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- Story Listed as: Fiction For Teens
- Theme: Drama / Human Interest
- Subject: Friends / Friendship
- Published: 01/29/2012
Do you love me or not? (part 3)
Born 2000, F, from PA / philadelphia, United StatesI sat in the car. I said goodbye to the town in my head. I felt like crying. My dad looked at me through the mirror and told me not to be sad. He said that our new neighborhood will be so fun that I wouldn’t want to leave. I rolled my eyes when he looked away. I thought of you and that I probably would never see you again. Then I realized that I had your number on my phone. I texted you on my phone and it said hey. I waited for you to reply. You texted back hey with about seven exclamation marks. I was so happy to see that you replied. I was texting so much that my mom could barely hear the song on the radio. She told me to turn off my phone. I begged and asked her if I could keep my phone on. She asked me why. I told her it’s because I was texting you, you’re my best friend. She said that no boy can be my best friend, you’re either my friend or you aren’t. I texted you back and told you I had to go, for good. You texted back bye with five sad faces. She took it from me, threw it out the window, and the car ran over it. We drove to the air port and got on a plane to Tennessee.
When we got out of town it looked like we were driving in the middle of the woods. I asked where we were. My father said that were in olive acres. I mumbled to myself that it sounds like the most boring place ever. I never was good at whispering and my mom said that it’s not that bad. I kept looking out the windows. There where houses scattered around, there was a big hill with a single tree and a tire swing hanging from it. I looked closer there was a boy who looked like he was about my age. He was swinging on the swing. He had brown hair. He had a blue jacket and black jeans. When we drove up to the house it was pretty amazing. It was big and had a big yard a backyard and in the back was a glass door that slides open. I went into the house I said wow so loud that my parents could hear me from outside. There was a huge living room, a flat screen TV a fireplace, a pizza, oven a big kitchen, and a stair case with carpet on it. I ran upstairs and looked in every door. The first room I looked in was a bathroom it had a door connected I looked in the door there was a king size bed just by looking at it I could tell it was for mom and dad.
I ran out of that room and saw another door, it was just a closet. I saw another door at the end of the hall, I walked to it opened the door and it was the best room I’ve ever seen. The wall was painted the best shade of green. There was a bed queen size bed with green and black pillows, and matching blankets sheets and rugs. There were picture frames that went across the wall. Each one had a letter in my name. It spelled “Cindy Kim”. My carpet was fluffy and black. There were drawers in my room on one of them there was a sunglass holder with many sunglasses. There was a huge shelf that went half way up to my ceiling. I put my sneakers, shoes, and boots in the slots. There was a big closet with all new clothes; I changed my outfit so that I could fit in. There were posters of my favorite band. I went downstairs and I told my parents that I might like it here. They said that’s good and went back to what they were doing. I decided to walk around the neighborhood, to meet some girls my age. I walked past the hill on my way home I saw the boy look at me while I was walking. I waved at him he waved back and I continued home. A few days later, When I went home my parents were preparing a big dinner. They said that were throwing a house warming party. About a couple of hours later, lots of people began to arrive. A few of the girls that I met came with their parents. I saw the boy from the hill come with his mom and little sister. He waved at me and I waved back. I said hi to all the girls I know and took them to see my room. When we came back I saw my mom showing everyone my baby pictures. I was so embarrassed that my cheeks turned red. My new friends ran to go look. “Mom what are you doing, you can’t show them those pictures” I yelled. Everyone was too busy laughing to hear me. I heard my mother say, “And here is the picture of baby Cindy in the bath tub, and here is one of her first birthday, she got cake all over her, here is on when she was in fifth grade with her friend Cameron”. I began to calm down. I went outside. I walked up to the top of the hill ad sat on the swing. I thought of all my friends from New York, you, the way you said that you promised that we would see each other again. The girls I met came outside laughing and began walking home. They were making fun of me.
I saw the boy come outside with his little sister. She looked like she was about seven or eight years old. He was holding her hand bringing her up to the swing. I don’t know why he would bring her outside at this time it’s already ten at night. They came up to the hill and his sister came up and asked me if she could get on. I stood up and held the swing still for her. The boy came up and said hi. I said hi back. I stood up against the tree so that he could push his sister. I asked him how old she is; he said five, it turns out I was way off. He told me that it must have been embarrassing to see that my parents showed a bunch of baby pictures to strangers. He told me his name is Danny. I told him my name was Cindy Kim. He asked me why my last name was Kim. I told him my last name wasn’t Kim I just like when people use it as if its part of my first name. He began pushing his little sister, she was saying wee, it was really adorable. I told him that she was so cute. She said thank you while spinning in the swing. I smiled really big. He told me her name was Danielle. I told her that’s a very cute name. She said thank you again. Danny asked me if I was going to Melody High. It told him yes I was. He said that I came at a good time, it’s the last week of school until summer vacation. I was glad to hear that. The little girl began to feel hungry, she asked me if the food was done yet.
I told her it should be just about done. We walked back to the house. It was hot and stuffy in there so I opened the window. My mother came over to tell me the food was ready. I asked her why she showed all those strangers my baby pictures. She told me that it didn’t do any harm. I told her the girls who came went home laughing at me, I might be the laughing stalk of the whole school. I couldn’t believe it I was actually yelling at mom. Everyone could hear us. They stood there listening and watching mother and I argue. She told me that when everyone leaves that I have to go to bed. I told her she can’t do that. She said cant do what. Take care of you for all these years, watch over you and do what’s best for you, my daughter, my only child, the one who doesn’t appreciate me, and rarely every says please and thank you. I turned around walked outside and slammed the door. Danny came out and walked up to me. I walked around the block and sat in the grass. He came up and sat next to me. He asked me what that whole argument was about. I told him that my mom is sometimes annoying and can do pretty mean thing, I mean like she doesn’t really think about what other people think of it. Then in the end I’m the one feeling bad. He told me that his mom is like that sometimes. I smiled a little and looked at the wind blowing the grass. It was sparkling. I looked at him he was smiling looking down at his shoes. I looked at all the trees on the side of us. It was really quiet, like an awkward silence. I finally decided to say how old are you but we ended up saying it at the same time. Then we both said fifteen at the same time. We both started laughing. He accidently put his hand on top of mine and we both looked down and hit our heads. We both said ouch at the same time. We smiled at each other. I saw him lean his face closer and he slowly began to pucker his lips. I stared at him like he was crazy and moved my head back I slowly began to move back, and then I asked him what he was doing. He opened his eyes and looked at me like he was really embarrassed. He said nothing then told me that he was going to go home. He stood up and began walking home. I stood up and walked back home also. I ran upstairs and jumped in bed. My mother came in about five minutes later and apologized for showing those pictures. I told her I was sorry for yelling at her. We gave each other a big hug. She told me I could come downstairs, I told her I wanted to sleep so I’m not tired in the morning and I have to get ready for school. The next morning I woke up early and went downstairs there was a big breakfast sitting there and a note next to it. The note said “good morning Cindy you dad and I left for our new jobs, eat as much as you like and enjoy your day at school. I ate almost everything, but then I got full so I sat on the couch and watched TV. I wondered when the bus was coming, I looked at the clock it said 8:10. I turned the TV off and ran outside. I ran outside and then saw Danny again, he had on a cowboy hat and was riding a horse. He asked me if I needed a ride and held out his hand. I grabbed his arm and he pulled me on the horse. The horse went really fast and we got to school in about five minutes. I hopped of the horse and we walked into the school. Almost all of the girls had on cowboy hats. They either had ponytails or pigtails, some had two braids.
