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Archie's Pov

I met Oliver in the 3rd grade. He didn't have many friends and quite frankly didn't seem to be making an effort to find any. Oliver was, and in some cases still, is a very introverted person. 

He never liked school. 

Oliver never did well in school . He just didn't care. 

Thinking back I genuinely don't remember how we became friends we just did, which is strange considering we are polar opposites.

He showed no interest in being my friend at all. He would just look at me and continue whatever he was doing. I persisted. I think it was the fact that he didn't care that made me want to be his friend. He didn't judge he just didn't show one ounce of interest in the slightest. I feel like I was able to see something that nobody else saw in him. 

I'm not going to say being his friend is easy. It comes with challenges, but it is 100% worth it. 

I have never seen Oliver in love with a girl. 

Oliver has had many girlfriends. He has had so many i wouldn't even consider half of them actually girlfriends. I mean he only lasted an average of two weeks with them anyways and the funny thing is I couldn't even tell you why half of them even wanted to be with him. 

Ok fine he has the looks and he is a star football player but he wasn't nice to any of them. It was extremely obvious that he didn't have feelings for any of them, not even one. From time to time I felt bad for them but then I remember there is nothing stopping them from leaving him, so why they stay for more than a day is beyond me. 

When you first meet Oliver he is a dick. He only has one word responses and he spends most of his time ignoring you, but he does care it just takes a long, long, long, long time to realise that. You know Oliver really likes a person when he actually does something nice for them, something that you would look at and go, aww he does actually care. I spend most of my time trying to keep him out of trouble or stop him from saying something he shouldn't. 

The most trouble Oliver gets in is with Jake. Something about him just gets on Oliver's nerves. Most people Oliver just completely ignored but Jake is different. I have had to pull Oliver out of physical fights with Jake on multiple occasions. 

The one thing everyone knows that Oliver cares about it football. Considering Oliver's dad did football and played to such a high standard it just seemed to come naturally for him. He has been playing since forever. Oliver and his dad were very good to me. I was, and still am nowhere near as good as me but when I was younger him  and his dad used to bring me to the park and we would practice for hours so that I could get on the school team. 

I think football is both the best and worst thing that ever happened to Oliver. 

It's good because it gives him a goal, something that he has to actually work towards, but it also has its downsides. 

About 2 years ago Oliver started to take his training too far. He was really really failing school and so he took out is anger by working out. He trained every day for weeks and weeks on end. He looked awful. He developed insomnia and it got to a point where he was doing so much that he wasn't able to keep up at training and coach started to notice something was off.  

Coach stopped him from training for a month. He told Oliver's dad about the situation and Oliver's dads didn't let him out unless it was with me or so that he could go to the school. Oliver finally realised that he was doing way to much and he cut down on the training. 

I don't think Oliver knows that I noticed that he has started doing extra training again this year.  He is nowhere near as bad as he was 2 years ago but he still looks tired quite often. I'm not gonna let him do what he did 2 years ago again. 

Oliver's Pov

I think it was the 3rd grade I met Archie. 

He wouldn't fucking leave me alone. That dude was persistent. Archie was and is very out going. 

He has ADHD which can make him really hyper at times. He really struggled with staying focused in school and the teacher would spend a lot of time giving out to him. 

Not many people in school liked him but for some reason I didn't mind him. It might not have come across that way but were friends now.   He would just blabber away and I would sit there in silence. 

I suppose we just started spending more and more time together and eventually we became inseparable. 

I used to play football with him and my dad every Friday night in the park. The first time he tried out he didn't make it. That was in  8th grade. He was really upset. So that when we started taking him to the park to practice with us. My dad trained him and the next season he made the team. My dad was really proud of him and I guess it was too.

He was over the moon. I think the football helped his ADHD. He found him self being able to learn how to focus.

I owe a lot to Archie. I would be in a lot of trouble without him. He keeps me out of fights. Especially with Jake. Asshole. He also stops me from saying the wrong things. Sometimes I forget to think before I say things, meaning I can be rude without meaning to be. Or at least that's what Archie tells everyone. 

Archie has been with his girlfriend for like 4 years now or something, I don't even know at this point. He seems genuinely happy with her and she seems to be able to put up with his energy. 

I'm happy for them.