"I'm meeting up with somebody," he said.
"Who?" she asked.
"Angela," he replied.
"Who's she?" she asked.
"My high school sweetheart," he said.
As soon as he said that, I immediately thought of my high school sweetheart, Jen. I miss her so much. 'I wonder what she's doing right now?' I thought.
I always loved her, but lately I thought about her more and more. I missed how she always laughed at my jokes and how she helped me study. 'God, I miss her so much,' I thought.
"Chris!?!" Justin shouted.
"What?" I asked.
"We asked you a question," he said.
"What did you say?" I asked.
"We asked 'What are you doing tonight," he said.
"Oh, well. I don't know," I said.
"We're all going club'n, you game?" Abby asked.
"No, not tonight," I said and stood up from where I was sitting. I quickly walked to my room, wanting sometime to think.
After I entered my room, I sat down at my desk and looked at the picture of my family sitting there. I slowly reached down to open my bottom drawer. I pulled it open and grabbed the photo album that was under a stack of papers. I got up and brought the photo album to my bed. I then sat down and opened it.
The first few pages were of my family and I, but the more I turned the pages, the closer I am to seeing her again in a way. I stopped turning pages and looked down at her smiling face.
The picture was taken a couple days after I met her. We became good friends in 5th grade. I turned to the next page and saw pictures of my birthday party. She was there. I turned the pages some more and stopped at our senior Christmas Dance.
That was the day before the accident. I was so happy that night. That evening was so perfect.
~Flashback~
"Oh Chris, I had a wonderful time. Thank you," Jen said as she leaned in and kissed me.
"Your welcome," I said and returned the kiss. She then opened the front door of her house and said, "Goodnight Chris."
"Night," I said and turned around, then walked to my house.
~End Of Flashback~
'It only seems like yesterday,' I thought to myself. I had talked to my grandmother the other day on the phone and she told me that she saw Jen a couple weeks ago downtown in Pittsburgh. She also told me that Jen was living with her sister Michelle.
"Chris," Justin shouted.
"Yeah," I said as I arose from my bed and walked out of my room. I quickly walked to the top of the stairs.
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