Ever Since I Met You

                                           Chapter One

Ever since we were five years old we’ve been together. The first day we met officially was when we were in day care together, the summer right before we were going to go to kindergarten . It was his first day there. I found him all alone on the swings , I went and sat down next to him but he didn’t look up at me .

“ Hi what your name ? “ he didn’t answer me at first. He just stared at me.

“ Matt. “ he told me finally. His eyes were a deep brown.

“ My names Lila. Do you want to play with me on the teeter tater ? “

“ Maybe later. “

“ Why do you look so sad ? “ once again he just looked at me. “ How about you and me be friends ? “

“ Why ? “

“ So you can tell me why your sad, because friends keep their friends secrets. “ he finally smiled at me for the first time since I had seen him .

“ Okay. “

After that we became inseperable and everyday I asked him what made him so sad everyday but he would always just stare at me until I asked him something else. So on the last day of school in first grade I was surprised when he answered me.

“ My mommy died. “ I hugged him and told him .

“ I can share my mommy with you. “ this made him smile once more.  That same year one day at recess he brought me a little bouquet of dandalions and asked me to marry him. I told him he had cooties and he didn’t come to school for two days because he thought he had some kind of disease. I apoligized later  though and he forgave me after a little convincing that there wasn’t any such thing as cooties. We stayed friends through the years. In fifth grade I found him after walking home one day sitting on a bench in the park all by himself. I came and sat next to him and noticed he had cuts and scratches on his face that were bleeding.

“ What happened ? “

“ I got in a fight with Danny Packer. “

“ Why ? “ he had gotten into fights in the past but not anything serious.

“ No reason. “

“ Matt.. “

“ Leave me alone Lila ! “ I was very sensitive back then and started to cry . I ran away down the street to the big oak tree where we always pretended to have little adventures. He had ran after me. He hugged me and apoligized but I never found out exactly why he got in a fight with Danny Packer.

Freshmen year for the spring dance I had bought a dress and everything and the day of the dance , what do you know Danny Packer dumped me . I went home and cried that night. So I was surprised when my doorbell rang and I found Matt standing there. I dove right into his arms and balled my eyes out. He held me and stayed with me and watched movies and ate ice cream. I had fallen asleep but had woken up and found his arm wrapped around me and it felt like home. That’s when I should have noticed how much I liked him. It wasn’t until that following week that I realized how much he liked me when he stood up to Danny Packer when he started to spread rumours about me. It was during free period when I saw people gathering in a huddle to watch a fight. I followed the crowd and found the two fighters, Danny Packer and Matt. I shoved through the crowd and got in the middle.

“ Stop Matt stop. “ I told him putting my hands on his chest and pushing him away.

“ Yes Matt protect the little whore. “ Danny spat at him. Matt pushed past me and got to Danny and punched him. He went back for a second and third but by the fourth I grabbed his arm in mid swing he just stared at me for a moment.