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a girl not older than twelve was sitting in the sand in a place that she thought only she knew about. talking quietly to herself about who knows what, unaware of the boy coming to sit beside her.
jj maybank walked up to the girl he didn't recognize. he was a little bit mad that she was sitting in the spot that he always went to when he had to think, but he let it go for some reason.
"hi." he said. the sitting girl jumped so far up in the air that you'd think she just landed on a trampoline. she whirled her head around, revealing a freckled face and green eyes the color of the leaves on the trees.
"hi," she said back to the boy that she didnt know, standing from her spot on the ground and sticking out a small hand. "i'm amara."
jj took the girls hand, looking at her face carefully. "i'm jj maybank. are you new on the island?" he asked her, wanting to get to know her.
"yeah, my big brother and i just moved here a week ago! i already love it here and i haven't even seen the whole island." amara answered enthusiastically. she hadn't really talked to anyone besides her brother for the past week.
"i could show you sometimes! me and my friend john b have lived here our whole lives, and the outer banks is the best place in the world according to him." jj's eyes lit up as he talked to amara. it felt nice making s new friend.
"that would be awesome!" amara told jj. at this point, the two were plopped down in the sand right beside each other. "can i tell you a secret?"
"of course you can."
"it's my birthday today. i turned eleven years old." she said matter-of-factly.
"happy birthday! i would've gotten you a present but i just met you and also i don't have enough money to buy you a present." jj sounded sad when he said this, but amara's eleven year old brain couldn't tell.
"that's okay! i think the best birthday present i've ever gotten was to meet you." amara said to jj.
and that's how the beautiful friendship of jj maybank and amara willis began.
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