Books and I

I'm 15 years old. I just finished Harry Potter. I know, crazy right? This girl has only just discovered the beautiful tales about a boy with a scar who gets pushed into danger every living minute. I can't believe it myself. Why did it take me so long to finally start Harry Potter. But I finished it in a month so i guess that makes up for it. I blame the people around me. No one around me is really into books. When I was younger no one was really into reading. It wasn't a big deal in my family. My mum's not exactly clever and my dad isn't interested in reading. My sister doesn't like it either and only used to read because she had to. So, I used to love reading even when i was around the age of 7 and 8. I never really had friends in primary. Who knows? Maybe I really stank when I was small. Or maybe i was really mean but for whatever reason i just didn't have any friends. So I used hide in the school building during break and lunch. They had this dumb rule that all kids have to stay outside. I kinda get it now, coz in case of a fire alarm and all but I just used to think it was so unfair. But books were my friends. I have no idea why I never read Harry Potter but I guess the ingeniousness of J.K Rowling wanted the right time to reveal itself to me. Then I started High School and I still had no friends ( I mean I was the only one from my primary to go to Rushey Mead Academy, well except for one other guy, but its not like i would have had friends even if other people from my primary came with me.) But then I let the thoughts of society to control me. I don't think it was intentional though. It was just subconscious. I just stopped reading. That's all. You know? and then so many things came in between me and books so we just grew apart. But I'm back in the rhythm of it now. I'm started to get back into myself. I'm mixing my old self with my previous new self to become my now new self. My friends have helped with that. Yupp, you heard me, "friends". I have them now. Just 2 but its enough. And I thank God for them everyday. And of course, I still have books to keep me together. Except its lockdown and i can't even go to the Library so i have to read on my phone. It's not bad but there's nothing like the feel of a page when you turn it.