" Hey Smiley Riley ." My obnoxious , but yet loving best friend said as I was sitting on my lawn in agony from the blow of pain I had just taken in. "Jake I am not in the mood for your childish , yet witty remarks", I scowled at him. He gave me a look of hurt. "I'm sorry, it's just I'm kind of in a bad mood and won't make good company" and it was true, I really didn't want to talk to anyone at the moment. I didn't want to tell him my family was moving to Los Angeles, California. "Come one Smiley Riley, you can talk to me. What's wrong?" He really wanted to know, so I decided to tell him. I had been putting off telling him for a while. I found out two months ago and didn't want to tell him because he is my best friend and has always been since we were kids. I didn't want to leave him but I knew it was time. "My family is moving to Los Angeles." I blurted. I could see Jakes beautiful hazel eyes darkening with sadness with every word that I said . " I can't believe this. You better not be messing around Riley. How could you not tell me this, this is serious! " And there it was, the blow of pain I had felt earlier. "Jake, I'm really going to miss you, but I can't leave my family. I have to support my family through everything, you know that." "I know , I'm going to really miss you Riley."
The next day we started packing and loading some of our stuff onto the moving truck. Jake helped me and my parents. That's one thing I love about Jake , he supports me even if what I do kills him. My love for this boy is unconditional. Jake and I had planned on meeting up at our local yogurt shop to say our goodbyes since tomorrow would be my last day in Phoenix , Arizona. That's when I was going to confess my undying love for him. Saturday came and I didn't want to let anything ruin this day for me. I woke up and got ready and left to the yogurt shop . "Hey smiley Riley !" I heard as I entered the shop . " Hey dork !" I replied . " So what did you want to meet up for ?" he asked me and at that moment I realized that I wasn't ready to ruin our great friendship by revealing my feelings. " I just want to say , thank you for being such a good friend and being there when I needed you and I'm really going to miss you ." "I will miss you so much Riley ." I left the shop two hours later and was on my way to California. I was in the car with my head in my hands regretting everything. I can't believe I didn't tell him. I'm such a moron.
