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The day had just begun to cool down when the sun sank lower, the sky darkened, and the stars sparkled against the ever-deepening twilight. A cool breeze started up, and the meadow grasses whispered as they bent around two prone figures in the middle of the isolated park. Both Izel and Katana breathed in the fresh night air, grateful for the breeze after a sweltering day.
The two girls had been best friends since the time they had been three years old and their mothers had placed them in the same daycare. Throughout preschool, elementary school, junior high, and high school, the two had been absolutely inseparable. Now, both of them were applying to colleges and moving on with life's brisk pace. today had been the most difficult day of their lives.
Izel had chosen to go to a school out in California, where she had dreamed of living since she had been a little girl. She had a cousin who lived there and visited exactly once for a family reunion and couldn't wait to return to the sun, the beaches, the cities, and everything.
Katana, on the other hand, had elected to apply and was accepted to a college in Illinois. Most of her family resided there and the majority of her childhood and teenage summers had been spent there visiting her uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents, and other obscure relatives.
Today was the last day before each friend was leaving to go her separate way- the last day they had to spend in one another's company.
The entire sunlit hours had been spent out and about the city- downtown, to be specific. The two friends had gone into every store, ate lunch at a favorite restaurant, and enjoyed an outdoor concert. All through the day both girls had laughed and smiled as they usually did when they spent time together, avoiding the fact that they were not going to see each other again for many months while away at school. Now, at the conclusion of the day, by unspoken consent, the two friends had gone to the meadow, where the best memories of their lives had taken place.
The sky continued to dim and the stars continued to brighten and neither girl wanted to face the reality that would hit them in the face in the airport the next morning. Instead, they sighed, and wished for this moment to extend into eternity.
The two girls had been best friends since the time they had been three years old and their mothers had placed them in the same daycare. Throughout preschool, elementary school, junior high, and high school, the two had been absolutely inseparable. Now, both of them were applying to colleges and moving on with life's brisk pace. today had been the most difficult day of their lives.
Izel had chosen to go to a school out in California, where she had dreamed of living since she had been a little girl. She had a cousin who lived there and visited exactly once for a family reunion and couldn't wait to return to the sun, the beaches, the cities, and everything.
Katana, on the other hand, had elected to apply and was accepted to a college in Illinois. Most of her family resided there and the majority of her childhood and teenage summers had been spent there visiting her uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents, and other obscure relatives.
Today was the last day before each friend was leaving to go her separate way- the last day they had to spend in one another's company.
The entire sunlit hours had been spent out and about the city- downtown, to be specific. The two friends had gone into every store, ate lunch at a favorite restaurant, and enjoyed an outdoor concert. All through the day both girls had laughed and smiled as they usually did when they spent time together, avoiding the fact that they were not going to see each other again for many months while away at school. Now, at the conclusion of the day, by unspoken consent, the two friends had gone to the meadow, where the best memories of their lives had taken place.
The sky continued to dim and the stars continued to brighten and neither girl wanted to face the reality that would hit them in the face in the airport the next morning. Instead, they sighed, and wished for this moment to extend into eternity.
