"Would you just come out of the rain Tess. " My best friend, Peter said to me from the porch.
"Oh come on. Live a little, it's fun just come here for a sec. " I call back dancing in the rain.
"If I come out there do you promise to come out of the rain in three minutes? You know how fast I catch colds. " He whined stepping down from the porch.
"Of course , I don't want you to get sick. You're no fun when you're sick. " I confess holding out a hand to Peter.
Peter and I have known each other since third grade. He moved into our neighborhood when he was eight. We first met at the community library about a week after he moved here. We'd both been reading the same book, Jungle Adventures and had bonded over it. He'd gotten into my school and soon after that we became best friends. We still are 7 years down the line.
"You've still not given me a tangible reason why you love playing in the rain. And you've been doing this since I remember. " Peter said taking my hand as I danced around him.
"Honestly, I don't know. It just makes me feel happy and free. Even though I look like crap doing it. " I reply stopping in front of him.
"Yet ,I suffer for it with lethal colds. " He snickered. As if on cue I sneeze.
"Bless you. " He said pulling me into him and wrapping his arms around me. He placed his chin on top of my head as I wrapped my arms around the small of his back. "Let's get you inside Tee. " "And believe me, you're even more pretty when you feel free. "
Those words were imprinted in my brain and engraved on my heart , and since then. I've been in love with my best friend.
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Mistaken Love ( #TheWattys2017)
Mystery / ThrillerA young girl with a boy best friend. Whom she is in love with but never musters the courage to tell him. He gets a girlfriend and she plots and schemes to separate them. Does she succeed?