They looked at me like I was weird. Danny pulled out a cowboy hat out of nowhere and put it on my head. He showed me two of his hand and there were ponytail holders. He gave them to me and I put them in my hair so that I can have pigtails. I felt ridiculous. He walked me to my class and apologized for last night. I smiled and looked down and said it was fine. I stared at my feet, my boots. Then I heard the same girls that I met. They were laughing at me still, but this time there were like five of them, all laughing at me. I pulled my hat down to cover my face. Danny looked at me and asked me if those pictures were still bothering me. I told him yes but not the one from the fifth grade. He asked do I “mean the one with that boy name Carl”. I corrected him by saying “Cameron actually”. He said oh, and then he asked me why I looked like that in the picture. I asked him looked like what. He said I looked like I liked him a lot. I told him I did. But he cheated on me for many months, and then put me in a mental hospital for two months. He looked mad for a second like that wasn’t the best idea, or like h wants to beat him up. We went to class and everyone welcomed me to Tennessee. I introduced myself to everyone, and made lots of new friends. I wasn’t upset about leaving anymore, besides you promised me that I’ll see you again. After school he took me home on his horse. When I got home mom was preparing dinner. My dad was installing a window in the kitchen that leads to a building that I haven’t seen yet. I went outside and saw a barn, I opened the door and went inside. There were chickens in one section and cows in another. I began to understand that we own a farm now. I asked dad why there’s a barn in the back yard. He told me this morning when I read the note their new job is running a farm. Then I asked him why he was making the window. He told me that they have a surprise for me. Mom covered my eyes and walked me to the backyard. Dad grabbed my hand and put it on something he asked me if I knew what it was, I remembered Danny’s horse because that’s what it felt like. Mom took her hands away and it was a horse, they got me a horse! They said that I have to name it. It was a female horse so it has to be a girl name. I thought for about thirty seconds until I came up with Jewelz. I hoped on the horse and practiced riding around the backyard. When I got the hang of it we went a bit faster, I kept practicing for about an hour until I decided to go out to the road and ride around fast like Danny did this morning. I saw him smiling when I had my hands around him so that I wouldn’t fall off. It was kind of awkward since he tried to kiss me the night before. I rode around the area a few times until I heard hooves in the distance. I turned my head, it looked like a man was following me on his horse, and there was a trail of dust and dirt following behind. I made Jewelz turn to the side, and made her stop. Then the man continued on his way, a few seconds later another horse passed me, there was a boy on it, he had a rope in his hand swinging it in the air the way the cowboys do on those shows you watch Saturday mornings. The boy tuned his head and smiled at me, it was Danny. The man stopped his horse and jumped off. Danny through his rope and it went around the man so that he couldn’t move. Danny got of his horse and untied the man. They gave each other a hand shake the way boys do when they finish doing something fun. I rode up to them. I hopped of and went up to Danny. He introduced me to his older brother Derrick. I shook his hand. He had a tight grip on my hand. It reminded me of the way you grasped my wrists at the park. I asked him how old he was he said that he was twenty two years old.
Seth asked me about my horse. I told him that my parents own a farm. They have lots of animals and they got me a horse. Seth asked me what her name was, I told him Jewelz. I told him I was going to ride around a little more before I have to go back in. I jumped on Jewelz and rode away. Meanwhile you were leaning on you horse watching me ride away. Seth’s brother came up to him and popped him in the head. He held his head asking why he did that. Sam said “you like her don’t you”. Seth began to stutter a lot until he said yes with his head down. His brother put his arm around his neck and used his fist to rub against his head really hard. I went around the corner so fast that I was able to come back around, and I heard what they said. I began to blush and rode away. I rode don to a stream and stopped to splash my face. I took off my new hat and took out my pigtails. I put the ponytail holders around my am and put the hat back on. I sat against a tree for shade while my horse took a rest, and drank some water. A few minutes later I heard purring and something fuzzy against my leg. I looked to the side and found a baby kitten. It was so cute, I picked it up and held it in my arms like a baby. It used its little paws and played with my nose like a toy. I held it up in the air and put it to my face so I can kiss its little pink nose. I sat it down in my lap it began to fall asleep. I took out a little basket I had in Jewelz sattle and put the kitten inside and laid a piece of cloth on it. I strapped it to the sattle, jumped on and began to ride home. On my way home I saw you sitting on your horse. You waved at me, I waved back and continued on my way. When I got home I carefully took off the little basket. I went home and showed my parents the kitten, I begged and pleaded to them so that I could keep it. They said yes and I immediately went upstairs, and sat the basket down. I grabbed some clothes and made a bed for the kitten. When I was finished I put some cotton inside of it. My parents came in and asked me what I was going to name it. I told them that since the kitten was orange I was going to name it pumpkin. I petted the little kitten on the head with my finger. I took of my hat and hung it on my wall and saw a note. The note said welcome to Tennessee, this is a house warming gift, hope you like it Danny. I looked at the ponytail holders on my wrist and it said my name on it. I took them off and sat the on my drawer. I went out to the barn and milked one of the cows so that I can feed Pumpkin. I poured milk into a little bowl and sat it next to her bed.
