Musically Yours, Ben

Chapter Seven - The Note

So during band class when I was happily packing up my music before the bell rang, I noticed a pink colored piece of paper sticking out of my songs. It had a flowery pattern on it and it seemed to be decorating paper folded in half to look like a card. I pulled it out and put it aside to hold separately from my other things. After putting away my flute and music in my band locker, I grabbed my books for my next two classes and I placed the card on the top of my books.

My eyes were set on it. I wondered many things. Who was it from? What was it about? I hope it's not some love note!

I couldn't wait to open it and read it. It seemed as if the bell wasn't going to ring because I needed it to. The seconds passed and finally the sound of passing time filled the halls. So I bolted for the door and I didn't look back. The mystery of who wrote this note kept haunting my mind as I tried to race to my next class.

"Hey Cameron! Wait up!" Said a voice behind me. They caught up to me and it turned out to be Ben.

"Hey what's up?" I asked sounding horribly out of breath.

"By any chance, did you see my note?"

Well... There was that mystery solved...

"Uh yeah... What is that all about?" I murmured with about no breath left from zoomed past people.

"Um, I have to go. Talk later?" Ben ran off with no looking back and I became scared for what he wrote in that piece of paper.

This made me wonder even more, so when I finally got to Biology, I didn't even get my books out for class, I whipped out the note and read it right then and there.

Cameron,

I didn't know how to tell you in person because I'm a huge chicken shit, so I decided to write this letter. So here it goes...

I have liked you for as long as I remember and I have kept those feelings in, all bottled up inside. Unfortunately, this letter is not me professing my internal love for you. I am so sorry to tell you this in a letter, but... I'm moving. It saddens me because we were each other's only friend. I can't begin to tell you how horrible and disgusting I feel.

This is happening because of the cliche reason of my dad getting a much better job out in California. I hate this so much and I tried to fight it, but I lost a big fight.

So, after high school graduation and school has ended forever until I go to college, I will be moving to California. Being that it is only February, we still have four months to spend together. I'm so sorry.

Musically Yours,
Ben

I stared at the black bored as everyone in my class entered. My mind couldn't come off of the idea of not having Ben in my life. The idea just felt to absurd to me that I couldn't believe it was true.

Later that day when I was home, I decided to leave the note on the kitchen table, open for people to go and read. I was surprised to see that my mom mentioned nothing about it when she walked through door after going shopping for dinner.
I knew it was too good to be true that someone I knew for 11 years liked me and we would start to go out. I would get my first kiss and be in my first relationship, but no. No, when ever something seems too good for me, I should just know that it would be flipped into shambles.

Now what?