My marine best friend

Chapter 1

Hello there! My names EmmaLynn and I live in a small town in California. I have a best friend named Alex, he's a marine stationed at 29 palms in California. I couldn't ask for a better best friend, the only unfortunate part is that he is so far away and I miss him dearly! Alex is a couple months older than me and from since I can remember he has always wanted to be a marine so after he graduated he enlisted. I was sad to see him leave when he left for bootcamp but I made sure I wrote him every chance I got. We would talk about everything because he is my best friend so anything from what upset me that day to what we we're going to do for my birthday. Everything seems great right? Everything except for the fact that I am madly and deeply in love with him and he has no clue.

Alex had finally came back after bootcamp for two weeks so of course I was so happy to see him! The next two weeks were perfect we spent almost the whole time together. The last day he was there I remember staring at him. Everything about him was perfect his dark skin, Alex is Dominican and Puerto Rican, his curly short cut hair, his cute glasses that he wears, his bushy caterpillar eyebrows, not many people would find him attractive but to me he is perfect. He seemed to he even more handsome than I remember and I couldn't keep my eyes off of him. As we are sitting at the table of our last meal together before he leaves he looks at me with his big brown eyes and says, "do you promise you won't forget me?" I look at him straight into his eyes as if I had seen them for the very first time, they are filled with fear and so much curiosity for the future. I say, "How could I ever forget you! You are my best friend I don't know how I am going to survive without you." I see a small grin form on his face and the look of relief. He says," good because then I might have to kick your butt!"

The next morning I go with his mom to the airport so he can head to base in 29 palms. I am trying to hold back the tears as Alex is making jokes and reassuring everyone he will be home soon. All I can do is stand there no words, no movement with my eyes glued to him. My eyes are filled with tears at this moment and Alex spots this and comes to give me a hug. His embrace sends a shock through my body and I feel safe. The second he lets go I feel empty again.

Time goes by and I still keep in contact with him everyday. Text messages,Skype calls, phone calls anything to know that he is safe. Everyday that passes I am falling deeper and deeper in love with this Guy.

I am so consumed in Alex that when guys in passing would ask for my number or for a coffee, I just smile and simply say no. I am over at his moms all the time her and I have gotten quite close at this point and I feel like I already am part of the family. His mom is always hinting that we will get married some day because we are such good friends. She knows how I feel about him.

One day last summer as Alex is at a training to where we cannot contact him for a couple of weeks his mom had noticed how down I had been since we had no contact she took me to her room and a conversation had started that had lifted this heavy feeling I had.

I sat in the chair she had on the side of her bed a soft beige chair that Alex had spilled paint on when he painted her room in high school. She was furious when she found it! yet she never replaced it so it still sits in her room with a huge peach stain in the cushion. She sat on her bed and stared at me with the most compassionate stares I had ever seen. "Mija, you know that you can talk to me about anything right?" I look at her a little confused and say, "yes I know, but why the strange question Maria?" She says, "I see how upset makes you when Alex is gone and when you are unable to talk to him." I get a little embarrassed and can feel my cheeks turning red. Maria looks and says "Mija, you have been in my sons life for a while now and I can tell that you are in love with him. Just the way you look ay him and hoe much emotion you put into your conversations with him." I tell her "I did not know it was so obvious but yes I have been in love with your son since the beginning, I am just way to scared to let him know. " She turns to her dresser and pulls out a picture of Alex from when he was about 8 or so and says "My biggest fear as a mother is that my son will get his heart broken but if he is to be with you then I am sure that you will never break the heart of my son because I can see how much you love him." Ever since that day I knew that Alex was the only one I wanted to be with. I may only be 19 but I knew.