I went over to Danny’s house to thank him for the gifts. When I knocked on the door Danny’s mom answered. I asked if Danny was home and she widened the door so that I could come in. Daniele came over to me and said hi. I said hi back and picked her up, she gave me a “big bear hug” she calls it, and then put her down. Danny ran in and bent over holding his knees so he could catch his breath. When he was done I was already sitting down on the sofa waiting for him to finish. He walked over and I stood up and thanked him for the gifts. Daniele came over and told him about the secret hide out. He told her not to say it so loud and I stood up and told him I had to leave. Danielle whispered something in his ear. He asked me if wanted to see his hideout. I told him maybe next week because every day this week after school I have to help my parents with the farm, and then I asked him if he wanted to help out. He said sure and I left out. I ran home and when I got in the house I collapsed on the couch. I then felt something kind of sharp on my head. I touched it then picked it up. It was just pumpkin, she woke up and she smelled like milk. I went into the kitchen and saw cat food. I poured it inside another small bowl and sat her down so she could eat it. I walked back to the couch took of my hat laid down and put it on my head. A few minutes later I fell asleep. My parents have been working in the barn for hours until they came in and saw that Pumpkin fell asleep on the kitchen floor, they picked her up and was about to bring her upstairs when the doorbell rang. Mom answered the door and let Danny in. before he said anything he said “wow that’s the cutest kitten I’ve ever seen. He petted it with his finger. She asked him if he needed anything. He told her he wanted to ask me something. Mom told him that I crashed on the couch, and to come back later. He nodded his head and left out. About a half hour later mom woke me up. I sat up rubbing my eyes. Mom told me Danny stopped by to ask me something. I nodded my head and went to go eat dinner. The whole week Danny and I hung out all day every day, I didn’t have any fiends so there was no point.
On Thursday my parents told me I didn’t have to work on the farm, so I decided to go see Danny’s hideout. We rode our horses through a big pasture and then hopped of and continued walking the rest of the way. We walked until we saw a stream. We were high-up and the stream was about twenty feet down. Danny grabbed a rope that was tied to a tall tree. He was about to hand it to me until I said that I was afraid of heights. He wrapped the rope around my waist and grabbed my hand. He told me to hold on tight. I held on and he jumped of the cliff. We swung to the other side and I untied myself. He asked me if it was that bad. I shook my head. We continued walking. We walked for about five more minutes until we came up to a huge tree straight in the middle of the path. Danny walked up to a big plastic leaf and lifted it up revealing a secret passage. He took my hand and through me down and i slid down a long slide and landed in a pillow. He came sliding down, I didn’t hear him until he yelled “look out” he crashed into me. He stood up and helped me up. I took a look around, it was so cool. He showed me around and told me everything, but what he didn’t tell me is how they have a light bulb down here. There were different rooms, one room had lots of pictures of him and his sister. I told him that you two must be really close. I said that I wish I had a younger brother or sister. I continued looking around there were drawings that Danielle drew, it was the way you would expect little kids to draw. Then I saw picture that Danny drew, they were excellent, I told him that he is very gifted. He said thanks and told me he wanted to ask me something, he pulled out a flyer and handed it to me. I read it, it said it was the end of the school year dance. He asked me if I wanted to go with him to the dance. I told him I’d love to. I saw a camera and picked it up, I asked if we could take some pictures. He came up and stood next to me we both smiled and I clicked the button, it came out and he hung it on the wall. We went into another room there was nothing but a bag of food and some sleeping bags, I asked him what it was for. He told me that sometimes he is mad and comes to sleep here. We began to leave out. I handed him back the paper and he ripped of two tickets that were connected to it. He handed me one and I put it in my pocket. We got back on our horses and rode to the stores o pick out outfits. I went into the store for girls’ dresses and Danny went into the music shop, then he went into the store with tuxedoes. I looked through many different dresses, and then the lady at the front desk asked me if I needed help. She came over to me. She asked m what the event was. I told her it was for an end of the school year dance. She told me that she remembers her first end of the school year dance, and how she was head cheerleader, and that she was prom queen, she continued until I decided to interrupt her and ask for assistance, she apologized and handed me an arm full of dresses, pointed to the dressing room and went back to the desk. I tried on each dress, each one wasn’t correct, that was too small, and that was too big, that was too ugly. I searched through all of the dresses until I saw a white strapless dress. I tried it on and thought it was the most beautiful dress I’ve ever seen. I spun around. I walked out and put all of the dresses back. I told the lady that I will buy this dress. I saw Danny walking up to the store, I didn’t want him to see my dress, I ran back into the dressing room. I took of the dress and put my clothes back on. I folded up the dress and walked to the desk.
Danny was sitting in a chair waiting for me. I paid for the dress and put it in a bag. He showed me his tux while we were walking down the street. He asked me to see my dress but I told him it was a surprise. We walked into a shoe store and I picked out a pair of shoes that go with my dress. We walked to the nail salon and I got a manicure and a pedicure. They gave me clear nail polish with glitter. The washed my hair and blow dried it. They gave me makeup supplies and I put it in a bag, paid for everything and walked out. I asked Danny why he went to the music shop, he said it was a surprise. I saw the same girls again, they came over to me and said hey and they followed us all the way back to our houses. Once dandy went home they asked me lots of questions, like what dress did you get, and where did you get your nails done, and why is your hair so short, its shorter than every girl in town, it up to my shoulders, and its black. I told them that I wasn’t going to tell them about my outfit because it a surprise, and I cut my hair, I think it’s nice the way it is and that I like to be unique. I walked a little faster and left them there. I went home and ran up to my room. I hung up my dress and put my shoes next to it. I sat me makeup supplies on my dresser, turned off my light and went to bed. The day of the dance I went to Danny’s house, he opened the door still in his pajamas, and told him that I can’t wait to go inside the school for the party. He told me he was excited to. His little sister came to me still in her pajamas and told me to pick her up. I picked her up and gave her a hug. I put her down and said I have to get home for breakfast. Before I left he asked me why I came in my Pajamas, I told him I was just really excited, I jumped on Jewelz and rode home. When I got home I came through the back door and went up to the window where Jewelz was standing and rubbed her on her head. My parents came down and prepared breakfast. Mom and dad asked me questions about the dance like, are you excited, and do you think you’ll like it. I told them yes, and ate my breakfast quickly. I got dressed and rode to school. I saw Danny already there he waved at me and signaled me in his direction. I ran up to him and he showed me a poster. He said a band is going to playing during the dance. I told him that they’re my favorite band, and that I have posters in my room. We went inside and enjoyed the last day of school, we had half a day so everyone could go home and get ready. We rode home, I was so excited you could see my face expression even more happier than usual. I walked him home and when he went inside I went home.
