The Love That Went Between Us:Rio Lane's Story

chapter 1

Rio's POV

Age 8

My house

Almost time for me to move

A knock on my door

I opened my door and saw him. Tyler, my best dear friend Tyler, how much I'm going to miss you! Me and Tyler have been friends since first grade then I became friends with his new friend Kyle. Tyler came over with a 'come back soon' card and a flower from his garden...I admire those flowers..i can't believe he knew i liked them. "I-I remember that y-you like my flowers. Here. Take this one." He hugs her and begins to tear up. "I'm going to miss you Rio...please talk to me while you're away." I tear up too and hug him back tighter. Honestly, I couldn't keep in contact with him at Colorado because where I was going, had no signal what so ever.

Oh Tyler..how much I want tell you that I liked you since we first became friends. How much I want to stay here. I want to tell him so badly that we can't communicate with each other.

At last it was time for me to depart. We took a taxi cab to the airport and took another taxi cab to our new home. We were staying my mother's new boyfriend, Todd. He's astrophysicist from Caltech, but he moved over here with his research team to study something I can't understand. He prefers dating single mothers with a child already because he wouldn't want to waste his time trying to make a baby. Some man she's dating,right?

*****8 years later****

I'm back at my home town. My goodness a lot has changed, but that Texas smell remains the same. My dad picked me up from the airport and took me out for a bite. "You know Rio, your friends, Tyler and Kyle I believe, they left a lot of things at my door step while you were away. I thought I won some kind of lottery.", he laughed. I just smiled and nodded. It felt awkward talking to my dad since we couldn't really talk to each other for the past 8 years. "Rio, I'm not sure if I should tell you this but last year Tyler got in a car accident and was in a comma for almost a year now." I spit my food out in shock. "What!?!?! Is he okay now? I'm so worried. Why would you tell me this right now!??!". I couldn't believe what I heard. I wonder if he's still in a comma. "Now now calm down, he's better now, he woke up from his comma when I went to visit and told him that you were coming in a few months."

How odd... was it really a miracle or a coincidence?

I hope Tyler's better by the time I arrive.

I sighed with the thought that i couldn't be there for him. I looked out my car door window with my headphones on before my dad could say anything else. We drove past by my old elementary school. The memories... It's as if I just left yesterday and came back today.

***flashback***

The playground...
Tyler had just finished his race with another kid and I was just sitting alone on the swings. Each time a student passes by, I hoped they had a chance to push me on my swing, but as months went by I got used to the idea that no kid wanted to push me..nor be my friend... One day Tyler raced again but by accident he ran into me on my swing. I fell down and almost started to cry, but Tyler saw me and he hugged me so I wouldn't cry. I began to blush. I tried pushing him, but he held me tight. He smiled at me and introduced himself.

Tyler McMillan, you?

I said shyly looking up at him.

Rio Lane..

"Nice name, want to be friends?", he had said smiling.

"Sure.."

From then on we became closest friends.

The following year we met Kyle Tennyson. He was sort of the rich kid in our school but was friends with no one until he met us. I smiled with the thought that I have friends and that they were guys!! Of course I had an enemy back then. Tonya McMillan. Tyler's twin. The boys always had a crush on her, but who would blame them. She was beautiful. More beautiful than I would ever be. Time passed by and it was finally time for me to move to Colorado. Unfortunately Kyle couldn't come that day to see me because he had a funeral to go to, but my first best friend was there. He stood by my door step with those precious gifts. He actually cried and this time. I hugged him tight so he wouldn't cry.