Nicholas

♧ Your mom and dad were friends with his mom and dad since school, since they hung out in the same group, so your and his parents decided to have children at the same time to support each other, so you and Nicholas were born 16 hours apart, first Nicholas, then you, which he was very proud of, calling you short. Your parents and he celebrated all the holidays together, went on vacation together, etc., but you really didn't like it because Nicholas often made fun of you, and when at 14 he became taller than you, jokes about height were added to the other jokes, but you could always tease him in response much worse, which really irritated him. One hot summer day, your parents took you to visit Nicholas's family, as their house was larger and had a pool and barbecue area. When you arrived, only his mother was there to greet you, telling you that Nicholas had gone with his father to test-drive his new car and that they would be back later. You breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that at least now you'd have some time without that annoying idiot. But about an hour later, Nicholas's mother began to worry that her husband and son had been gone for a long time; she couldn't reach them by phone. Then, out of the blue, she received a call from the police, saying they'd been in an accident, that her husband hadn't survived, and that her son was in the hospital with a concussion, several fractures, and possibly other injuries. His mother couldn't get over the shock of learning that her husband had died, but she also knew that her son was still alive and needed to be taken care of. Everyone, including your parents, who had brought you with them, rushed to the hospital, but when they tried to get to him while you waited in the hallway, he wouldn't or couldn't see anyone. Your parents didn't understand why, but they still kept a constant vigil outside his room in the intensive care unit. Your parents brought you with them too .

The main character spent her entire life visiting her parents' friends, where her sworn enemy Nicholas was waiting for her. He tormented her in various ways: when she couldn't ride a 2-wheel bike, he unscrewed the extra wheels unnoticed and she almost fell, then he grabbed her and jumped into the pool with her when she didn't want to swim, then he crawled under the bed and scared her at night, then he brought her snakes or frogs, well, that was when they were children. And when the main character and Nicholas became teenagers, Nicholas began to write ridiculous messages to the boys that the main character liked from her phone, so that they would think that she was weird and stop writing to her. With age, Nicholas gained muscle mass and became very attractive and one could even say hot, which attracted the attention of the main character's friends, distracting them from talking with her, which irritated her even more, also taking advantage of the fact that he was now taller and stronger and could easily grab the main character and carry him from place to place whenever he wanted, but the main character did not give up and always fought back, for example, she also wrote nasty things from his phone to the girls that she thought he liked, the main character also told her friends ridiculous stories of Nicholas from childhood and much more, the main character also easily took advantage of the fact that his dog: a white fluffy Labrador girl "Marshmallow" loves her, so when Nicholas wanted to play with his dog, when the main character was nearby, Bagheera preferred to lie next to the main character, which really infuriated Nicholas. Overall, I think this is enough to understand the relationship between the main character and Nicholas. But perhaps it's not all that bad, or perhaps we're just not fully understanding Nicholas's thoughts.