Confessions

Chapter Two: The Meeting

Chapter Two: The Meeting

Hair curled to perfection? Check.

Lauren Curtis makeup skills? Check (not really though).

Brand new, cute outfit? Check. The fresh bought, spring seasoned outfit consists of a floral long sleeved crop top, paired with a mint green skater skirt. A pink, statement necklace and dangly, gold earrings for accessories.

Polished, white Keds? Check.

Dollars? Check.

I'm all set and prepared for the day out with a colleague. I hope this goes really well because I couldn't sleep from my enthusiasm yesterday. Talking about this upcoming - happening makes anxious butterflies in my stomach. As if on cue, my mom calls me from downstairs to notify me that I should be down in a minute. I sprayed my body with Bath and Body Works 'Japanese Cherry Blossom' fragrance, and bloated my wallet in my baby blue purse, and sprinted downstairs with a beam that can reach China.

"Lacy! Hurry up! I have a lot of cases to solve today!" my mother, bellowed in a very kind way shall I say. Hence the sarcasm there.

After about fifteen minutes of jamming up to music, we reached my endpoint. This in this case, isn't school or something that has to do with school. Amazement! It's to hang out with a friend, at one of my desired places; Taco Bell.

"Bye, Mom!" I squeeze her quickly and step out of the car, gripping my purse.

"Take care!" She said in answer. To be truthful, it's been a long time since Mom, and I were together alone. She's either scolding me for an A- or grounding me for Lucy's stupid criticisms. So, it's enjoyable to have a fifteen minute mother, daughter time once in a while.

I vibrated the thought of my head, and broke through Taco Bell's doors. The sweet scent of tacos', burritos', and fries jam-packed my nose as I observe aaround the room for Lilly. Lilly is 'the friend' by the way.

So she didn't ditch me! That's good news right? I move toward the table she was idling at, with a one thousand watt smile. She acknowledged my presence (because we skyped) and came over and enfolded me. I solidified as she hugged me, not because I didn't to hug her back, hell no. It's been an extended time since anyone hugged me. Someone as in my age.

She noted my stiffness and starts singing Rita Ora's part in Black Widow: "You used to be thirsty for me but now you wanna be set free". Heck was she one tremendous singer. Cue the handclapping for Lilly please.

I smiled again: "Ain't a good first impression right? Let's start from the top".

"Agreed".

I saunter back to the entrance, and put an I'm-looking-for-someone look on my face, and I light my face when I look her way. She playacts not to notice me, although I can see her giggling at our silliness. When I attain, she looks towards my way, smiles, and says: "Oh my god hey!"

"Hi", I hug her. She smirks at me now, that I am cuddling her... You know opposite the first time right?

"So you came?" she started.

"Why not take the chance?" I responded. Little did she know.

We start a standard, first encounter chat. What's your favorite color, band, singer, song, and shop and all of that stuff. But, the thing is I can't help but relate her to Lilly, my adolescence best friend. She looks like her, acts like her, loves the same things as her. Can she really be her? The thought is brimming in my head, going to every box of memory in my head, searching through it and goes to rummage through another file in my brain.

"One, two, three, four, and five..." I count each jump as I jump rope with my all- time beloved unsurpassed friend, Lilly. We hoot and chortle as we prance through the country park, happily. Lilly had flaxen straight hair, but curled a tad at the end, speckled with brown highlights (natural ones), sea green eyes that would make you lost every time you look at them. She had light toned covering that she took from her parents' genetic factor. She is beautiful, eye worthy that sometimes I would spite her, but it never gets to hate. We were victorious together, we marched high above the world. Together.

I will never, ever, ever forget that she accepted me in life when no one else did. Thank you Lilly.

Taylor Marie Hill playing Lilly.