Our Time Around The Sun

Chapter 7

"Are you okay?" I asked her worriedly. She looks out of it. Like she's there but somewhere else at the same time. "Yeah I'm okay. Just an awfully bad memory." She says with the blank expression still on her face.

"I'm sorry. You wanna talk about it or would you rather not relive that?" I ask her. Her facial expression is still unchanged. Who hurt her? "I don't think I'm ready to relive that part yet. I was pretty emotionally attached." She tells me. It sounds like he hurt her pretty bad.

"It's okay. I'll be here for you when you feel like you're ready to talk." I tell her as we continue to sit in her driveway. She turns towards me and says, "Thank you. I've never felt like I could tell anyone anything about what happened. Until I came back here and remembered you. You were my best friend when we were younger. I felt like I could breathe for the first time in a while. I always knew that you would understand if I ever did decide to say anything to you about it." She tells me.

Oh wow. I normally don't like getting all "mushy" but that hit me in the feels man. "I was your best friend? I thought Cathy was?" I say confusedly. "I only hung out with her on the weekends. Other than that, I spent most of my time out here. With you." She reminds me.

"Didn't we use to stay out here until it was dark out? Or like, late at night?" I ask her. I loved those days. They feel like it happened a few months ago, not years. "Yeah I think so. I'm surprised our parents thought we were dating." she says as she quickly proceeds to cover her mouth.

Do what? Her parents thought we were dating? I mean I had a crush on her but i'm sure she thought of me as just a friend. Is that why they liked me so much? I wanna know the answer to that now.

"They thought we were dating?" I ask her. "They did actually. I'm not really sure why. We were just good friends." She tells me. "Well yeah, I knew that. Just because you hang out with a guy all the time doesn't mean you're dating them, right?" I ask.

"Right! You'd think that would be the case, but I guess not." She says as she stifles a laugh. "Anyway, do you like being back here?" I ask her. "Yeah. I really do. I missed being here." she tells me.

I wonder how long I'm going to make myself wait before I feel like I'm able to tell her that I think I like her. I feel like it's really soon, but she was the one that got away. I hope that she feels the same way about me, even if it has been a few years. I highly doubt she will because she just moved back. I guess the universe will have something to say about this.