Unexpected

2

Ja'nae
Age:7

Momma left three days ago, she didn't even say goodbye. Dad has been trying to get himself together for a while but I think he'll pull through.

I haven't seen Megan since that day in the fields/woods. Maybe she didn't want to be around me anymore.

My thoughts were interrupted as a sharp knock rang through the room . I looked to my window to see the source of the sound only to find Megan grinning back at me. A large shoe box in her hand and her hair in a half up half down style, still puffy although. She now had a bandaid on her knee and another on her left cheek and one more on the back of her palm.

I opened my window letting her in as she gave me the box before tumbling in.

" Hi Ja'nae, I brought a bunch'a stuff with me since I haven't seen you in a bit-".

I interrupted her without a second thought.

" How did you get here? How do you even know where I live?"

She glanced at me for a second before grabbing the box. " Easy, I recognized the car in the driveway, besides you haven't been back to the field in a while so I thought I would check on you"

I relaxed before taking in what Megan was wearing today, a pair of jeans shorts that reached her knees along with a sky blue sweater with lantern sleeves with the word 'Aquarius' printed on it. A red silk scrunchie also accompanied her wrist, along with that she now wore a pair of all white sneakers.

Megan opened the box as I leaned forward to see the contents. In it lay a Gameboy, two cans of pop,two small bags of candy along with a medium-size bag of chips. Megan began to take the stuff out as more rocks came into view along with a small bag of what seemed to be Cheerios.

" Why do you have Cheerios?" I questioned grabbing them out of the box as Megan looked over at me, pursing her lips in thought.

" I just like them I guess, anyways, when are you coming back to the field?, There's more stuff I can show you."

I stopped for a minute in thought, dad hasn't really cared about where I go anymore anyways. 

" Tomorrow I'll be back"

" Good" she grinned at me before offering a pop. I turned it over to see that it was root beer.

" I like your room, especially the little light thingies on your wall. I almost never get my room to myself because of my cousins."

I handed Megan my pop so she could open it. She complied and sat up against my pillows.

" Thank you, I pretty much have my entire house to myself,y dad won't leave his room. And I don't have family out here. Most of my family live in New York and we don't really have the money to see them."

Her mouth went into an 'o' shape before nodding.

" Let's get to know each other better. I'll start. My name is Megan jovon Ruth Pete. I'm 7, I have a crap ton of family. My favorite color is red. I hate people who aren't real. I have two other friends named Kelsey and Daren. I have lived in Houston all my life. My cousin normani is really nice too. My mom is a rapper and I don't really know my dad. My favorite fruit are grapes but not the mushy ones and my favorite food is spicy chicken strips."

I continued to drink my pop before starting. " My name is Ja'nae rose Hampton. I was born in New York and moved down here two years ago. My favorite color is blue. I don't like mean people or snakes. And my dad is a businessman, I have a few cousins in Houston but that's it "

We continued to talk and play on Megan's Gameboy before she had to leave.

~time skip~

Megan: 9
Ja'nae: 9

Megan POV

Over the years me and Ja'nae have become best friends. Unfortunately she never really got the chance to meet Kelsey and Daren but she did get to meet my mom. They clicked instantly.  we both knew every single inch of the fields and woods and bonded so much over the years.

I grabbed our favorite box and loaded it up with snacks and a couple of other things before heading out.

I made my way to Ja'nae's house, rapping along to a beat that I heard my mom playing in the studio yesterday. Imma be a rapper when I grow up. Then I can make people happy and travel the world. Before I wanted to be a plastic surgeon but that's too much blood so I'll pass.

I crawled up the side of Ja'nae's house with the ladder already at her window . I opened it up only to see her crying.

" Hey what's wrong. "

Ja'nae looked over to me and began to explain only to burst into more tears. I sat the box down and took her into my arms as more sobs racked through her body.

" I have to leave"

She muttered clinging tightly on my shirt. " What do you mean you have to leave?"

She sat up her eyes now bloodshot and her lip trembling. " My dad said that we have to leave Houston because he wants to be closer to family and that he has a new job out there. I don't wanna leave you Megan" she sobbed, curling into a ball.

" When do you guys have to leave?" I questioned, tears now threatening to break through as my voice began to tremble.

" Today, dad never even told me ahead of time. He just told me to start packing and that we leave at 5. I'm so stupid k never even noticed all the stuff he already packed up".

Tears were now free-falling as I hugged her even tighter. Ja'nae is my best friend, we knew everything about each other. Even our dreams to become celebrities, Ja'nae wanted to be a designer and me, a rapper. 

" How about this, we never forget each other. No matter what."

I searched around the room and grabbed a price of paper to write down my address.

" When you move, write me a letter and I'll write back so then we can keep in touch."

Ja'nae smiled at me before nodding.

After that day, I never saw Ja'nae in person again. but we kept in touch but eventually, we drifted. Too busy to even keep up. By the time we were 14 the letters to each other stopped. But I kept every single letter she sent me.

Ja'nae rose Hampton

My best friend