July fourteenth
7:06 pm
"you in that dress,
my thoughts I confess,
verge on dirty"
Shit. I'm twenty minutes late but this tie is fucking impossible.
"Mum, come here a minute." Fuck, do I really need it? "Do you think I need this tie?"
"Michael don't be stupid of course you do." She reaches up and ties it neatly.
"Shit, how did you even do that?"
"Don't swear." She smiles up at me before wrapping me in a hug. I rest my chin on her head.
"Look mum this is cute but I'm late and she's gonna kill me."
She chuckles and wipes her eyes. "I know I shouldn't cry but it's strange seeing you like this. I can't believe it's only a week until you go."
She's right, I think as I pull on my shoes. In eight days I leave for uni. I'm going to Glasgow which is a nine hour drive away from mum. That's crazy. Funny how a stupid school dance gets you thinking.
She opens the door the second I ring the bell. I can tell she's annoyed but I don't hear her having a go at me. Fuck she looks great. Her dress is red, deep dark red like my tie and her lipstick. So different to her usual baggy t shirts, it fits her like a glove, accentuating her waist, skimming her hips and floating down to just above her knees. "You look amazing." It's true. Her eyes are bright and her curly hair is unruly as she knows any attempt to contain it would be in vain. She rolls her eyes and flushes a delicate shade of pink. I'm gonna miss her. She's leaving in a week as well but she's going slightly further away than I am. Harvard. America. "Come on idiot we're already late." She pulls me out of my thoughts and out of the door and I discover that her dress is backless. My eyes dance across her bare shoulders. I've known this girl for all eighteen years of my life. The literal girl next door. I've had eighteen years of never looking at her as anything other than a friend but now I realise she's more.
I've just realised that I think I love the girl next door and in a weeks time she's going to be halfway around the world.
How cliché.
(a/n I updated holy shit I know I'm sorry it took so long I hope ppl still have this in their libraries and I hope u vote/comment/message me ily)
