If Only We by Jessica Sankiewicz

Author:Jessica Sankiewicz [Sankiewicz, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-12-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Saturday, July 7th

The next day, I decide to walk to Lyndsay’s instead of drive because I need the exercise. I have been spending most of the summer driving places. When I walk up the driveway, I can see her peek out the window blowing on her fingernails. Her hair is slicked back into a high ponytail. Dropping my bag, I stand with my hands on my hips and yell up, “Hey! I thought we were going to paint our nails together.”

“Chill your britches, dear! We are! This is just a base coat, not color.” She waves her hands up and down. “Come on up. I have everything set up. You won’t believe how many hundreds of shades of pink I have.”

“Do I have to use pink?”

“The sooner I get rid of the pink, the better.”

“Why do I have to suffer with it?”

“Just pick up your stuff and get up here!”

She wasn’t kidding about having everything set up. She has a bunch of pillows and blankets all over her bed. There's also her old mini plastic picnic table set up in the middle of the room with all the nail polishes. Fifty percent of them are pink, from hot pink to light pink; the remaining half consist of a wide variety of purple, red, and glitters. She also has a stack of movies sitting next to the table.

She sees me eyeing the pile. “I wasn’t sure what kind of mood you would be in, so I picked out several childhood movies, some comedies, and some chick flicks. We could marathon a genre, or mix and match.” She sits down at the table.

Setting down my bag and sitting down across from her, I realize how lucky I am to have her in my life. There was so much wasted time before, and now I have these moments to experience. The simple pleasures. I smile at her, saying, “You’re the bestest friend in the whole wide world, you know that?”

“Yes, I do.” She picks up one of the medium pinks, then hands over the clear to me. “Now, bestest friend in the whole wide world, it’s time to paint some nails.”

Our marathon of movies consists of childhood classics: My Girl, Now and Then, and, yes, The Lion King. During “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?” she suddenly begins to belt out the lyrics in a high-pitched voice and we both end up on the floor rolling around in laughter.

It takes my mind off yesterday, but only momentarily. What I said to John plays like a bad song over and over again.

Unfortunately, my mind cannot be stopped like a song can.

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