"Never Forget You"
©ShannonRylee2000
My name is Madison Lynn Parson or Maddy as my friends call me. Actually my best friend since birth gave me the nickname. My best friend, what can I say about him. I’ve known Brian Thomas Littrell since the day he was born. I’m nineteen days older than him & I was told that the day he was born, my mom took me to see her best friend Jackie and her new son Brian. We’ve been friends every since. Even through his whole heart problem thing, I was at the hospital or his house everyday after school.
Growing up, we were always together. We even ended up in the same grade (he got held back because he missed so much school during his heart problems. Then two years later, I was held back because I had pneumonia three times in one year). During elementary school, when guys would pick on me, Brian would stick up for me, as he continued to do up until today. Although we never dated (or had a romantic relationship), I was devastated when he left to be a Backstreet Boy. We promised each other that as soon as I graduated, I would go on tour w/ him and the guys. Which I did and had the time of my life. I even had a brief romance with AJ but we realized we were better off friends and flirting. It was the only guy I dated while on tour with the guys (the only guy I dated since I graduated).
Brian held two long-term relationships. The first was in the early days of BSB. Her name was Samantha. The two made the greatest couple. She and I quickly became close friends. To my disapproval (and the other guys too) her and Brian thought it was better if they called it off. Then he dated Leighanne. Not many of us liked her and she definitely hated me. She thought Brian and I had a little side thing going on. She couldn’t face the fact that there is a thing as “just friends.” The last few months of Brian and Leigh’s relationship, Brian and I didn’t have much contact. She keep us apart. As I talked to AJ about how bad I was feeling that after 25 years of being best friends, he’s finally letting a girl come between us. As we talked about the situation (and I cried on AJ’s shoulder a lot), I realized why it hurt so much not having Brian around. I loved him. Sure I had always loved him but this time, maybe always, it was romantically.