When I opened the door pumpkin was sitting there waiting for me. I picked her up and carried her upstairs. Mom was already in my room she ironed my dress and had it laying on my bed neatly. She told me to come and get ready. She left out my room and told me shell get her camera ready. I shut and locked my door. I went into the bathroom and took another shower, I washed my hair and blow-dried it. I put on my dress and my shoes. I put on my makeup, and did my hair. I thought of what those girls said to me. I thought for a few minutes then I shook my head and said to myself that I didn’t care. I put on some earrings. I put on a matching bracelet, and necklace, then I put on some perfume. I looked on my bed and saw a tiara like headband. It was white and sparkly. I placed it on my head and took a look in the mirror. Mom called me into the hallway. I walked out and she snapped a photo and made my eyes hurt for a second. She went down the steps and told me to do a pose. She took many pictures until I decided that was enough. I doorbell rang. Mom opened the door and Danny walked in. he had on a Black Tux. He came up to me and bit his lip a little he took a deep breath and let it out with a wow. He said that I looked beautiful. I told him he looked very handsome. Mom offered to drive us back to school. The two of us walked to the car and got in. dad wanted to stay home. Mom got in the car and drove us back to school. When we got inside the school Danny told me to stop, he took the flower from his tux and put it in my hair. I grabbed his hand and we walked onto the dance floor. There was a song playing we walked into an open space and danced for a while. Danny told me that he’ll be right back.
He went to the DJ and handed him a CD. He came back over to me and a slow song came on and we danced to the song. He told me that he likes me. I told him that I knew that already. I kissed him on the cheek. I told him I was going to the bathroom for a second. I waved goodbye and saw you holding your face, you looked like you were saying in your head that you were never going to wash your face ever again. i walked into the bathroom and mom was in there washing her hands. I asked her what she was doing here. She was wearing the dress she wore for her last prom. I asked her if it was tight on her. She said it wasn’t that bad. I walked out of the bathroom and saw Dad in a black tux. I told him that I thought he was staying home. He said that he changed his mind. He pulled the color down. I was just standing there with a stupid look on my face. Mom came out and wrapped her arm around dads. They walked onto the dance floor and danced their hearts out. My favorite band stopped playing and left because of them. I stood there a few feet away looking at them. Danny came over and held my hand looking at my face smiling. I didn’t notice him because I was thinking about everyone laughing at me. You waved you hand in front of my face. I blinked my eyes and looked at him then smiled. By then everyone had stopped dancing and was staring at mom and dad. I was so embarrassed. Danny whispered in my ear, he said that there was a party at his friends’ house, it was a pool party. He grasped my hand tighter and we ran out of the lunch room. When we got outside, he whistled for his horse. When the horse came, we jumped on and rode to my house. I ran inside and changed my clothes to a spaghetti strap dress that goes up to my knees and a bathing suit underneath. I had on flip-flops and my hair was in a ponytail. I packed a bag with a towel and other things I need. I got back on and he already had his things. We rode to his friends’ house. He rang the doorbell and his friend answered the door. He said hey to Danny, he was soaking wet and had a towel in his arm. He let us in and there were people dancing in the living room. Danny was still holding my hand, it was like he was connected it. We walked to the back yard and there were very few people in the pool. I took of my shoes and dress and put it on a chair. I sat on the edge of the pool and kicked the water with my feet. Danny came over and asked me why I didn’t get in the water yet. I told him that I didn’t know how to swim. Danny told me to try. I told him that I would rather not. He walked away,ran and jumped into the pool. He splashed me and got me soaking wet. I rubbed my eyes with one of my arms and didn’t see Danny swimming up to me. He grabbed my arm and pulled me in the water. I immediately arose to the surface and climbed back onto the wall. I sat there on my knees trying to catch my breath. Danny came out of the water and climbed out in front of me. He had a big smile on his face. His hair covered up his eyes and was dripping water from his arms. I put my hand on his face and pushed him back in the water.
I stayed on the shallow side of the water. Danny kept calling e to the deep end so that I could learn, but refused. He decided to come over to me grab my hand and bring me to the deep end. As the water got deeper I held on even tighter than before. I held on until we got to the end part where I was completely on him. His feet weren’t touching the floor, we were just floating there. My feet became loose as I decided to kick them a little bit. He slowly started to let go of me, but I didn’t notice until he was about three feet away from me. I was looking at m feet wondering where he went. I looked up and he was floating there watching me. I began to panic and sink to the bottom. He dived down to help me back up, he was laughing, not like he was making fun of me but like he was wondering why I didn’t know how to swim and why I didn’t want to learn. After we were finished swimming, we dried off and headed home. He took me home and walked me to the door. I told him I had a nice time, hugged him and went inside.mom and dad fell asleep on the couch. They looked so fancy, also uncomfortable. I snuck upstairs, hopping they didn’t notice that I was gone. I went inside my room and laid in my bed for a while until I fell asleep its been a year since I moved here and Danny and I are still best friends, no arguments or anything. I began to remember you and my friends, I decided to give it a rest because I’ll never see you guys again. All summer I was happy. Everyday Danny and I would go around town and hang out. I was happy we moved and that there wasn’t any bad things going on. One Saturday night, the stars where out. The grass was shiny and the moon was big and full..Danny and I were on a hill lying in the grass looking at the stars. I asked him why he just told me that he liked me during that dance last year. Its summer again but there was no dance this time. He said he didn’t know, he just couldn’t hold it in any longer. He told me that he could never keep any secrets about himself. Then I remembered the house warming party. I asked him what that was about, he told me he didn’t know. I stood up and sat there with my knees close to my stomach and my arms around my legs. He stood up also. I asked him about his dad. He told me his dad died after Danielle was born. It was a few days afterwards. He slowly began to cry, he wasn’t loud but I saw a tear come from his eye. I told him that I was sorry. By then we were both talking quietly, like we were in a library. I put my arm on his shoulder, and I saw him stop crying, it was like I’m the one who makes him feel better. I took my hand away. I leaned closer and kissed him on his cheek. He turned to me. He leaned closer and this time I didn’t move back but forward. I saw his eyes glance at my lips. He moved more slowly than before. I saw his eyes sparkle when he looked up at me. It was like everything froze around us. He looked like he was scared. He got closer and kissed me. His hand was on my face pulling me closer. My arms were still around my legs. He had one hand in the grass and the other on my face. I felt the wind blow on my face. I opened my eyes as we separated. A smile went across my face when I moved back to my spot. I looked at him and he smiled at me. We got up and went down to there hide out and took more pictures to display on the wall. We rode him on his horse and mom was just finished making dinner, as we sat down to eat mom told me she had a surprise for me. I asked her what it was. She handed me a plane ticket. I read it and it said New York on it. My eyes widened and I didn’t know what to say. She asked me what I thought. I told her that I couldn’t believe it. I told her that I thought she said that were never going back there. She said were just going for the week. There was still a whole two months left before school starts up again. I stood up and hugged mom and dad. I was so happy, I can finally see you.
