𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕙 | 𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕞𝕒

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song of the chapter-
up up and away-kid cudi

~emma~

i guess we'll start in Los Angeles, California, December 16, 2000. my birthday. grayson's birthday. our birthday.

yes, i share a birthday with my best friend, which is honestly really cool. we were born in the same month, on the same day and at the same time. we're practically twins! i mean we've pretty much been raised like it our whole life's!

we've always been together. we've been inseparable from what seems like birth. we did everything with each other and with our families too.

but, our moms were bffs before they even used the term 'bff'.

i don't remember a lot from before high school, but for as long as i could remember, gray and i loved to paint.

let me try and catch you up to speed...

the first christmas i can remember, i was 6. i got my first set of real brushes. grayson got a penny-board.

broke my leg riding gray's penny-board.

had my cast signed by gray who bought me ice cream to make up for breaking my leg.

dressed up as MonaLisa for halloween, grayson went as a boxer. learned how to ride a bike, learned how to swim.

got protected by grayson's older brother, ethan, who chased off some bullies that were hassling us. (gray had to pay protection taxes though. aka: a massive wedgie bomb.)

discovered the place that we loved to paint at most.

at the age of 11, i watched gray catch his first fish. watched ethan in his first fight; he won.

dressed as a fireman for halloween. grayson went as a weird bird.

found out that my mom was sick. went to visit her in the hospital for the first time. tried to get used to seeing her there.

got in a fight with gray over who was the best painter. made up by getting him ice cream. got in a fight with ethan for beating up gray. made up with ethan by letting him fix my easel. he's so handy!

got my first bra. (didn't really need it.)

discovered i like cheerleading!

discovered a way to get to our favorite place to paint.

at 14, i discovered that i wasn't gonna be a fashion icon. discovered i am good at sports! (dance sports that is.)

had a tough talk with dad. sat with mom in the hospital. i tried to help her put make up on; not much help. held her hand for a long time. i only cried when she was asleep.

tried to score my first kiss with randy melrose, it wasn't exactly a love connection. let's just say, it was a major snot rocket.

watched ethan getting really really cute. watched ethan in yet another fight; he won.

got my period. (FINALLY!!!)

went as a pirate for halloween, grayson went as leonardo da vinci.

said goodbye to my mom. i visited her grave often to vent to her. i had a lot to say that day; told her all about ethan.

watched ethan ride his motorcycle for the first time. watched grayson try to ride ethan's motorcycle; watched ethan teach gray a lesson for sitting on his motorcycle.

at 16, i celebrated with gray when he got his dream car! (a teal and white bronco of course.)

learned that girls can be really mean. played seven minutes in heaven.(FAIL!!)