in a while, but then she started coming every weekend and eventually every day, even school nights. I never thought that it might be a problem. After a bit, Alia started becoming friends with my immediate family. She started playing games with my dad, having secrets with my sister and texting my mom. Soon after, when my cousins came to visit, Alia met them and started hanging out with them all the time and texting them. And whenever I had other friends come over, Alia would meet them and start hanging out with them and excluding me. Eventually Alia started coming on family vacations. Alia met my entire family, including my uncles and aunts. Also she came to family dinners too. Every time I went to dinner at a family member’s house, Alia would come. About a year after we became friends, Alia started inviting herself over. And if we had plans, and she couldn’t come, she would get mad at me. Sometimes Alia would tell me she had plans, so I would make plans for myself and she would always get mad at me for having my own plans, or in better words, for having my own life. I didn’t know how to fix it. I didn’t know how to get rid of her. My life was falling apart. I was sure Alia was trying to steal my life. It was like she had a plot to destroy me and take over my life. Years later, when I was in high school and Alia was just starting high school, thing started to settle down. Alia and I went to completely different schools and Alia rarely comes over now. When I see Alia, sometimes she can still bug me, but I now know that no matter what, my family and real friends will always love me. Even if I think someone else is trying to replace me and take over my life.
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