Losing Him

The End

For all the weirdos and the freaks, this is for you.

Chapter One

The End

It was all coming to an end. Summer. The holidays. Sleeping in til noon on a Monday.

It's a typical warm summer day; Savannah lies on her back in the grass of her backyard beneath an ash tree as the sun kisses her already brown skin.

The occasional gentle breeze blows, awakening every leaf on the ash tree, emitting a whooshing sound that was both startling and comforting.

She lay, with a blank mind, and a relaxed body as the cool blades of grass beneath her balanced the warm, patchy rays of sunlight shining down on her.

Savannah is at peace, despite the sense of dread lingering in the evening air. It was the first time she had a moment to herself in the last five days as the rush of back-to-school mania had gone to full effect.

She'd lost track of how long she'd been outside. Before she could consider getting up, a shadow was casted upon her, shifting her vision from red to black through her closed eyes.

With a groan she lifted herself halfway up with her elbows and opens her eyes. Standing above her in a hue of greenish blue light was Leon.

"What the heck Lee?" said Savannah with a scrunched up face and her best attempt of a smile.

She blinks rapidly in an effort to adjust her vision; she had drifted so far into her thoughts she didn't hear him approach.

"I figured we'd sort out our school things together to salute our last night of freedom." He says mockingly holding his palm to his chest and wearing an expression on his face that Savannah could only guess was his best impression of being emotionally moved.

He holds out a piece of paper while remaining in his stance.

"Oh come on, it isn't that bad..." said Savannah as she dusts herself off and takes the piece of paper from Leon's hands.

"Just think, it's the last time that we'll ever have a 'back to school' period."

"Our class timetables." Says Leon in response to the questioning look on Savannah's face.

Savannah sits back down in the grass with her back against the tree and Leon does the same, each examining their timetables.

"Damn it Sav, P.E. is the only class we have together," he said with a sad smile as he tilted his head and absentmindedly played with his golden brown curls.

Savannah puts down her timetable and shifts her position so that her and Leon are face to face.

"I know you want to spend as much time together before we go our separate ways next year-" Leon cringes and nods along, "-but you've honestly got nothing to worry about."

Leon avoids her gaze, Savannah lets out a sigh and continues, "Lee, you've been my only friend since we were drinking from sippy cups, when you were the new kid in town and nobody wanted to hang out with you because-"

"I was the weird boy who wore nail polish." He chuckles, finally meeting Savannah's eyes before looking away again.

"Right..." Savannah giggles, "And I know that you want to make this year as memorable as possible, but honestly the memories we have together is enough to last me a lifetime." She said playfully punching him on the shoulder.

Leon looks up from the grass he'd been staring at and looks into Savannah's dark brown eyes.

"Nice try," He says smiling "but there is nothing you can do or say to get out of what I have planned for us this year..." his face lights up with excitement.