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Chapter 7: It’s My Party 

The weekend before I leave, I have a send-off party.Everyone is having the time of their lives. Mabel and Bingham. The country club kids. My friends from school.Miss Mary invites the boy’s family too, and they show up in full force, parents, his grandmother, who’s always around and lives with them most of the time,Continue reading “Chapter 7: It’s My Party “

Chapter 6: I’ll Remember You 

I don’t start school at Miss Porter’s until the end of summer, and thankfully we’re only in the beginning.I want to imprint on the boy as much as I can before I go. I can’t imagine a future without him. It’s impossible.  After I tell him I’m leaving, it turns into a push and pull.Continue reading “Chapter 6: I’ll Remember You “

Chapter 5: It Wouldn’t Be the Same Without You 

We’ve finished our exams for the year, and we’re ready for high school. I have something to tell the boy, and I know he won’t like it one bit. It’s about where I’ll be heading after the summer holidays. I keep putting it off, distracting myself by soaking up the magic of spring, rushing aroundContinue reading “Chapter 5: It Wouldn’t Be the Same Without You “

Chapter 4: Young Dreams 

It’s January in 1949, and the boy is celebrating his fourteenth birthday.He turns up at my house mid-afternoon, carrying a book of cartoons, a gift from his parents he’s eager to show me. I am sitting behind the big desk in the downstairs office, the one adjacent to the library. It used to be GrandpaContinue reading “Chapter 4: Young Dreams “

Chapter 3: The Fifth Horsewoman of the Apocalypse 

I find the boy looking downcast outside the main building. “What’s wrong?” I ask, hurrying over to console him with a hug. He’s stiff as a board and trembling, so I squeeze him tighter.Leaning back to face him, I ask, “what’s the matter?” “Don’t worry about it.” He hangs his head in shame.  I passContinue reading “Chapter 3: The Fifth Horsewoman of the Apocalypse “

Chapter 2: Welcome To My World

We’ve started hanging out after school, the boy and I, on the down-low. Apparently, we’re at the age where boys and girls become a danger to each other, according to society. But at my house, we can see each other semi-secretly as much as we like. No one needs to know, apart from his parentsContinue reading “Chapter 2: Welcome To My World”

Chapter 1: My Little Friend 

It’s the first day at my new school and I am bursting with excitement.Due to the sudden rush to find me a place, Grandpa George’s Girl Friday, who is actually an old and highly efficient lady called Bonnie, has enrolled me in a local state school in Memphis, not the sort of place I’m accustomedContinue reading “Chapter 1: My Little Friend “