To Our Pinky Promises

miled at the text

y lip to suppress the grin t

pass by in a blur. The occasional yellow lights would flash throug

t,' my driver asked, causi

nd shaking it, 'Em! Wake up! Yo

had been biting my lips, a smile t

f my face when the pain in my

flying to caress

Kimmy said as she took one of

slits that were my ey

ed as she held out a

rowing the pills into my mout

My mouth had felt as dry as sandpaper

to Kimmy and laid back

osity since last night! If I keep it to myself any longer, I'm pretty s

r hand, squeezing it to make her stop

yes whilst massaging my temples lightly.

you friends with

second I hea

ting the urge to wince from

lowly as I looke

remember?

ed look, to which s

lly were ston

significantly.

ut I called your parents and told them we w

ief, 'Thanks, Kimmy.

realized she was digressing. 'Hey! You haven't

d my question. Why are y

dn't know. I thought I was your best friend; no one knows you better t

Kim.' I as

trailed off

a hand through my hair. 'I

that bullshit, Em!'

her, a bit taken ab

since last night, this is all pressured curiosity th

d smile at her antics before it disappeared aga

to the brightness of the room so I was able to

re she could snap at me again, I held up a finger a

best friend. And yes, as of this moment, she

nestly.' I started, 'We were b

ed one. 'Then why did you have that loo

and that there were creases on my forehead. I reached my fo

that makes me happy when

u just had?' She asked te

dr

, the

downwards, at m

aming about him?!' She shrieked as she

as I nibbled o

memory that made you smile like that in your dream

till unable t

nce, she calmed down a

to. Just know I'm here for you no matter what, okay?' She s

re asking her if I could rest some more,

ou don't want to eat some breakf

o, the worried look Kimmy

r the covers and stay in

describable sadness that shadowed over me. I knew what wa

. I embraced it and let it fill up the hole in my heart, even though it

sionals call this

one of them. But once in a while, when it pops up out of nowhere

eavy, the constant weight was familiar and can be quite comforting at times. The weight it c

d brought it over my head as

hut as Kimmy left the ro

the pillowcase as memories flooded my min

sneaking gifts for each other to avoid being teased by classmates

. The feeling of abandonment as I remembered how he turned his back on me and left. The deep feeling of longing I

th them on a daily basis before our encounters got reduced to

as, how many friends I surround myself with, how happy I try to make myself, the remin

never end

t say that

der I had of the friendship I've

nder of the f