Michael: MICHELLE!! I’LL GET YOU!! Giggling. Chasing after her in a game of tag.
Michelle; NOT YOU WON’T!! giggling. The tree is safe Michael!! SAFE!!!
Michael; That’s cheating! Laughing. You hid by the tree. No fair.
Michelle; I did no such thing Michael Jackson! You are just mad because you got beat by a girl….AGAIN!! Both laugh.
Michael; Yeah well, I’ll get you next time. Smiling
Michelle; That’s what you said last time, and the time before and the time before that even.
Michael: Rolling his eyes, okay girl, you made your point. Smiling wanna go get some ice cream?
Michelle; Can you? I know your brothers are home and your dad. He.. well he scares me. Those men are always coming in and out at strange hours and look so.. shrugging.. so.. like those gangster pictures you know? Has you dad ever said what it is he does for a living?
Michael shrugging, no and in my house it don’t pay to ask. Trust me. He’s so mean and those men scare me and my sisters too. Mother won’t say and I think she’s afraid of him to a point.
Michelle; We have been best friends for 5 years now and we have had this conversation 3 times and each time you still can’t answer. Doesn’t that seem strange to you that no one knows exactly what he does and for those who do know they are in fear of opening their mouths.
Michael; a tear forms. I know. I…I…
Michelle; putting her arms around him. I’m sorry Michael. You are my best friend and I am scared for you is all. Kissing his cheek, Now lets go get that ice cream you proised me. Smiling
Michael; he wipes his tears and smiles. Okay let’s.
Michael takes Michelle’s hand and they walk to the nearest ice cream store which is Tastee-Freeze. Holding hands for them was a natural thing. They have been doing since they were 5. It came easy for them. Many of their friends though, thought they were more than friends. Both would laugh and skip away happily. Nothing from those days has changed much either for them. They were just a bit older and still the best of friends. As they neared the Tastee-Freeze Michelle saw the mean girls April and Robin. Michelle hated them so badly. They alwas picked on her. Teasing her because her family wasn’t real rich like theirs and that her best friend was a black boy who’s skin was lightening in spots and his father was a drug dealer. Mind you Michael didn’t know this only knew his dad worked in wholesale as he called it. So these girls never missed a chance to embarrass or hurt Michelle or Michael. They walked into Tastee-Freeze in hopes that it would be left alone just one but, as soon as April turned around. She got an evil smile on her face.
April; Well Well, if it isn’t the black and white couple or should I say color confused couple. Hey Michelle. Is he white or black today? Has Michael showed you has thing yet. I hear all black boys are big. My mother says its fact, but since he don’t know what color to be maybe it’s a tiny weenie?? Laughing
Robin giggling Why are you even here? No one wants you around Michelle; You are too short and ugly and you don’t have money. Poort girl,
Both April and Robin sing song together Poor Girl Poor Girl, You have no clothes to wear!! Poor Girl! Poor Girl! It’s no wonder we stare!! Poor Girl! Poor Girl! You are so clue less Poor Girl! Poor Girl Gonna marry a half breed.don’t know if he’s black or white. Then they laughed shrilly and others in the shop stared or laughed too. Lightning fast April reached out and grabbed Michelle’s necklace that Michael had given her and ripped it off her neck destroying the whole thing. That was the final straw. Michelle ran from the ice cream shop and down the street just as fast as her legs will go, crying Michael came running after her but she was too fast. She was blocks away alreadHe just knew he had to catch her. He felt so bad for her. Michael pushed April and called her an evil bitch then went after Michelle.
Michael; MICHELLE!! WAIT!! PLEASE!! MICHELLE!!
Michelle didn’t stop until she got to an alley that was secluded and dark. She sat against the wall and cried. She had fallen on her way and skinned her knee too so it was bleeding a bit and hurt but her heart hurt more.. Crying hard she hid her face. Michael finally caught up to her.
Michael; Michelle, come on. You know I don’t listen to them. They are so mean. You are not ugly or poor. You are my sweet best friend and I love you..he hugs her. Come on, wiping her tears. Let’s go get a snow cone instead.
Michelle; looking down. Are you sure you want to be seen with a big baby?
Michael; You are not a big baby. I love my best friend come on. Kissing her cheek. Holding her hand. Let’s do it. Forget the ugly unhappy people and laugh with me. I need my best friend.
Michelle: slight smile, Okay, kissing Michael’s cheek.
Later in the day, Michael and Michelle were laying on the grass of his backyard looking up at the sunset like they have many nights before. Both fell silent for a few moments lost in deep thought for ten year olds.
Michael; Michelle; If we were older, would you marry me?
Michelle;. Yes Michael. You’re my best friend and I’ll love you forever, Yes I’d marry you.
Again they feel silent then April asks.
April; Michael What do you want to be when you grown up. I mean really Still a Firemen?
Michael; Looking up at the first stars. No. I want to help children. Maybe a doctor or a teacher maybe?
Michelle; Really? I think you’d make a good doctor. You always look out for me and take care of me. I love you Michael.
Michelle; I love you too Michelle; they sat there and watched the stars until late then they walked sleepily to their houses. Michelle lived 3 houses away and Michael’s brother Jackie always walked her home.
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