Memories on Strings

Chapter 1

Chapter 1:

I stared at the photos, longing for memories like those to exist forever, but of course they couldn't. Whenever something in life seems perfect it is too perfect to last. Just like this. All of these fun times would soon be gone, nothing but traces of that life in the form of memories left behind. And there was nothing we could do about. No convincing would help, no money could save this, nothing could be done to make these times infinite.

No matter what anyone did or said, my best friend would move.

*Flashback*

I walked up to the field, the third to arrive with my coach and my best friend Mallory already bundled up from the cold night on the field. I walked over to her and said hello. She looked at me with a lack of energy or happiness. Something was off about my usually bubbly friend.

"Hey Mal," I greeted her, "how are you? You seem tired."

"I am," she replied gloomily, " and I had an interesting conversation with my family at lunch today."

"About what?"

"I'm moving," she said.

I immediately went into shock and the defense mode. What? She's just tying to trick me. Duh.

"Sure you are," I replied with a hint of sarcasm in my voice although in the back of my mind there was fear looming.

"I am."

"Wait, Mal, are you serious?"

"Yeah, Maddie," she replied looking me in the eye this time with a plea in her eye to believe her.

"What? Where? When?"

"My dad's job is getting moved so we are moving back to Virginia this summer," she answered.

Then it sunk in. My best friend was moving away. Away from school, away from town, away from the state, and away from my life.