Childhood best friend

Love not seen

Natalie is in third grade. The teacher assigned seats around the middle of the year and the desks were in groups. The teacher called her name and pointed to her seat. The teacher sat Jason next to her with three other people at the group. Joe, Jason's twin, sat at a group next to Jason and Natalie's. Jason and Natalie start talking and got in trouble a couple of times for talking but they always shrugged it off. Joe would somethings walk over to talk to Jason then get yelled at to go back to his seat but Natalie and Jason just laughed.Friendships are one of those things where you don't even have to ask you just make yourself friends. She was friends with Joe too, but Natalie felt closer to Jason. Well after third grade her and Jason got separated because there are 5 schools total. Kindergarten through third grade went to 3 of the schools then when you get to fourth you go to the two other schools. It just so happened that Jason went to the other school then Natalie. Natalie was a little disappointed going into school and looking all over for Jason. She even asked the office if he was in the school. He wasn't. All the years in that school were miserable without Jason. Turns out, Jason moved so in 7th grade, when the two schools came together into one, Natali still couldn't see him. Seventh through eighth grade were just as miserable as fourth through sixth. She tried contacting Jason through Instagram or something since the last time they seen each other they were in third grade so they didn't even have a phone. Natalie's heart broke when she looked Jason up on Instagram and he had built up a career. He was a musically star. Natalie thought that Jason forgot all about her so she turned off her phone and took a minute to cry and let her feelings out. Over the summer during 9th grade her grandma moved. "That's just great" Natalie thought to herself sarcastically. She was looking out the window of the car watching all the passing people. She seen 2 boys, they were twins and she swore it was Jason and Joe but only seen them from behind. It was a quick glance so she could be wrong. On her way to her grandmas new house she puts on her gloves to help with boxes since there were sharp objects in the boxes she carried like porcelain figurines and dolls that her grandma collected. Her dad let her find something else to do since all the smaller stuff was already moved in. She walks around and heard there was a park around the area and it was just a couple of streets over. Natalie's family is pretty big with a lot of cousins so her grandparents have hikes down there. She goes into the moving truck to see if her bike was packed yet. Natalie has her own bike because she was her grandparents favorite since she's always over there. She seen her bike. She loved it so much it was blue with pink bubble things on it and the side said "Stripes" she smiled and hopped on and rolled it down the ramp of the truck. She rides down to the park and seen a familiar boy. She gets closer and they turn around to reveal the person she would have never expected.....