Bertrand, as Jake found out with time, was already a loser by his classmates' eyes. But it didn’t bother little Jake anyway.
Kids were noisy, and he loved silent Bertrand.
Always humming songs and scribbling on his notebook while the teacher was giving their lecture.
It was quite strange for him, that he finally had someone whom to actually talk to. Jake even invited Bert to his place a lot of times, and Bert got to meet Jake’s parents, who loved him from the very beginning.
Jake didn’t know that friendship could be something so light and heartwarming, and even his parents were surprised to see him being all lively around someone.
And Bert discovered what Jake actually meant when he said that his dad’s
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