Entry made on twenty fourth of November 2012 10:00 am

Dear Derek,
I know it's been a long while since I wrote to you, but things have returned to their normal slow paced self, and I did not know what to write about.

It is a Sunday today, so I thought I'd just describe normal things in detail.

School is about to end, and my exams finally finished. I did well I think, the papers were quite easy, and I expect I will be top of the batch this year. I know it sounds very conceited but when the only source of real happiness is this then I can't help but be proud of it.

Things between dad and me are back to normal. We continue to ignore each other and peace is maintained at both sides of the border. He is still drinking but I have managed to keep my mouth shut to avoid any more civic strives.

On the matter of dad,  nanna has been very supportive. She has been like a second mother Derek, and I think I wouldn't have survived if it hadn't been for her. Her name is Gwendolarlyn which was a mouthful for my younger self, and hence the name nanna stuck. She is more of a housekeeper cum cook cum mother really. I have decided I want to give her a gift on my birthday. What that will be I still don't know.

The boy Drake has become a constant travel companion as he follows me to school and back home. I have discovered that he is even more shy and touchy than he seems and I am sure there is sadness behind that meek behavior. I do not know why, but he has become a constant source of curiosity as I have spent more than eighteen living hours thinking just about him and his life. Oddly he is a part of the poetry writing class too. I didn't notice him till yesterday. J
Like me he has never read out any of his poems,  though unlike me he does so because of shyness. I would like to read his poems, they might tell me more about him, but I daren't breach the the trust line.

I think Nanna noticed him walking beside me, because she has informed me that the new neighbors have been invited to dinner tonight. What she will achieve of this I am not sure,but the dinner is going to be awkward, and that is my guarantee.

Anyways it will be nice to know more about him and his family. Nanna says I should try and make friends with him, but I don't know. I mean how are we supposed to act with people like him. It can get awkward and one always worries what to say and what not to. I will think about this however. Bye for now.
Love
Daryl

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