Last Year of Seventeen

r we agreed on how the chase would play out, I opened the ideas for the dates that would fol

e actually have to have stori

believe August agreed on a date with me. And he saw that with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears. They w

choose where we are going and when

I need yours. I'm only here because I'm bored. Y

ely, August is the kind of girl who listens to logic and reasons. In the end, we agreed that in the five date

issors– the most reliable method in decision making.

ntire day, just for the two of us, but August blatantly refused. It'll be no fun, she said. I didn't like the long lines, I told he

k she's that kind of person. So I waited. It did give me the time to ponder how much I hate theme parks and how I've never been back to one since I was eight. It's the

ever seen her out of uniform and for a second I got scared I might not recognize her. But

ffered my hand for support. She took it and said i

, she looked like s

leeves and a dirty Star Wars themed Vans. I realized we were

believe what h

. But I didn't feel angry in the least. I was too excited and was too pleased to final

ct and was required by the First-Aiders to wait an hour to check for any concussion. Luckily, apart from the slight scratch on her forehead, which she showed me, she suffered no other injuries. She was also requested in the poli

aited. So

ve. But of course

ved my contact information.

ach grumble. She paid for it just as she claimed. I did try to fight the check out of her hands, I wasn't really serious on having her pay what

e walked around the park. The sparkle on her eyes mirrors

s this your fi

ous?" She answer

eme park before. It's one of places where mos

as here, my dad could only pay for the entrance, not the

was

ith that knowing, urging face. The one where I think she wants to tell me something

to enjoy each other's company in the most despicable of places. I offere

ul drink we saw. August laughed more than I've heard of her the past four years I've known her in school. Especially when a falling spider in the Haunted Mansion land

ed to, in private yachts or fancy restaurants.

ing when August pulled me and said,

n anytime soon. I paid the operator when August turned h

d the wind was gently rocking our pod. I took out my phone and prepa

my cheeks. "It should probably look lik

nd turned to her afterwards

njoying it.

cold at all. If I didn't know her at school, I might have thought s

think I've ever act

t do you

to mine. It caught me off guard. It's the way

told her, "I think yo

crutinizing. "You didn't think I was befor

I do when I lie. But she said it was

. I will disco

didn't know until I told y

noticed, and I've constantly told them lies. That'

Does that mean you've be

ow any emotion other than apparent disgust. But he

d. "Also, I'm the one asking questions and you h

verse August, I

ctually, and vaguely threatening. And that kind of eclip

hat was the goal. To b

she needs. Surely her best friend will be more than willing to

her anything more. I want to be able to do this on m

hat none of this would be possible i

alking away with something. I with the money, you with your pride

't really ar

e naming baby girls with months, it's usually May or April, even June.

s if we were both enjoying the quiet at the same time. August giggled. Before all this

t she was pregnant with me. She knew h

ents as her mother's parents. I wanted to ask. But

herself space to think. And she would often do that by walking. So she walked around Paris to breathe, t

it as my own thoughts. "You were named after

e replied, a proud

cided to ke

like a sign that I'll be smart. Maybe even smart enough to cure cancer," she laughe

untold. I wanted to know what it was– the burden of the name. Was it

." I said. "It's like y

mart, I'm a thinker?"

way? When I close my eyes and think of you, I c

ust watched the bright shooting lights

e end. She only allowed me to drop her off a street away from her house. She didn't w

one of the selfies I took of us. It was just the one of August, looking at the firework