Hidden Secrets

Girly

I was right, when Jonathan and I walked into the weight room there Se- Colby, jeez its Colby, was whining about . . . how he doesn't whine.

Yeah right, he was doing the exact thing he said he didn't do.

"I don't whine, whining is for girls."

"So . . . that means your a girl then, right?" I asked as we came closer to him and Joe, I think it was, yeah Joe. He looked at me and glared.

"Shut up." He whined. As my Dad and Joe laughed.

Joe shook his head. "That was too good, high five." He held his hand up as I walked past him, high fiving him, sitting down in front of Jon's weight lift, so when he laid back I'd be above him. To me it was a good idea, after him getting pissed off but Colby, to be in his range of sight.

I was still shocked that he acted that way, we didn't know each other very well, how could be protective of me so quickly?

After they started exercising I started to daydream. A poem coming to mind, one that reminded of mom. What I didn't realize was that I was muttering the words aloud enough for Jon to hear.

"You never said I'm leaving

You never said goodbye

You were gone before I knew it,

And only God knew why

A million times I needed you,

A million times I cried

If love alone could have saved you,

You never would have died

In life I loved you dearly

In death I love you still

In my heart you hold a place,

That no one could ever fill

It broke my heart to lose you,

But you didn't go alone

For part of me went with you,

The day God took you home."

I blinked, shaking my head, blinking a couple more times, looking at Jon, his gray/blue eyes starting up at me, his head craned back so he could stare at me, his eyes sad.

He sat up, looking at me, upright, reaching over and cupping my cheek, rubbing his thumb slowly wiping the tears I didn't know I had shed.

"Come here." He said. I got up and sat on the bench press in front of him, he hugged me.