° a year later °
Me and Vic have been together a little over a year now. Things have been perfect. Me, him and Matt walked the stage together. It was one of the best days of my life. Well second, the first was when Vic asked me to be his girlfriend. I remember walking the stage like it was yesterday. I cried so much, because not only was I saying goodbye to high school, I was also saying goodbye to my best friend Matt. He was moving all the way to Florida, cause that's where he was going to college. I tried to convince him to stay here and go to the college not to far from us, but he's always wanted to college out there since we were little. So talking it out of him wasn't going to work. It sucked he had to leave the same day as graduation though. We spent 2 hours together after graduation at my house, just me him and Vic. Mom and the kids went with Frank out to eat to celebrate with out me. I wanted to spend as much time with Matt as possible, before he had to get on the plane. We were all sitting on the couch in the living room, just talking. Mostly me and Matt were talking about when were little. So many memories like how we first met. "Matt remember how we first met? How I fought that boy for picking on you?" I said chuckling looking at him feeling the tears form. Man was I going to miss him. He shot me a look and looked away as if he was embarrassed. "Yeah how everyone laughed at me, because a girl had to fight my own battle, because I was too scared." He said scratching the back of his neck. I chuckled and I remember when I first met Matt, he was a little kid. I was taller then him at the time.
We were in kindergarten at the time. It was recess time and he was the new kid. He was the teachers pet. He was so smart. All the teachers used to love him. He got picked on a lot though, I felt so sorry for him, so finally one day this boy name Bob was picking on him at the playground and I walked up to him yelling at Matt. "Next time you go down my slide, you'll regret it new boy" as I remember him saying that I remember the day Scott was talking mean to Vic I got heated. I walked up to the boy even though he was a little taller then me, but I didn't let that stop me. I walked in front of him and Matt. I looked him right in the eyes "Leave him alone you bully. Pick on someone your own size you big looking gorilla" I said pushing him. At first he just stood there, because I never talked. I was the weirdo in the class and have been all the way up to 12th grade. I always stayed to myself the only friend I ever had was Matt.
Bob just stood there looking at me shocked because I spoke for the first time. He finally snapped out of his trance and walked up to me coming face to face with me. "What you going to do about it freak" he said making me flinch at the word freak. "I'm gonna get my daddy on you" I said feeling my self get mad. "Oh yeah well Ill get my daddy on you" he said sticking his tounge out spitting in my face with each word. I remember my hand flew against his nose and it connected making him cry out in pain. I remember seeing him fall to floor holding his nose as blood spilled through his fingers onto the floor. After I looked up at Matt and walked up to him, I gave him a hug and said "Your my friend" he looked at me scared at first, but then smiled "okay!" I ended getting in trouble for punching that boy, but nothing bad I just couldn't play on the playground for a week, which was fine with me I never played on it anyways. I just sat down on the ground in the field by myself, Matt would always join me. Soon we were unbreakable. You would never see me, without Matt by my side.
"Amber...Amber!?" Vic said shaking me a little, making me come back to reality. "Are you okay?" He said looking at me concerned. "Yeah I'm fine" I said looking up to him and then to Matt. Matt looked at me and smiled. I smiled back but started crying again. "Please don't forget about me Matty! Your my best friend. No matter how far you are, just please never forget about me." I said standing up as he did to. I gave him a hug and I held on tight. I didn't want to let him go. He rubbed my back while I cried. Vic got up too and then next thing I knew we were all hugging.
"Don't cry Bambi, your gonna make me cry too, don't worry I'll never forget about you. When your feeling down just look up at the moon in the sky and remember, I'll be looking at it too." Well never we be too far apart. Plus I'll keep in contact. I'll even come up and visit from time to time. I'll always be your Matty. Just like you'll always be my Bambi/ fartface." He said as he pulled me off him making me look him in the face. I started laughing and punched him the arm "Don't call me that poopyface" I said remember when we were in second grade and we got into our first fight and I got made and called him a fart face and then he called me a poopie face and we just stared at each other and bursted out laughing. We never fought after that, and if we did we always made up the same day. Matt was the one thing that always keep me going. He was by my side when my dad passed away. We would always climb the tree in my backyard. The tree my dad teach me how to climb.
I used to climb to the very top to just feel the wind through my hair and sometimes watch the sun go down just like me and my dad did. Matt used to climb next to me and hold me while I cried talking to my dad. I knew he was up there listening. I felt it in my bones. I still do it to this day. Sometimes I would wake up in the middle of the night climb out my window so I didn't wake no one up and climb up the tree when ever I felt alone.
We eventually drove Matt to the air port and said our goodbyes and this time, it was Matt who was crying. I guess I cried everything out of me before. We stood there for about 10 minutes hugging as Vic waited in the car. Finally we heard over the speakers "Miami, Florida now boarding" He hugged me one last good time and walked off looking back one last time and smiled and I stuck my tongue out at him and waved goodbye. I watched him walk off and soon he disappear. I got into the car and Vic took me home in silence.
As I walked into the house I was expecting everyone to be sleeping, but as I walked in, I saw suit cases sitting by the stairs. I was so confused. Who where they? I heard the TV going in the other room walking in to my mom and Frank sitting there cuddled up close to each. They looked so adorable together. They looked up as I walked in sitting in the chair next to them. Mom had a smile on her face. I smiled back at her. "How are you feeling dear? I know it was hard saying bye to Matt today." Mom said reaching over holding my hand in hers. I seen something shiny out of the corner of my eye and looked down. My eyes opened wide. Was I seeing things? I looked up at my mom staring at me smiling. "Were engaged!" She said happily staring at me and then at Frank who was looking at me. I looked back down at the ring on her finger.
