Closer Heartbeat

It's been a while since we've heard from the narrator, but he's back. He's in high school, and he can't wait to tell us what's going on with his new crush, the pretty young girl who's next to him on the street. We're guessing it's the girl's brother, the handsome young man with the satchel. The narrator's not sure what to make of this new guy, but it sure sounds like a nice guy to him. He also doesn't like the fact that the narrator is calling him his uncle instead of his older brother, which is kind of a bummer. Anyway, the narrator has a crush on the girl, and she's kind of cute. She's cute, and the narrator thinks she'd be a good match for her brother. But then the narrator realizes that the girl isn't really his sister, but his niece, and that's when he starts to get a little jealous. He wants to know what the girl is doing with her brother's sister, and what the boy's doing with his sister's little girl. So the narrator starts to freak out. He thinks he sees the boy next to the girl talking about his niece and his nephew, and then he thinks the boy must be his uncle, because he looks like a real jerk. He starts to feel a little weird, too, and starts to worry that he'