Long Lost Friend

Goodbye for now

Chapter two

Flashforward to ten/eleven years, Marko and I have been friends for that long. Over the years we grew closer and closer, you would never see us apart. Most nights he'd spend the night at mine he didn't like being home much anymore since his mother remarried a few years ago to the world's biggest jerk.

"Marko you need to get up" I said softly trying to be nice about this process, Marko wasn't really a morning person and he hated getting up. Moaning he rolled over still fast asleep, only in doing so he'd trapped my arm which I would slowly start to lose feeling in.

"Marko!" I now shouted, rocking him slightly.

"What do you want?" he said groggy, his eyes still closed.

"I want my arm back," I huffed.

Rolling onto his stomach my arm was free, I could once again feel my fingers giving them a wriggle to get the blood flowing again. Looking over at Marko he'd taken his top off in the night leaving him bare chest, his blonde unkempt curls reached just past his shoulders, his skin was sun kissed from all those days we'd spent out in the field drawing and his face was so angelic, it was almost wrong that he looked so innocent.

Tangled up in the blanket he left me exposed, my white vest top had ridden up slightly exposing my stomach, I went to bed that night with no bottoms on due to the heat of the summer night. If anyone walked in they'd assume the worst from us but it wasn't like that, for the most part. I couldn't lie and say we'd never slept together; we were each other's firsts. Everyone was doing it and one of the fears I had was what if the person I lost it to didn't respect me, what if they just threw me to the curb after. For Marko and most boys the worry was he wasn't good enough and like some of the poor victims already he'd be the talk of the school. Then one night we came to the idea that we'd make everything easier by just sleeping together, which worked out pretty well.

Shakely standing up I walked over Marko and jumped off the bed landing on the floor with a thud. Turning my head I smiled at Marko who just smiled back sleepy, holding my hand out he accepted pulling himself to me until he was at my side. Then we made our way down to the kitchen for breakfast.

"Marko, can you pass me the cream?", I asked, holding my hand out for the cream.

"You want this?", he said holding out the cream. As I went to grab it he pulled it back smiling, oh he wanted to play I see.

"Marko, give me the cream", crossing my arms over my chest.

"The cream that's what you want" he toyed.

"Yes it's what I want, so give me it"

"Are you sure you want me to give you it."

"Yes that's what I said" It hadn't clicked what he was going to do before it was too late and couldn't move. He held out the cream and squirted it all over me.

"MARKO, AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" I screamed as I started to chase after him.

"You have to catch me first" laughing as he started running round the kitchen throwing whatever we could get hold of at each other. That was until my mother appeared and can I say she was not pleased at all. 

"What have you done!", she said in disbelief as she entered the kitchen, her eyes wide at the mess which we had created.

"Sorry mum" I said, coming to a stop in front of her.

"The pair of you go and get ready for school", she said pointing towards the door.

Hanging our heads we went back to my room with no breakfast to get ready for school. As soon as we were out of my mum's sight I pushed Marko out the way and took the lead, racing him back to the room. Only he was faster and stronger than me and pulled me back before running into my room and shutting the door. After banging on the door a few times he finally let me in and I was greeted with a pleasant surprise.

"Marko, give me my skirt" I laughed as he spun around in my school skirt.

"No can do it looks much better on me than you".

Laughing I took it from him once he had stepped out of it, then we both got changed into our uniform and made our way together to school.

Splitting off into our groups we agreed to meet up at dinner, Wednesdays we only had last lesson together. So it was a tradition that every Wednesday one of us would host a movie night for our friendship group and it just happened to be my turn. So of course I would pick the most scariest film, I liked to make Marko jump and throw popcorn around the room.

---- A few month later -------

"What do you mean you can't do this anymore?" I shouted at him as he packed his bag.

"I can't be here anymore, I want a fresh start away from everyone" he didn't shout just said calmly as he packed his bag.

"Away from me?" This argument had been going on for nearly an hour now, he had told me at school he was leaving but I didn't believe him. All the way home I questioned him but didn't get much out of him, then he started packing his bag that's when I knew he was leaving. Marko always spoke about leaving, he hated his home life so much but he never actually went through with it. Just empty threats.

"Yes away from you" he finally shouted back at me as he zipped his bag up and started towards the door.

"Why?" I nearly sobbed pushing him back so he couldn't leave.

"Because you're not good for me" he huffed.

"Who said? Was it your new friends? You know since you started hanging out with them you've turned into a right dick!"

"Then you'll be glad I'm going then!" he pushed me to the side before grabbing his patchwork jacket and heading out the door and down the stairs.

"Good I'm glad you're leaving! Make sure you don't come back" I screamed from the top of the stairs before I heard the front door slam. If I knew then that was the last time I'd see him I would have never said any of that.