I chuckled thinking that Katie was joking. When I looked up, she was staring at me with tears running down her cheeks, one after the other. I stared at her for a minute, suddenly feeling water developing on my water line.
"Alina, I was trying to find the right moment to tell you. But"
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SOONER?!?!" I shouted at her, cutting her off.
Soon I was running down the dark, rough road. Telling myself to not turn around, I kept on running without stopping. I couldn't stop thinking of what she said. I knew that there was going to be no way, we could be together anymore. Just thinking about it made me tear up more than I already was. Why wouldn't she tell me sooner. We have never kept secrets from each other. Well, I guess Katie decided to change that by holding a secret away from me. No matter what, she was going to have to tell me at some point. I just think she should've told me sooner instead of the day right before. What was I suppose to do, that means I am going to lose my best friend.
I had just finally reached my house when I saw my mother standing on the drive way. When I walked up to her, I noticed that she was crying. Why would she be crying? Does she know that Katie is moving. Katie's Mom was my Mom's best friend. That is actually how Katie and I became best friends in the first place. I was about three years old when I met Katie and she was about two years old. She was born a few months after me, so we were really close in age. We would always hang out together no matter what. So, back to the story. My Mom was crying for some reason.
"Mom, why are you crying all of the sudden? Did something happen to you?"
"Well, yes sweetie. Has Katie told you that she is moving tomorrow?"
I looked down trying to hide the tears running down my face. My face was turning redder by the second and I did not want my mom to see that. I tried to hold back as much as I could, but there was no ending to it.
"Yes Mom. She did." I said sniffling and still crying up a storm.
My mom came up to me and rapped her arms around me. Her holding me in her arms calmed me down a little bit, so that I can speak clearly. At the moment, I could not find any words to what I was feeling. I was having mixed emotions and when you are a teenage girl, things can start to get a little dramatic. I just still couldn't believe that Katie, my childhood best friend, is going to be moving. What should I do?
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Small Hometown Girl
Roman pour AdolescentsAlina has just moved to Los Angeles, California from Houston, Texas where she has lived for all of her life. Her friend, Katie, had moved 3 years before. Alina did not know where her friend had moved to nor would Katie tell her. As she is getting us...