Continued in Part 4...
Do you love me or not? (part 3)(Jannah Lee)
I sat in the car. I said goodbye to the town in my head. I felt like crying. My dad looked at me through the mirror and told me not to be sad. He said that our new neighborhood will be so fun that I wouldn’t want to leave. I rolled my eyes when he looked away. I thought of you and that I probably would never see you again. Then I realized that I had your number on my phone. I texted you on my phone and it said hey. I waited for you to reply. You texted back hey with about seven exclamation marks. I was so happy to see that you replied. I was texting so much that my mom could barely hear the song on the radio. She told me to turn off my phone. I begged and asked her if I could keep my phone on. She asked me why. I told her it’s because I was texting you, you’re my best friend. She said that no boy can be my best friend, you’re either my friend or you aren’t. I texted you back and told you I had to go, for good. You texted back bye with five sad faces. She took it from me, threw it out the window, and the car ran over it. We drove to the air port and got on a plane to Tennessee.
When we got out of town it looked like we were driving in the middle of the woods. I asked where we were. My father said that were in olive acres. I mumbled to myself that it sounds like the most boring place ever. I never was good at whispering and my mom said that it’s not that bad. I kept looking out the windows. There where houses scattered around, there was a big hill with a single tree and a tire swing hanging from it. I looked closer there was a boy who looked like he was about my age. He was swinging on the swing. He had brown hair. He had a blue jacket and black jeans. When we drove up to the house it was pretty amazing. It was big and had a big yard a backyard and in the back was a glass door that slides open. I went into the house I said wow so loud that my parents could hear me from outside. There was a huge living room, a flat screen TV a fireplace, a pizza, oven a big kitchen, and a stair case with carpet on it. I ran upstairs and looked in every door. The first room I looked in was a bathroom it had a door connected I looked in the door there was a king size bed just by looking at it I could tell it was for mom and dad.
I ran out of that room and saw another door, it was just a closet. I saw another door at the end of the hall, I walked to it opened the door and it was the best room I’ve ever seen. The wall was painted the best shade of green. There was a bed queen size bed with green and black pillows, and matching blankets sheets and rugs. There were picture frames that went across the wall. Each one had a letter in my name. It spelled “Cindy Kim”. My carpet was fluffy and black. There were drawers in my room on one of them there was a sunglass holder with many sunglasses. There was a huge shelf that went half way up to my ceiling. I put my sneakers, shoes, and boots in the slots. There was a big closet with all new clothes; I changed my outfit so that I could fit in. There were posters of my favorite band. I went downstairs and I told my parents that I might like it here. They said that’s good and went back to what they were doing. I decided to walk around the neighborhood, to meet some girls my age. I walked past the hill on my way home I saw the boy look at me while I was walking. I waved at him he waved back and I continued home. A few days later, When I went home my parents were preparing a big dinner. They said that were throwing a house warming party. About a couple of hours later, lots of people began to arrive. A few of the girls that I met came with their parents. I saw the boy from the hill come with his mom and little sister. He waved at me and I waved back. I said hi to all the girls I know and took them to see my room. When we came back I saw my mom showing everyone my baby pictures. I was so embarrassed that my cheeks turned red. My new friends ran to go look. “Mom what are you doing, you can’t show them those pictures” I yelled. Everyone was too busy laughing to hear me. I heard my mother say, “And here is the picture of baby Cindy in the bath tub, and here is one of her first birthday, she got cake all over her, here is on when she was in fifth grade with her friend Cameron”. I began to calm down. I went outside. I walked up to the top of the hill ad sat on the swing. I thought of all my friends from New York, you, the way you said that you promised that we would see each other again. The girls I met came outside laughing and began walking home. They were making fun of me.
I saw the boy come outside with his little sister. She looked like she was about seven or eight years old. He was holding her hand bringing her up to the swing. I don’t know why he would bring her outside at this time it’s already ten at night. They came up to the hill and his sister came up and asked me if she could get on. I stood up and held the swing still for her. The boy came up and said hi. I said hi back. I stood up against the tree so that he could push his sister. I asked him how old she is; he said five, it turns out I was way off. He told me that it must have been embarrassing to see that my parents showed a bunch of baby pictures to strangers. He told me his name is Danny. I told him my name was Cindy Kim. He asked me why my last name was Kim. I told him my last name wasn’t Kim I just like when people use it as if its part of my first name. He began pushing his little sister, she was saying wee, it was really adorable. I told him that she was so cute. She said thank you while spinning in the swing. I smiled really big. He told me her name was Danielle. I told her that’s a very cute name. She said thank you again. Danny asked me if I was going to Melody High. It told him yes I was. He said that I came at a good time, it’s the last week of school until summer vacation. I was glad to hear that. The little girl began to feel hungry, she asked me if the food was done yet.
I told her it should be just about done. We walked back to the house. It was hot and stuffy in there so I opened the window. My mother came over to tell me the food was ready. I asked her why she showed all those strangers my baby pictures. She told me that it didn’t do any harm. I told her the girls who came went home laughing at me, I might be the laughing stalk of the whole school. I couldn’t believe it I was actually yelling at mom. Everyone could hear us. They stood there listening and watching mother and I argue. She told me that when everyone leaves that I have to go to bed. I told her she can’t do that. She said cant do what. Take care of you for all these years, watch over you and do what’s best for you, my daughter, my only child, the one who doesn’t appreciate me, and rarely every says please and thank you. I turned around walked outside and slammed the door. Danny came out and walked up to me. I walked around the block and sat in the grass. He came up and sat next to me. He asked me what that whole argument was about. I told him that my mom is sometimes annoying and can do pretty mean thing, I mean like she doesn’t really think about what other people think of it. Then in the end I’m the one feeling bad. He told me that his mom is like that sometimes. I smiled a little and looked at the wind blowing the grass. It was sparkling. I looked at him he was smiling looking down at his shoes. I looked at all the trees on the side of us. It was really quiet, like an awkward silence. I finally decided to say how old are you but we ended up saying it at the same time. Then we both said fifteen at the same time. We both started laughing. He accidently put his hand on top of mine and we both looked down and hit our heads. We both said ouch at the same time. We smiled at each other. I saw him lean his face closer and he slowly began to pucker his lips. I stared at him like he was crazy and moved my head back I slowly began to move back, and then I asked him what he was doing. He opened his eyes and looked at me like he was really embarrassed. He said nothing then told me that he was going to go home. He stood up and began walking home. I stood up and walked back home also. I ran upstairs and jumped in bed. My mother came in about five minutes later and apologized for showing those pictures. I told her I was sorry for yelling at her. We gave each other a big hug. She told me I could come downstairs, I told her I wanted to sleep so I’m not tired in the morning and I have to get ready for school. The next morning I woke up early and went downstairs there was a big breakfast sitting there and a note next to it. The note said “good morning Cindy you dad and I left for our new jobs, eat as much as you like and enjoy your day at school. I ate almost everything, but then I got full so I sat on the couch and watched TV. I wondered when the bus was coming, I looked at the clock it said 8:10. I turned the TV off and ran outside. I ran outside and then saw Danny again, he had on a cowboy hat and was riding a horse. He asked me if I needed a ride and held out his hand. I grabbed his arm and he pulled me on the horse. The horse went really fast and we got to school in about five minutes. I hopped of the horse and we walked into the school. Almost all of the girls had on cowboy hats. They either had ponytails or pigtails, some had two braids.
