She stared at the summer rain as it tapped on the window pane, reminding her of summers past and how much of a blast they all had, the good times the depressing moments and even the shamefully bad.
The carnival had the coolest rides and the best chili cheesy fries, at slumber parties there was a sweet tooth for ice cream atop homemade apple pies, which they gorged while secrets among them they would confide, and swimming in the pond that was so much fun and fishing on the lake is where she met Jake.
His friendship came to overrule that of her best girlfriends‘, he pinky swore they would always be together even after the world ends. For the remaining summers they grew up together, the stormiest of times they managed to weather, it seemed to her their bond would last forever.
Then one day fate was so cruel, a death in his family uprooted him from school. He would keep in touch he promised just before he left, she made him pinky swear it while with sadness she wept, for a time his pinky promise he actually kept.
Then a year went by with no word, a second year then passed, followed by her first year of college still nothing she heard. As college years came to an end, she never forgot about Jake whom she considered her only best friend, she often questioned why their keeping in touch came to such an abrupt end.
Then one summer day memories of the best times her mind began to rewind, while she was strolling along the lake, and guess who she should bump into…yes it was Jake. Long awaited kisses and hugs greeted the soul, overdue stories couldn’t wait to be told, giddy with laughter as around the lake they strolled, as unknowingly each other’s hand they did hold.
The rift in time now mended as if nothing had every really ended. For days they met up to walk and talk then one day without giving it any thought, this time their kiss was different, more romantically intimate. It would seem that their feelings were headed that way before that teary eyed dreadful day that Jack had to move away.
Their courtship bloomed she became his bride and he her groom, now in that room where she likes to watch the summer rain tap on the window pain, and be reminded of summers past and how much of a blast they all had, the good times the depressing moments and even the shamefully bad, there is now another chapter to add--that time of a summer’s day of memories rewind, while strolling along the lake where she just so happened to be reunited with Jake, that was best story in the book written by fate!
