Jenna had been best friends with Everett for years. One morning, he leaves her house after one of their weekend sleepovers and she doesn't hear from him for months.
After worrying and worrying, a letter shows up.
Jenna, now alone has to discover wha...
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I found myself sitting staring at the water, trying to erase my mind of memories I had tried to forget all over again. What had brought them up? Was it maybe the fact that there was no trace of Everett? Or maybe the fact that I was more emotional than I had been before? No, no I couldn't be thinking what I was thinking. I tried to forget about Adam during the past few years so much so that I had. Everett and I had done so much and I didn't even realize until right now, I am happy. I'm not happy that nobody knows where he is, but I know that he has to be safe, right? This is just a friendship however, nothing more.
I picked up Noel, she was the cutest beagle ever. So small and tiny. I grabbed her leash, so I had her in one arm and the leash in my other. I managed to open the door and get her in the car. "You've probably heard of the park from your friends at the rescue, it's a place that once you get there Noel, you won't want to leave." I shut the door and got into the drivers seat.
The drive to the park was quiet and Noel barely made a noise. A small layer of snow covered the ground and I took it all in as a magical part of the day. I turned right into the parking lot, I noticed that there was only one other car that had just got here, I wondered if I knew them but shrugged it off. I grabbed Noel from the back and clipped her leash and set her on the ground. She sniffed the snow, the trees, everything possible. "C'mon," I made a clicking noise, she followed. We went down the the play equipment and there, the owner of the car with a little girl. He looked up and noticed me, I noticed him. My heart fell from my chest, Adam.
He walked over to me, I gripped Noel's leash tighter. The little girl followed him, her pigtails hidden beneath her hat. "Jenna, I didn't expect to see you! And with a dog?" I looked down at Noel who stared up back at me as if to say, "is this man a friend?" I turned my gaze back to Adam. "Uh, this is Noel, I just adopted her." I said. I felt my hands start to shake, was I really that nervous? Adam laughed, "a dog named Christmas, is that from one of your stories?" I straightened my jacket. Gosh, Jenna pull yourself together. "I got her as a rescue they named her that because they found her in a box of unused Christmas decorations." I felt better now, but the unwanted memories eased their way back in. "Ah," he said. The girl had made a tiny snowman while we were talking. "And, who is your friend?" I asked, the little girl looked to be three or four and somewhat hoped she wasn't who I thought she was to him. "Oh Elise, she's my niece, I like taking her sometimes while my sisters away." He smiled, "you thought she was mine?" He laughed. "Well, um, yes..." I stuttered, he turned his gaze to her, "Adam look!" She shouted she had picked up her snowmen and held it above her head.
"Are you with anyone now?" I asked, it was always a question I thought about asking him but I wasn't even thinking, it just kind of popped out. "No, not after a couple years ago, this girl, I caught her cheating on me with, a guy I was friends with." I fell back to when Adam tried calling after me and I was too far gone to turn back, crying, shaking, tired. "Oh," he looked at me again. "You know, it wasn't until that moment that I knew, I messed up with you really bad. I was drinking to the point where I had no idea what I was doing I guess.. But, the point is, I was an idiot, I should've never have let you go. You were everything." He steps closer to me, and I feel like I did all those times Everett tried to confess to me, "um, I'm actually seeing someone now," I blurted out. I thought of Everett in the car that last night we were together, how he was always around much so it felt like once he was gone I was always alone.
"Ah, I see." Adam said backing up slowly. "Well, if you change your mind, here's my number and you can call me anytime." I took the paper. The Jenna a month ago wouldn't have lied, she would've smiled and felt like her very dreams were coming true, so why had I made all of that up just now? "Okay, thanks Adam, for everything." I turned to look at Elsie one last time, she ran to Adam and hugged him. Adam wasn't the one I needed to run to anymore. I had to go to New York after Christmas, Everett had to be there.
