Kenya Browne

Qwasim Campbel is 19 years old, he attended Cobleskill College. Now he works at the U.S Census Bureau.

It is Wednesday afternoon I was making cheeseburgers for my cousin Qwasim and me. As I served Qwasim his meal he asked me, “Hey, what ever happened to the girl you used to bring over here?” As I grabbed a seat I responded, “Who, Kendra?” “Yea Kendra with the two-inch pony tails with the mean Michael Jackson high waters .Why she doesn’t come around anymore?” asked Qwasim. for some reason Qwasim has a crush on her but always make fun of her, Yea I don’t get it either. “Ha, Ha very funny Qwasim, Very funny but I don’t talk to her anymore. She was bad company, she made our friendship go down but hey friendship doesn’t last unless you’ve chosen the right friend so I didn’t stress it.” As Qwasim finished his first bite he said, “Well that sucks because I remember the time when a friendship went down on me. A while ago I had a friend we were cool but after a while he started to change. He would put us in situations that would get us into trouble. It wasn’t worth t because that’s not who I am.” After I took a sip of my drink I responded, “Oh wow that’s not right.” “Yea, but for the most part I keep a lot of friends; it isn’t by choice I just meet a lot of people throughout my life. So it really didn’t matter to me if I lose a friend because I will still have friend’s remaining.” said Qwasim. “Oh really, that’s cool I feel the same way because I keep a lot of friends and the cool thing about it is the fact that most of my friends are males.” I responded. “Yea that’s not a problem really having a lot of friends is cool whether their all boys or girls or mixed, it doesn’t matter. You and I or anyone else can have as many friends as we can get but we don’t because there are millions of people across the world and millions we haven’t met. But it’s all based on what you’re looking for in a friend, what friendship mean to you. Let me tell you, my meaning of friendship is someone who doesn’t mind hanging out or doing favors. I expect someone to talk too, also it’s all about personality, someone who is trustworthy like an ideal friend” Qwasim said. I looked at Qwasim with a grin and said, “Exactly you’re right, I…” “Of course I’m right, Qwasim ‘The typical gangster’ is always right.” said Qwasim cutting me off. We both busted out with laughter. “Also someone loyal, well I’m a loyal friend of course…” “In High school I once paid five dollars for a friend of mind to go on a trip to the movies with our class.” Qwasim said cutting me off again. As I was done with my meal I got up and said “You like cutting me off don’t you?” “Well, because I’m gangster.” Qwasim said walking away. Well I guess I’ve learned a lot about friendship today, cool.

By: Kenya Browne