Scrawlers

We were young, but we were not in love. At age six, we couldn’t understand it. Despite this, we spent our summers playing tag and chasing dragonfly tails. She held my hand at sunset. We were not in love.

It was the summer I turned five that my family moved in next to hers. We were friends, inseparable – Michelle and Jackson.

Michelle was really good at finding all the best spots during hide and seek. I always won our races. Sometimes I think she purposely let me win. She did not love me, and I did not love her.