** Age 10**

"Best friends forever?" Nia holds out her pinky.

"Forever." I lock my pinky with hers.

**Age 11**

_When are you coming back to school?_ Nia texts me.

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_ I don’t know._

_ I just need to get better then I’ll be able to come back_

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**Age 12**

"Hey," Nia gives me a small smile.

It’s been a year since I fell ill.

I’m still ill.

I will always be ill.

"Hi....

We promised,

As young and foolish children,

To always be there for each other.

We had sworn,

We would forever be friends,

Always have each other’s backs

It appears,

You haven’t upheld your end,

And I question whether to do the same.

You critique,

Every little thing I do,

There’s no room for me to breathe.

You love me,

As a shell of a person,

You lost the right to truly know me.

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**7 years old**

“Promise?” “Promise” We agree as we shake hands. Ella nods her head and we agreed to keep the promise. _Until now._

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**Overview**

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When we were 7, we promised we would _always _stick together, no matter what. We were so close and she deeply cared about me. She ended up ditching me when I walked into her bedroom and she looked down playing with her sleeve and said “I’m sorr...

“I promise” I muttered. “I promise to stand by your side til death brother!” I screeched while the blood was slowly pouring out of my chest.

“Those were the words you said to m-“ “Those were the words of a child!” He said to me standing there with a blooded sword, and the eyes of someone I know no more.

With my breath fainting, I forced the word out of my mouth. “Why?” He looked at me w...

We said if we were single

When we reached a certain age

We would wed eachother

And we were on the same page

We never married another

And stayed friends with eachother

But we grew apart

As time went on

And we became strangers

I saw your name in the park

After our years together were done

We had not talked in awhile

But I missed your soul

I checked the sign

Hoping to reunite

Only to find a stone...

Twenty. Twenty years it’s been since that scrawny thirteen year old and twelve year old promised they’d find a way to make their fantasy a reality…

Now it was getting more difficult. A bead of sweat dripped down Adeline’s face as she rushed to meet her deadline. It had to be printed and done in three minutes. One more tap and… done! Sent to the printer. She grabbed it while it was still hot and ru...

“If I don’t date

Then we’re together”

The words were spoken

A cross of line

They were kids then

Not even they were teens

They grew up

Had there separate lives

They came back to talk

About the promise that was made long ago

One wants to date the other

The other isn’t sure

But say she can be

There platonic girlfriend

The other isn’t sure to believe her

She said girlfriend and yet platoni...

“I pledge myself.”

“And I pledge myself too.”

Those words were spoken by two immature and naive children, Jake and Hanson. They pledged together that no matter what, they would be on each others side.

They were best friends. They always hung out with each other. And after a big fight, they had decided to make things right be promising.

“That feels like something was released off my chest,” bre...

To keep a secret of our friendship from all our other friends when we were young

It’s a special friendship that nobody must know

Even though you, you go out with other people are loves and I go out with other people and leave my own life we are always secret friends

It’s hard to be somebody that you’re not to each other

It’s hard to be false and keep the pretense of truth

One day no matte...

Blood brothers

No other

Long time promise

Need to be honest

No longer children

Promise between them

Breaking promise

Feeling dishonest

But this promise

Continues to languish

Decision to break it

Committed won’t take it...