Childhood friends? Friends? Neighbors. Only.

- i - We Used To Be best Friends? -

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Valorie's POV

10 years ago, they were both 9 years old

"MOM!" You screamed,
"what hun?"
"CAN I PLEASE PLAY WITH ALEX? THERE AREN'T ANY KIDS AT THE PLAYGROUND"
Mom smirked at my desperate state. (no in a weird way tho wtf)

"fine, fine, but make sure to be safe and don't go anywhere but how and the playground ok?"

Even though it was 10 years ago there were still a lot of kidnappers.

"YES I WILL MOM THANK YOU SO MUCH," I said while running out the door.

"You ready?" Alex asks me.
"Born ready," I said while preparing to run. Oh, he'll run.

"1, 2, 3-"
I cut him off. I was already halfway to the playground when suddenly, I didn't hear him behind me. I turn around to look where he went and saw him sitting on the floor, hugging his knee.

"What happened?!" I screamed while running to him.
He says in a whisper, "I fell or should I say you fell for it?"
"Huh-" not even getting time to finish my breath, I see him running towards the playground.

I try my best to catch up but it was no use, I was ¼ away from home while he was already ¾ there. I decided to walk to the playground instead of running. I ended up reaching the playground in 2 minutes.

"Where have you been?" Alex asks me, obviously annoyed.

"Walking," I said while rolling my eyes. (THE OLD VERSION OF THIS TEXT WAS " "WALKING," I said while rolling your eyes." SO THATS WHY THE COMMENTS ARE WEIRD)

"Aw! c'mon, you know you're too fast for me. I would've never beaten you without that trick"
"Alright, alright, I guess apology accepted but m push me on the swing"
"Now"
"Fine! alright, I guess that's a mild punishment"

We played, well I guess I played a bit more than Alex since pushing me on the swing was his punishment.

"Hey, do you have a watch?" I asked
"Yeah, why?"
"What time is it?"
"5:30 pm"
"WHAT"
"5:30 PM"
"MOM'S GONNA KILL ME DUDE"
"You-"
He got cut off. I bet the last thing he saw was me sprinting back home.

"Mom, i'm sorry! I lost track of time and-"
"Shh, it's alright, you can play with Alex"
"Thank you, Mom-"
"BUT," hearing the "but" made my stomach drop.
"-Alex has to come over for you guys to play"
"Mom, you know they don't let him over"
"Well honey, I'm sure you guys can find a way to play together"
"But Mom!"
"No but's, this is your punishment, for a week"
"Fine"

I grab the phone and dialed Alex's home number.

Ring ring

"Oh! Hey, Val. What's up?"
"I'm not allowed out of the house for a week"
"Oh, that sucks but why did you call me?" Is this really not registering in his head?

"You have to come over so we can hang out"
"WHAT-"

I put down the phone since Alex literally screamed in my ear.

"YOU KNOW MY PARENTS DON'T LET ME OVE-"
"I KNOW I'm sorry, but now it technically means we can't hang out for a week"
"Yeah. No, it's fine but make time for me when you get out of the house"
"Yes, Sir!"

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EDITED
a/n: hello Uhm yes first chapter its kinda hard to make long chapters but ill try my best:))))))))
Be safe and stay hydrated!
570words yes I know I'm sorry only 500
But the next chapter will just be a filer so it's bound to be short:(