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One summer they are 8 years old and the young blonde boy sits on his best friend's porch in the beating sun. He has uno cards in his hand and he waits for him and his brother to come back outside. He sees a girl around his age grinning, running up to the door. She sees him and says hello and his eyebrow quirks up because he's never seen her before. He asks who she is and he learns that she's his best friend's cousin. They shake hands and to this day he remembers how soft her touch was.
Two summers later they are 10 years old and she cries because she dropped her ice cream on the sidewalk. He was confused because she got vanilla when he knows her favorite is strawberry. As her cousin tells her it's okay the boy taps her shoulder and hands her a strawberry ice cream cone and she hugs him. To this day he remembers how warm she feels.
Three summers later they are 13 years old and she lays next to him on a beach towel. It's night time and they look up at the stars. She explains to him what her best friend from home taught her about constellations but he doesn't hear a word she says because he's distracted by her pinky brushing up against his. To this day he remembers the electric feeling he gets from her touch.
Last summer they were 15 years old and they throw a party. He comes out into the backyard and he is heartbroken. She kisses another boy. They weren't together and he knows that. He knows she sees him a friend but he wishes that boy was him. He becomes distant with her because he doesn't know how to feel and now she's yelling at him. To this day he knows that now matter what he will always worship her.
Every summer he stands on the porch waiting for her and every summer she shuts the car door and runs into his arms before she even looks at anyone else. That's the best part of his year. This year after that argument and after the death in the family something is different. She shuts the car door but she's in the driver's seat and her father isn't there. She doesn't run to him. We'll always have summer.
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