Prologue

It’s funny, really. I never actually expected to be friends with them. I don’t think I even really expected to have friends, to be honest. I always thought I was too weird and quiet to have any. I just could never picture myself just casually hanging out with anyone. I had always been sort of a loner�"with the exception of my older brother.

            I just never really talked to people. I mean, people would come up to me in the past and say little things. They’d ask me questions about where I used to live or why I didn’t talk. I’m sure everyone knew the answer I gave: I didn’t have anything to say. Regardless to say, people would usually give up on me. That was all in middle school. High school was a bit better. But of course, that’s because I had friends.

            My friends…they were quite unusual. I know, everyone says that. But I mean it. They were all so very different. So very different, that I decided they were very worthy of telling the world about. Once you hear these stories, you’ll see why my life has been permanently changed by these people. These stories may not be in the correct order, but actually putting them in order would be more confusing.