Задание

Read the text and choose the correct options

My biggest competitor

Our classmates used to say about us "With Sara comes Jenny — for free. 2 friends in one package". Yes, it was unbelievable how loyal Jenny was to me.

She checked all my English , corrected them and helped me practise in English. If I had to miss school, she felt it was her main to let me know what the homework and class test dates were, even though I never asked her to do so. Summer math were also explained to me by her.

And yet Jenny was my biggest competitor.

Why so? There's no denying that I loved having her around. At the same time, I hated her invisible over me that made me feel emotions such as guilt, gratitude and .

Instead of returning the favour, I decided to ignore her. But it never stopped Jenny from following me around, saving for me and always being my project partner.

I was still treating Jenny as if she was nothing but a . My 'reasonable' explanation for my behaviour was that I couldn't give up on all my other for the sake of one.

It took Jenny a couple of years to eventually give up on me. And it took me a couple of to realise that she had been offering true friendship to me that I so foolishly rejected.