But hey, my brothers in shit too so I'm hoping it'll be fine.
This always works. I was a pretty decent kid when I was growing up. But anytime I got in any kind of trouble, I could pretty much point to my stepbrother and say "hey at least I'm not in jail for dealing drugs at school."
Sakhi, I'm not sure what your family situation is like, or how old you are, or really anything about you other than what you have posted here, but I would definitely go with the "grim alternative" strategy.

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