It was an ordinary afternoon at the neighborhood playground, there I met Ashley she was the most endearing and enthusiastic person I’ve ever met

“Hi I’m Ashley, do you want to play restaurant with me?” Her smile felt warm and friendly “Sure..” we played together for so long..playing with rocks, mud, and sticks. We made mud pies together decorating them with pebbles and glitter that she had in her pocket, I was having the time of my life playing with her

We pretend to be wizards “You shall not pass without a trial” she says pretending to be a wizard “let me bring in a witness” she pulls out a brown bear stuffed toy “Did she steal magic from you? Mr. Cozy” “She did!” She mimicked the accent of a Britt while shaking the stuff bear’s head “Objection! I did not” I responded with a cheeky tone

We played relationship drama “I love her!!” She screamed “Liar! You’re with him!” I said in anger “I can’t trust you after what you did!” “OH REALLY? Remember what you did in Las Vegas!?” She shot back

We played Villain and Hero “Avenge me..bleh” I say in a dramatically pretending to be dead, “I will” Ashley says in a sad tone “HA! You have no one! Hahaha no one” I say behide her pretending to be the villain..

Eventually it got dark she left with her mother to go home and so did I

“See you tomorrow, Michelle” “See you” was the last thing we said to eachother..until I thought i saw her again..she looked a little different still with the same brown her, same strong energetic

voice, and a familiar scar from her cheek..I met her again.