As my dad drove me over to his house I couldn't help but feel frustrated. I had to go to his house. Id never been to house and I remember thinking how bored I was going to be. I bet he didn't have any of the same toys I had. He probably had stupid boy toys like action figures and hot wheels and I don't know a pile of dirt. He was my bestfriend but I was still angry that I had to go spend the night over there. Suddenly the car stopped in front of a snug little house with little feminie touch and a beautiful willow tree in the front yard, with a rope swing hanging from the twisted branches of the tree. As my dad unbuckled me my stomach twisted. I was about to protest and demand he take me back. I really was in no mood for my bestfriends stubborn personality. He never had a mom back then and did not know how to treat a woman! If I spent the night here I was sure Id die before morning. Who knows what gross boy things he do to me. But then I saw him come running out the front door towards me with an amazingly brilliant smile on his face. I guess I could stick around for a bit I thought.
"Come sit here!" He gestured toward the little swing hanging from the tree.
"My dad and I built it yesterday. C'mon Ill push you!" I kissed my dad goodbye and ran over to the swing and firmly planted myself down on the seat, gripping the ropes tightly. He was surely going to make this unpleasent. I just knew it.
"Hang on" he brethed excitedly and pushed on my back as hard as he possibly could. Considering that he was only about 5, that boy had a lot of strength. And I fell face down in the dirt. I sat up quickly and glared at Marky. He was laughing.
Sighing I got up and brushed off the dirt on my face and shirt and walked inside. He stopped laughing but I keep going. I hated being here. Every time I was playing with him he would pick on me. Or push me. Or trip me. Or throw dirt in my face. I never did anything to him! I went in his room and sat on his bed. He had sheets with little cars spread across them and toys all over the place. He had blue walls with drawings in random spots and I noticed that most of them were ones I had drawn. Ones with him and I at a park by my house or of us going to the beach that one day. He even had the one I drew about us getting married. He asked me to marry him awhile ago and of course I had said yes he was my best friend! I smiled and was touched that he had kept them. He was my best friend in all but sometimes he acted like he hated me. But he had kept my pictures! My tummy stared feeling a tickleing sensation and I felt a little light headed. He came in and told me not to be such a girl about him pushing me off the swing. Whatever.
"Lets play with your hot wheels" I said. He walked over and sat down next to his tracks. I picked out a car and so did he. I stared at him for awhile and decided that he was cute. He had little freckles on his nose and cheeks and large brown eyes. I liked that. He was being nicer to me too. The tickling feeling came back and I forgot that just 20 minutes ago he had pushed me off that swing and into the dirt and that he tripped me and pulled my hair. And I forgot about how he tried to make me eat that worm on the sidewalk by my house and that he threw my polly pocket in the shed where he knew Id never go because it scared me. I forgot about all of that and kissed him right on the lips. It was my first kiss in my whole life. At first he stayed very still and then after a good 6 seconds he pulled away and pushed me back forcefully.
"Don't ever do that again!" he said walking out. Hurt, I sat there for a second. I didn't think it was that gross. Maybe he doesn't like me back, I thought. After while I came out of his room and found him playing his Nintendo 64 in his living room. Hesitantly I sat down next to him, not saying anything.
"Im sorry, it wont happen again" I mumbled quietly, watching him race past Mario and Yoshi and score in 4th place.
"Pftt..." He grunted. He handed me the controller.
"It wasn't that bad." He said. I smiled a little and my tummy grew warm and tickley again. I was in love.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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I just wanted to let you know that this story is so cute :)
It really brings back those 5 year old memories
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