They looked at me like I was weird. Danny pulled out a cowboy hat out of nowhere and put it on my head. He showed me two of his hand and there were ponytail holders. He gave them to me and I put them in my hair so that I can have pigtails. I felt ridiculous. He walked me to my class and apologized for last night. I smiled and looked down and said it was fine. I stared at my feet, my boots. Then I heard the same girls that I met. They were laughing at me still, but this time there were like five of them, all laughing at me. I pulled my hat down to cover my face. Danny looked at me and asked me if those pictures were still bothering me. I told him yes but not the one from the fifth grade. He asked do I “mean the one with that boy name Carl”. I corrected him by saying “Cameron actually”. He said oh, and then he asked me why I looked like that in the picture. I asked him looked like what. He said I looked like I liked him a lot. I told him I did. But he cheated on me for many months, and then put me in a mental hospital for two months. He looked mad for a second like that wasn’t the best idea, or like h wants to beat him up. We went to class and everyone welcomed me to Tennessee. I introduced myself to everyone, and made lots of new friends. I wasn’t upset about leaving anymore, besides you promised me that I’ll see you again. After school he took me home on his horse. When I got home mom was preparing dinner. My dad was installing a window in the kitchen that leads to a building that I haven’t seen yet. I went outside and saw a barn, I opened the door and went inside. There were chickens in one section and cows in another. I began to understand that we own a farm now. I asked dad why there’s a barn in the back yard. He told me this morning when I read the note their new job is running a farm. Then I asked him why he was making the window. He told me that they have a surprise for me. Mom covered my eyes and walked me to the backyard. Dad grabbed my hand and put it on something he asked me if I knew what it was, I remembered Danny’s horse because that’s what it felt like. Mom took her hands away and it was a horse, they got me a horse! They said that I have to name it. It was a female horse so it has to be a girl name. I thought for about thirty seconds until I came up with Jewelz. I hoped on the horse and practiced riding around the backyard. When I got the hang of it we went a bit faster, I kept practicing for about an hour until I decided to go out to the road and ride around fast like Danny did this morning. I saw him smiling when I had my hands around him so that I wouldn’t fall off. It was kind of awkward since he tried to kiss me the night before. I rode around the area a few times until I heard hooves in the distance. I turned my head, it looked like a man was following me on his horse, and there was a trail of dust and dirt following behind. I made Jewelz turn to the side, and made her stop. Then the man continued on his way, a few seconds later another horse passed me, there was a boy on it, he had a rope in his hand swinging it in the air the way the cowboys do on those shows you watch Saturday mornings. The boy tuned his head and smiled at me, it was Danny. The man stopped his horse and jumped off. Danny through his rope and it went around the man so that he couldn’t move. Danny got of his horse and untied the man. They gave each other a hand shake the way boys do when they finish doing something fun. I rode up to them. I hopped of and went up to Danny. He introduced me to his older brother Derrick. I shook his hand. He had a tight grip on my hand. It reminded me of the way you grasped my wrists at the park. I asked him how old he was he said that he was twenty two years old.
Seth asked me about my horse. I told him that my parents own a farm. They have lots of animals and they got me a horse. Seth asked me what her name was, I told him Jewelz. I told him I was going to ride around a little more before I have to go back in. I jumped on Jewelz and rode away. Meanwhile you were leaning on you horse watching me ride away. Seth’s brother came up to him and popped him in the head. He held his head asking why he did that. Sam said “you like her don’t you”. Seth began to stutter a lot until he said yes with his head down. His brother put his arm around his neck and used his fist to rub against his head really hard. I went around the corner so fast that I was able to come back around, and I heard what they said. I began to blush and rode away. I rode don to a stream and stopped to splash my face. I took off my new hat and took out my pigtails. I put the ponytail holders around my am and put the hat back on. I sat against a tree for shade while my horse took a rest, and drank some water. A few minutes later I heard purring and something fuzzy against my leg. I looked to the side and found a baby kitten. It was so cute, I picked it up and held it in my arms like a baby. It used its little paws and played with my nose like a toy. I held it up in the air and put it to my face so I can kiss its little pink nose. I sat it down in my lap it began to fall asleep. I took out a little basket I had in Jewelz sattle and put the kitten inside and laid a piece of cloth on it. I strapped it to the sattle, jumped on and began to ride home. On my way home I saw you sitting on your horse. You waved at me, I waved back and continued on my way. When I got home I carefully took off the little basket. I went home and showed my parents the kitten, I begged and pleaded to them so that I could keep it. They said yes and I immediately went upstairs, and sat the basket down. I grabbed some clothes and made a bed for the kitten. When I was finished I put some cotton inside of it. My parents came in and asked me what I was going to name it. I told them that since the kitten was orange I was going to name it pumpkin. I petted the little kitten on the head with my finger. I took of my hat and hung it on my wall and saw a note. The note said welcome to Tennessee, this is a house warming gift, hope you like it Danny. I looked at the ponytail holders on my wrist and it said my name on it. I took them off and sat the on my drawer. I went out to the barn and milked one of the cows so that I can feed Pumpkin. I poured milk into a little bowl and sat it next to her bed.
