My Shadow

Meeting My Shadow

My name is Riley Rodding. I live a normal enough life; junior high, I live in the suburbs, and I play piano. As a kid I lived in New Jersey, with my mom and dad. During the 10 years I lived there I met someone. Someone who I met at a gas station. His name was Roman. No last name just Roman.  He was normal too except for the fact that I was the only one who could see him. My mom and dad said he was my "imaginary friend". I had had imaginary friends before but, he was different; I could feel his touch, I could see him in a mirror, and he could pick up objects. He lived with me all 10 years of my life; lived with me until I moved to Minnesota. Then he vanished. Then I believed my parents that he was simply a figment of my imagination.  Until I met him again in a different gas station. I was so happy when I saw him again. He told me when I met him again that if I ever lost him again to go to a gas station and he would be there. I found him the second time when I was twelve. Now I am thirteen. And I have a shadow.