APART BUT TOGETHER

Chiseled abs, the perfect face, I can remember every detail about him. From his soft and kind way of speaking to me, to how he made me feel calm and included so often.

"Z, Z, Zarah!"

The sound of my best friend's voice jolted me out of my state of dreaming.

"Ms. Fable, daydreaming again?"

Mrs.Hancock always knew how to embarrass you in front of the class if you did something

wrong.

"No Ma'am"

I said in the loudest noise possible. Which I didn't mean to do. The whole class thought it was so funny that they all burst out into laughter. Finally, saving me from further embarrassment, the bell rang and luckily before Mrs.Hancock had time to announce the homework for the night. I start rushing to get out of the classroom also so save myself from further embarrassment. I figured Kiara would catch up with me when she got out.

"Girl, wait up! You seriously walk way to fast"

Kiara was my best friend, don't get me wrong but the problem wasn't that I walked too fast but that she walked too slow.

"Sorry, I had to get out of there before Mrs.Hancock asked me any more questions about me daydreaming again in class."

Today was not the first time my history teacher had woken me from a trance. How many times has it happened? Now, that question I can't answer.

"Were you dreaming about James again?"

"I won't confirm or deny if I was or wasn't."

James is Kiara's brother. He's a senior in college and he is sooo amazing. He is kind, and helps out so many people. When we were in highschool together and some stupid jocks or other guys were bothering me, he would always stop them for me and defend me. With him around no one would ever bother me. He also happened to be the guy I liked. Unfortunately, he is a junior in college and I'm only a senior in high school.

"Z you have to get over him. Not only is he 4 years older than you but he is also in college."

"I know, I know, but I just can't help it! He is so amazing. And even though he is in college he still texts me and calls me!"

I could tell by KiKi's tone that she didn't believe a single word that I said.

"Yeah right. And when was the last time you talked to him?"

Damn it, she was right. I haven't talked to him on the phone in a while. But we texted everyday. Each text I could only imagine what he was doing. Sexily typing on his computer or doing school work with his glasses on made him look like a hot, athletic nerd.

"Ok so I haven't talked to him physically for awhile but we text almost every day."

"I seriously don't understand how you seem to like my brother more than I like him. And I'm related to the idiot!"

I mean she wasn't wrong. He took over my thoughts on a daily basis. I never knew what to do around him but we just always clicked when we spent time together. When Violet and I were younger he would do so much with us. One time he took us to a theme park. Violet was screaming at me to get on the rollercoaster with her. It was called "The Ride of Doom". So naturally I said hell no as I did not want to get on any form of ride that included the word doom. But James looked down at me and said that I could sit right next to him. After about another 5 minutes of Violet screaming I finally said yes. James sat right next to me, as promised, as the ride started to go up I started to get very anxious. I did not like any form of ride that was open and involved heights. I could not help but think of everything that could go wrong. But just before the ride went down James grabbed my hand and looked at me with caring eyes. After that I would not ride any roller coaster unless James was with us. He gave me courage to try new things. That is something I could never forget.

"Look," Kiara started out, "I know you care for him but it's never going to happen. Not only is there an age gap that I doubt he would look over, but you guys are so far apart. He is going to college in New York and we are here in California. It's too much of a distance."

She was right. Even if I didn't want to admit it. In my own heart though, it doesn't matter how far apart we are because our messages and phone calls show how much we are together.