Things I'll Never Say.

"Ella! Come here!" six year-old Niall called to me.
I scurried over to him, almost tripping on the tools we used to plant a tree in my backyard.
"Let's make a promise," he told me, sticking out his left pinky, "Promise that we'll be best friends forever! Deal?"
"Deal," I confirmed, taking my own pinky and intertwining it with his.

Ten years later and we still kept that promise.
But on that tenth year from our pact, Niall decided to try out for the X-Factor.

That's when everything changed.
Now, there are things I'll never say.