“I still can’t believe
you’re leaving tomorrow,” he said.
I laughed at him,
“Don’t be such a drama-baby. I’m only going to be gone for the summer.”
“The summer can last a
really long time,” he told me. “You watch Phineas and Ferb with me.”
I laughed again.
Phineas and Ferb were pretty crazy. I moved in to hug him, feeling his warm
body against mine. As I pulled back from him, I said, “Goodbye, Garret.”
“Camryn, wait,” he
grabbed my wrist to pull me back into him so I would get to feel that warmth
again. “I have to tell you something before you go.”
“What?” I laughed. “Can
you make it fast? I have to be up at four in the morning to leave.”
“Uh, I don’t know how
quick I can be,” he laughed as well. “It’s kind of important.”
“So is my leaving in
the morning,” I tried pulling away again to get to my house next door.
“I- I like you,” he
turned me to face him.
“And I like you, Gare,”
I tweaked his nose.
“No- No, I mean-” he
sighed, and looked up at the star filled sky as if trying to come up with the
right words to say me. “We’ve known each other for such a long time.”
“Garrett, what is it?”
I changed my tone, noticing how serious he was being.
“We were practically
born together,” he said.
“We were born in two
different hospitals across town,” I looked up at him.
“Yeah, but we were
born on the same day, and that’s gotta account for something,” he shrugged.
I giggled.
“And then we moved
into our houses on the same day,” he gestured to either side of us. “Right next
to each other. Who would’ve known?”
“I think our parents
knew.” I took his hands and pressed them back down to his sides.
He intertwined his
fingers with mine, and sighed, “And then we grew up together.”
The porchlight at my
home flicked on, my parents letting me know I needed to get in for bed.
I started to step back,
breaking the bridge our hands had created between us, “And will our life story
form a point anytime soon?”
“I like you,” he told me again.
“Garrett, I already
you that I like you too.”
“No, he took a deep
breath, his chest puffing out. “I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m in
love with you.”
“Well,” I let out a
long breath. I moved close again and shoved my fingers into his so thick sandy
hair. “It’s about time.”
“Oh,” his sigh
traveled throughout his whole body, and I could feel it through the length of
mine. It was the sweetest sigh I’d ever felt come from him.
He leaned in.
“Camryn!” my dad
called just before Garrett’s lips met mine.
“No,” I groaned, turning
my head to look at my father’s silhouette.
Garrett’s mouth landed
on my cheek, but I relished in that feeling still.
“You’ve gotta be up in
seven hours,” Dad called. “Let’s get to bed.”
“You heard him,” I
slowly backed away from my best friend – if not more than that now.
“Wait, just another
minute,” he said.
“Garrett, I don’t
think I have another minute,” I pointed back toward my dad.
“Then just take this,”
he pressed something into my hand. “I found it at the flea market. It’s kinda a
sort of promise ring.”
“Garrett,” I held the
ring close to my heart.
“You should go,” he
pointed as my dad called for me again.
“I’ll see you in three
months,” I started to back away one last time.
“Don’t forget me,” he
said.
And I asked him, “How
could I forget you when I love you just so much?”
He mouthed the words, “I
love you.”
And then I turned away
from him before he could see the tears starting to form in my eyes.
I ran back to my house
for my last sleep before I would officially become NASA’s next summer intern.
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