your mom and eli's mom were super close, which meant hanging out with eli since you were babies. you saw him through his braces era, his geek era, nerd era and the one that stood out the most... his hawk era.

he had this giant tattoo he showed you and his crazy blue colored mohawk which surprised you cause you thought his mom would never let him do that.

you and eli were hanging out in his room one time while your moms had lunch and it was very different, instead of him being shy and awkward he was confident.

"and this?" he pointed at a scar on his chest "this was when i beat some kid up and he scratched me. no big deal."