I went over to Danny’s house to thank him for the gifts. When I knocked on the door Danny’s mom answered. I asked if Danny was home and she widened the door so that I could come in. Daniele came over to me and said hi. I said hi back and picked her up, she gave me a “big bear hug” she calls it, and then put her down. Danny ran in and bent over holding his knees so he could catch his breath. When he was done I was already sitting down on the sofa waiting for him to finish. He walked over and I stood up and thanked him for the gifts. Daniele came over and told him about the secret hide out. He told her not to say it so loud and I stood up and told him I had to leave. Danielle whispered something in his ear. He asked me if wanted to see his hideout. I told him maybe next week because every day this week after school I have to help my parents with the farm, and then I asked him if he wanted to help out. He said sure and I left out. I ran home and when I got in the house I collapsed on the couch. I then felt something kind of sharp on my head. I touched it then picked it up. It was just pumpkin, she woke up and she smelled like milk. I went into the kitchen and saw cat food. I poured it inside another small bowl and sat her down so she could eat it. I walked back to the couch took of my hat laid down and put it on my head. A few minutes later I fell asleep. My parents have been working in the barn for hours until they came in and saw that Pumpkin fell asleep on the kitchen floor, they picked her up and was about to bring her upstairs when the doorbell rang. Mom answered the door and let Danny in. before he said anything he said “wow that’s the cutest kitten I’ve ever seen. He petted it with his finger. She asked him if he needed anything. He told her he wanted to ask me something. Mom told him that I crashed on the couch, and to come back later. He nodded his head and left out. About a half hour later mom woke me up. I sat up rubbing my eyes. Mom told me Danny stopped by to ask me something. I nodded my head and went to go eat dinner. The whole week Danny and I hung out all day every day, I didn’t have any fiends so there was no point.
On Thursday my parents told me I didn’t have to work on the farm, so I decided to go see Danny’s hideout. We rode our horses through a big pasture and then hopped of and continued walking the rest of the way. We walked until we saw a stream. We were high-up and the stream was about twenty feet down. Danny grabbed a rope that was tied to a tall tree. He was about to hand it to me until I said that I was afraid of heights. He wrapped the rope around my waist and grabbed my hand. He told me to hold on tight. I held on and he jumped of the cliff. We swung to the other side and I untied myself. He asked me if it was that bad. I shook my head. We continued walking. We walked for about five more minutes until we came up to a huge tree straight in the middle of the path. Danny walked up to a big plastic leaf and lifted it up revealing a secret passage. He took my hand and through me down and i slid down a long slide and landed in a pillow. He came sliding down, I didn’t hear him until he yelled “look out” he crashed into me. He stood up and helped me up. I took a look around, it was so cool. He showed me around and told me everything, but what he didn’t tell me is how they have a light bulb down here. There were different rooms, one room had lots of pictures of him and his sister. I told him that you two must be really close. I said that I wish I had a younger brother or sister. I continued looking around there were drawings that Danielle drew, it was the way you would expect little kids to draw. Then I saw picture that Danny drew, they were excellent, I told him that he is very gifted. He said thanks and told me he wanted to ask me something, he pulled out a flyer and handed it to me. I read it, it said it was the end of the school year dance. He asked me if I wanted to go with him to the dance. I told him I’d love to. I saw a camera and picked it up, I asked if we could take some pictures. He came up and stood next to me we both smiled and I clicked the button, it came out and he hung it on the wall. We went into another room there was nothing but a bag of food and some sleeping bags, I asked him what it was for. He told me that sometimes he is mad and comes to sleep here. We began to leave out. I handed him back the paper and he ripped of two tickets that were connected to it. He handed me one and I put it in my pocket. We got back on our horses and rode to the stores o pick out outfits. I went into the store for girls’ dresses and Danny went into the music shop, then he went into the store with tuxedoes. I looked through many different dresses, and then the lady at the front desk asked me if I needed help. She came over to me. She asked m what the event was. I told her it was for an end of the school year dance. She told me that she remembers her first end of the school year dance, and how she was head cheerleader, and that she was prom queen, she continued until I decided to interrupt her and ask for assistance, she apologized and handed me an arm full of dresses, pointed to the dressing room and went back to the desk. I tried on each dress, each one wasn’t correct, that was too small, and that was too big, that was too ugly. I searched through all of the dresses until I saw a white strapless dress. I tried it on and thought it was the most beautiful dress I’ve ever seen. I spun around. I walked out and put all of the dresses back. I told the lady that I will buy this dress. I saw Danny walking up to the store, I didn’t want him to see my dress, I ran back into the dressing room. I took of the dress and put my clothes back on. I folded up the dress and walked to the desk.
Danny was sitting in a chair waiting for me. I paid for the dress and put it in a bag. He showed me his tux while we were walking down the street. He asked me to see my dress but I told him it was a surprise. We walked into a shoe store and I picked out a pair of shoes that go with my dress. We walked to the nail salon and I got a manicure and a pedicure. They gave me clear nail polish with glitter. The washed my hair and blow dried it. They gave me makeup supplies and I put it in a bag, paid for everything and walked out. I asked Danny why he went to the music shop, he said it was a surprise. I saw the same girls again, they came over to me and said hey and they followed us all the way back to our houses. Once dandy went home they asked me lots of questions, like what dress did you get, and where did you get your nails done, and why is your hair so short, its shorter than every girl in town, it up to my shoulders, and its black. I told them that I wasn’t going to tell them about my outfit because it a surprise, and I cut my hair, I think it’s nice the way it is and that I like to be unique. I walked a little faster and left them there. I went home and ran up to my room. I hung up my dress and put my shoes next to it. I sat me makeup supplies on my dresser, turned off my light and went to bed. The day of the dance I went to Danny’s house, he opened the door still in his pajamas, and told him that I can’t wait to go inside the school for the party. He told me he was excited to. His little sister came to me still in her pajamas and told me to pick her up. I picked her up and gave her a hug. I put her down and said I have to get home for breakfast. Before I left he asked me why I came in my Pajamas, I told him I was just really excited, I jumped on Jewelz and rode home. When I got home I came through the back door and went up to the window where Jewelz was standing and rubbed her on her head. My parents came down and prepared breakfast. Mom and dad asked me questions about the dance like, are you excited, and do you think you’ll like it. I told them yes, and ate my breakfast quickly. I got dressed and rode to school. I saw Danny already there he waved at me and signaled me in his direction. I ran up to him and he showed me a poster. He said a band is going to playing during the dance. I told him that they’re my favorite band, and that I have posters in my room. We went inside and enjoyed the last day of school, we had half a day so everyone could go home and get ready. We rode home, I was so excited you could see my face expression even more happier than usual. I walked him home and when he went inside I went home.
