One highly underrated conversation in life is, we all have the families that we are born into but the more we live life we find that we also have friends that become family. This is the case for Heba and Zahra two girls who met in elementary school when they walked into a room and finally saw someone who looked like them. Both girl's families came to America from the Middle East and their friendship was instant. Unfortunately, as they grew older their friendship took a turn when they found themselves in constant competition with each other. They found themselves being 1st and 2nd to each other for many years and eventually it took over their friendship and put them against each other. As the two girls stand hand in hand waiting to hear the announcement of who is going to be their class valedictorian, they had forgotten what was really important between the two of them. They had forgotten all of the years that they spent leaning on each other through difficult times when people didn't understand or care to understand who they really are and where they come from. The years that they spent keeping each other safe and defending each other from racism within their educational experiences.

The years they spent loving and supporting each other as best friends who had become sisters, sisters who loved each other were how smart they were, how funny they were, and how amazing their friendship was. You can always count on a tragic life experience to focus you back on who and what is really important in life. When they finally realize that when it comes down to it, nothing is more important than that friendship. We get to see a full coming of age circle happened for them. This is a story that should remind us all that the most important thing we can have in life is the unconditional love of someone who understands us and accepts us for who we are.*Performers could be any gender, being from the Middle East is an important to the story.