Dear Diary…
Arra Benjamin
Aya and I have a new friend! We think his name is Shuk, but it’s kinda hard to tell. He’s a devil. Or at least that’s what people are calling them. It doesn’t seem like a very good name for such nice birds, but everyone seems to like them anyway, so that’s ok I guess. Shuk’s followed us around some the past couple of days. He’s funny, and I think he likes us. It might have something to do with the fries we snuck from lunch for him, but that’s ok too.
Everyone’s still seems really sad about Jack. We never really got to know him, but I guess I’m a little sad too. They don’t think we know what happened, but Aya and I are pretty smart when we want to be. I know everyone thinks it’s for our own good, but I think it’s better for us to know what’s going on.
Dad’s been really good about it. He made sure Emily came and got us right away after it happened to take us to stay with the Parkers for the night cause Jai and him had to stay out. They’re both really good at pretending everything’s ok, but we can tell sometimes when they’re worried. Jai expecially has been beating herself up over it I think.
School’s a lot of fun. Mr. Parker and Kaiya (we have to call her Ms. Yamasak when we’re in class, but she lets us call her Kaiya outside of school) are really great teachers. It’s cool to finally go to a real school after being homeschooled for all our lives. Dad and Uncle Gabe and Sinopa and Okanai are really good teachers too, but it’s more fun to have other kids around.
I think Kaiya and Dad like eachother. I mean, like like – like in the movies. I think it’s great. She’s great, and he’s happy around her, so it’s fine by us! He still really misses Mom. I dunno. It’s weird. He’s really happy around her, but he seems sad too. I guess it’d be like if Aya died and then years later I got a new sister. Would it be ok for me to like my new sister as much as I liked Aya? It’s tough, but I think he should try to be happy. He spends so much time taking care of other people that he forgets to take care of himself sometimes.
Well, we’ve got to go have dinner. Maybe we’ll get to sit with Jai’s friends again!