We were laying on your bedroom floor, giggling at your old baby photos. I recognize so many of them because I was there when the photos were being taken. One photo catches my eye, and I pick it up to examine it more.
“Aww, when was this taken?”
It was a photo of six-year-old him in a blue cap and gown.
“Oh that? I can't remember what grade, but I do remember crying so much before the photo because my friend messed up my hair.”
He began to look for more of his old photos. I kept the baby cap and gown photo in my hand and stared at it for a little longer than I should have.
My smile droops a little, thinking about how time is going by so quickly. I started to worry about our friendship, like will our friendship completely change when we begin to move our lives in different directions? I couldn't keep my thoughts to myself, so I spoke up about my worries.
“....Do you think we’ll be friends forever?”
He looked at me with a blank expression and started to laugh, “What makes you say that?”
I could feel my cheeks turn red with embarrassment.
“Just answer the question!”
I grab a pillow and throw it at his face. His laughter started to die down and he began to sit straight up.
“Sorry, sorry, that question was just out of nowhere. But yeah, I think we will be. We’ve known each other since we were babies, it'd be impossible for others to separate us now.”
I stare at the ceiling fan, pondering what I’m gonna say next.
“It’s just…we have different plans for college and I won’t be able to just go across the street and knock on your door anymore. We won't be able to have our spontaneous sleepovers and we'll both be busy with college stuff.”
He looked at me with genuine care, waiting for me to stop with my babbling. He moves closer to me, holds my hand and gives me a gentle smile.
“Hey, you know, we can always just call each other so we can catch up. You're someone very important to me, and I don't wanna lose you. I'm sure we'll make it work, we always find a way.”
I took his words and took it into consideration carefully, thinking about all the possibilities of hanging out on call. The more I thought about it, the more it made sense to me. No matter where we were in the world, we would always have space for each other in our hearts. Then, my afternoon worries flew away and the room was filled with laughter once again. The future can wait, what matters right now is our time together.
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