When I opened the door pumpkin was sitting there waiting for me. I picked her up and carried her upstairs. Mom was already in my room she ironed my dress and had it laying on my bed neatly. She told me to come and get ready. She left out my room and told me shell get her camera ready. I shut and locked my door. I went into the bathroom and took another shower, I washed my hair and blow-dried it. I put on my dress and my shoes. I put on my makeup, and did my hair. I thought of what those girls said to me. I thought for a few minutes then I shook my head and said to myself that I didn’t care. I put on some earrings. I put on a matching bracelet, and necklace, then I put on some perfume. I looked on my bed and saw a tiara like headband. It was white and sparkly. I placed it on my head and took a look in the mirror. Mom called me into the hallway. I walked out and she snapped a photo and made my eyes hurt for a second. She went down the steps and told me to do a pose. She took many pictures until I decided that was enough. I doorbell rang. Mom opened the door and Danny walked in. he had on a Black Tux. He came up to me and bit his lip a little he took a deep breath and let it out with a wow. He said that I looked beautiful. I told him he looked very handsome. Mom offered to drive us back to school. The two of us walked to the car and got in. dad wanted to stay home. Mom got in the car and drove us back to school. When we got inside the school Danny told me to stop, he took the flower from his tux and put it in my hair. I grabbed his hand and we walked onto the dance floor. There was a song playing we walked into an open space and danced for a while. Danny told me that he’ll be right back.
He went to the DJ and handed him a CD. He came back over to me and a slow song came on and we danced to the song. He told me that he likes me. I told him that I knew that already. I kissed him on the cheek. I told him I was going to the bathroom for a second. I waved goodbye and saw you holding your face, you looked like you were saying in your head that you were never going to wash your face ever again. i walked into the bathroom and mom was in there washing her hands. I asked her what she was doing here. She was wearing the dress she wore for her last prom. I asked her if it was tight on her. She said it wasn’t that bad. I walked out of the bathroom and saw Dad in a black tux. I told him that I thought he was staying home. He said that he changed his mind. He pulled the color down. I was just standing there with a stupid look on my face. Mom came out and wrapped her arm around dads. They walked onto the dance floor and danced their hearts out. My favorite band stopped playing and left because of them. I stood there a few feet away looking at them. Danny came over and held my hand looking at my face smiling. I didn’t notice him because I was thinking about everyone laughing at me. You waved you hand in front of my face. I blinked my eyes and looked at him then smiled. By then everyone had stopped dancing and was staring at mom and dad. I was so embarrassed. Danny whispered in my ear, he said that there was a party at his friends’ house, it was a pool party. He grasped my hand tighter and we ran out of the lunch room. When we got outside, he whistled for his horse. When the horse came, we jumped on and rode to my house. I ran inside and changed my clothes to a spaghetti strap dress that goes up to my knees and a bathing suit underneath. I had on flip-flops and my hair was in a ponytail. I packed a bag with a towel and other things I need. I got back on and he already had his things. We rode to his friends’ house. He rang the doorbell and his friend answered the door. He said hey to Danny, he was soaking wet and had a towel in his arm. He let us in and there were people dancing in the living room. Danny was still holding my hand, it was like he was connected it. We walked to the back yard and there were very few people in the pool. I took of my shoes and dress and put it on a chair. I sat on the edge of the pool and kicked the water with my feet. Danny came over and asked me why I didn’t get in the water yet. I told him that I didn’t know how to swim. Danny told me to try. I told him that I would rather not. He walked away,ran and jumped into the pool. He splashed me and got me soaking wet. I rubbed my eyes with one of my arms and didn’t see Danny swimming up to me. He grabbed my arm and pulled me in the water. I immediately arose to the surface and climbed back onto the wall. I sat there on my knees trying to catch my breath. Danny came out of the water and climbed out in front of me. He had a big smile on his face. His hair covered up his eyes and was dripping water from his arms. I put my hand on his face and pushed him back in the water.
I stayed on the shallow side of the water. Danny kept calling e to the deep end so that I could learn, but refused. He decided to come over to me grab my hand and bring me to the deep end. As the water got deeper I held on even tighter than before. I held on until we got to the end part where I was completely on him. His feet weren’t touching the floor, we were just floating there. My feet became loose as I decided to kick them a little bit. He slowly started to let go of me, but I didn’t notice until he was about three feet away from me. I was looking at m feet wondering where he went. I looked up and he was floating there watching me. I began to panic and sink to the bottom. He dived down to help me back up, he was laughing, not like he was making fun of me but like he was wondering why I didn’t know how to swim and why I didn’t want to learn. After we were finished swimming, we dried off and headed home. He took me home and walked me to the door. I told him I had a nice time, hugged him and went inside.mom and dad fell asleep on the couch. They looked so fancy, also uncomfortable. I snuck upstairs, hopping they didn’t notice that I was gone. I went inside my room and laid in my bed for a while until I fell asleep its been a year since I moved here and Danny and I are still best friends, no arguments or anything. I began to remember you and my friends, I decided to give it a rest because I’ll never see you guys again. All summer I was happy. Everyday Danny and I would go around town and hang out. I was happy we moved and that there wasn’t any bad things going on. One Saturday night, the stars where out. The grass was shiny and the moon was big and full..Danny and I were on a hill lying in the grass looking at the stars. I asked him why he just told me that he liked me during that dance last year. Its summer again but there was no dance this time. He said he didn’t know, he just couldn’t hold it in any longer. He told me that he could never keep any secrets about himself. Then I remembered the house warming party. I asked him what that was about, he told me he didn’t know. I stood up and sat there with my knees close to my stomach and my arms around my legs. He stood up also. I asked him about his dad. He told me his dad died after Danielle was born. It was a few days afterwards. He slowly began to cry, he wasn’t loud but I saw a tear come from his eye. I told him that I was sorry. By then we were both talking quietly, like we were in a library. I put my arm on his shoulder, and I saw him stop crying, it was like I’m the one who makes him feel better. I took my hand away. I leaned closer and kissed him on his cheek. He turned to me. He leaned closer and this time I didn’t move back but forward. I saw his eyes glance at my lips. He moved more slowly than before. I saw his eyes sparkle when he looked up at me. It was like everything froze around us. He looked like he was scared. He got closer and kissed me. His hand was on my face pulling me closer. My arms were still around my legs. He had one hand in the grass and the other on my face. I felt the wind blow on my face. I opened my eyes as we separated. A smile went across my face when I moved back to my spot. I looked at him and he smiled at me. We got up and went down to there hide out and took more pictures to display on the wall. We rode him on his horse and mom was just finished making dinner, as we sat down to eat mom told me she had a surprise for me. I asked her what it was. She handed me a plane ticket. I read it and it said New York on it. My eyes widened and I didn’t know what to say. She asked me what I thought. I told her that I couldn’t believe it. I told her that I thought she said that were never going back there. She said were just going for the week. There was still a whole two months left before school starts up again. I stood up and hugged mom and dad. I was so happy, I can finally see you.
Continued in Part 4...
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