Don't dream it's over

Beach babes

June 10th , 1987

I laid on a pool floaty as my bestfriend cher argued with her sister Regina I met cher a few years ago at cheer camp and we've been friends ever since she lives in Beverly Hills but our families take trips together all the time that's the one reason why I was kinda happy to move here .

" babe ! what a surprise!  I missed you so much!" I look over to see Cher run  to her boyfriend and lyle ? I lean  up and grab Regina's arm to make her floaty come closer to mine.
"I didn't know Chers boyfriend knew Lyle"
"Oh yeah  hmmm maybe a double date? "
"Shut up"
"I'm serious who knows maybe a triple date Im sure they have some hot friends around somewhere "
"Hey Dionne" I see Lyle waving  from by the pool.
"Hi lyle" I wave back smiling i notice lyle standing at the pool but not getting in and I remembered he doesn't like pools.
I look over and see Cher & Ed making out .
"Gross" Regina says getting out of the pool I follow behind to catch up to lyle.

" I didn't know you knew Chers boyfriend"
" I didn't know you knew Cher"
"Since cheer camp we've been best friends since we were like 12 "
" cool so I guess we'll be seeing a lot of eachother"  he says sarcastically I roll my eyes and laugh
"We already see a lot of eachother were neighbors"
"Oh so Cher's your bestfriend and I'm just a neighbor?"
"Oh you wanna be best friends too ? I thought Ed was your friend "
"He's not that fun" I laugh as we both look at Ed and Regina paying no attention to us .
"Let's get outta here "
"And ditch your friend? "
"Didn't we just decide  he's not fun & we're friends now "?
I laugh and we both run to his car .
"Dammit I forgot my clothes"  he starts laughing at me as he puts his seatbelt on.
" we're not friends anymore " I pout.
"Oh don't be a crybaby we can just go back and get them"
"No cause if they see us they'll want us to stay"
"Oh so you do wanna be friends? Since you wanna stay with me "
" shut up"  I pout again , he laughs
"here wear my shirt " he hands me a shirt from his backseat I put it on and it's big on me so I don't need pants anyway.

I fall asleep for a minute and wake up to see sand & water .

"Where are we lyle "?
"The beach"
"It's beautiful!!! " I unbuckle & jump out of the car and grab lyles hand as he closes the driver door we run to the water & look out .
" let's sit in the sand" I say sitting and patting a spot for Lyle to sit next to me
"This is sooo beautiful the view is incredible"
"It is" I look up to see lyle looking directly at me , I'm probably blushing...  great ! something about him makes me nervous and I don't know why ... I look down .
"Can I ask you something"
"Anything"
"Why don't you like pools"
"You remembered that ? "
"I did"
" do you remember when you went to pool practice with me sometimes"
"Yes , when we lived in monsey  right?"
"Yes"
"I do , you were so good when we were kids what happened? " he looks away for a second and back at me
"You really think I was good"?
"Of course lyle , because you were"
"I'll explain in due time"

he looks at me  in my eyes so sincerely, I can't even say anything else about it .. I move my hair back to rest my head on his shoulder.

"Maybe earlier was a joke but I was serious , we were best friends when we were kids and we can be best friends now just know I'm here for you , forever"
"Me too Dionne forever"
"Pinky swear"
I ask holding my pinky out he intertwines his pinky into mine .

"pinky swear"

We talked for hours until the sun went down he told me about his brother & tennis & his stuffed animals that he still had from when we were kids  and I told him about everything that came to mind during our conversation...  when I got home I took a shower and laid his shirt next to me , I'm not sure if he'll ever get it back .   

Regina

Cher & Dionne of course ❤️