2006-04-17 - 7:48 PM

there once was a boy (who i will call starboy for the diary)who lived in the house behind a girl. from 4th grade through to her junior year of high school. they were best friends.
sitting in the dark leaning against the garage door looking at the stars. walking home from school. talking over the fence. him showing her his radio he built from parts himself. him showing her the stars through his telescope.
a paper note found in the mailbox with a cookie shaped like a heart with red icing. the note just had a heart with an arrow through it. standing in the driveway while the movers packed our things and he was there standing with her. realizing that finally he was the same height as her. they looked at each other with a sad pain... wondering if they would ever talk again. a small kiss unexpected and the first one in all those years.

33 years later... an email comes...
its the boy .... he asked if she remembers the night she had a slumber party with all the girls and he had one with all the boys. it wasn't planned .. his was to watch the meteor showers due that night.. hers was for her birthday.
the parents very suspicious of us.. but all happened in innocence.

an old friendship ... i wonder what kind of man he is... is he still so polite... does he still have those warm eyes...that sweet smile. a nice boy. bright and intelligent. kind... so kind a girl never forgets him.

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