I could still remember the first time we met; I was five years old then. It was one windy afternoon having no one to play with except my best friend, Gerald. He and his family just moved out to transfer at a neighboring state because his father got promoted. And so, I climbed up our tree house. I saw a moving truck coming down the street. I watched it approaching and noticed that a family station wagon following it. It stopped in front of the house and out came a family. I was about to glance away when out came the loveliest girl I've seen. She was four years old that time but then, at an early age, she was a beauty. She had long curly hair, which reached almost to her waist. She had fair complexion and eyes which could make a man lose his heart into them. I continued to watch her when suddenly, she looked up and saw me watching them in the tree house window. I was about to duck when she suddenly smiled and waved at me. I waved back and to my surprise, I saw her running towards the tree house. So I went to the ladder and said, "Would you like to come up?" she answered, "May I?" So I helped her up and when she reached the top, she turned to me and said, "By the way my name is Reina, what's yours?" I answered, "My name is Bailey, but then you can call me Bai." She smiled and said, "Well, I like your name. Hey! Your tree house is neat!" I said, "Thanks! Gerald and I made this! This used to be our hide out. We used to goof around, play ball and go biking together. He was my best friend and I kinda miss him you know." She smiled and said, "I am here now. We could do things you do with Gerald and I could be your new best friend too! I never had a boy for a friend before so it could be exciting to have one! I can study how to play ball and I also have my bike so we could go biking together. Now, how does that sound to you?" I smiled at her and said, "Well that sounds good!" she raised her hand and said, "It's a deal then." So that's how it started. We became best friends and it was kind of strange at first for she is a girl and there are things which I was a little bit hesitant to indulge her like catching frogs, swimming in the lake and climbing trees, but then, she tried and did everything just to please me. There is a time that she fell from her bike, trying to catch up with me in a race we had and I'm the one who gave her first aid. I also remembered when she hit the window of our neighbor when we were playing baseball and I'm the one who talked to Mr. De La Cruz and promised to pay for the damage, which meant having to lose a week's allowance. I remembered the time when I fell off the tree when I tried to rescue a little kitten because Reina was near to tears when she saw the helpless kitten trapped in a branch. I even fought with the tough guy when they teased Reina and made her cry and I ended up having a black eye and a bruised cheek. I remember Reina crying while putting an ice bag in my eye and later gave it a get well kiss. I did everything to please her and gave everything her little heart desires. The lake was our favorite hangout. We had our Saturday swim routine. We are packing foods and eating them under the big tree. There was a special branch in which the two of us could sit together and tell each other's dreams. She wanted to be an Engineer and she know that I wanted to be an Artist. She never laughed at my dreams. It make me like her even more.
