I do not own Stand by Me or any of its characters or affiliates, and I also do not own Nat King Cole or any of his songs, because his song is used as the title of this story and throughout the story at later times.
Prologue
Sometimes, in the middle of a complicated but overall normal life, life throws something at you that is really extraordinary. This extraordinary blessing in my life came in the form of a girl named Riley, and when I first met her, I knew she wasn't like any other girl I'd met.
She changed my outlook on life. Ever since Denny's death, I'd felt almost worthless, especially around my house, but once I met Riley, I knew that something was out there for me. There was something meant for me. I was my own person, I was no longer in Denny's shadow. I had my own life with my own relationships and my own feelings and my own likes and dislikes, and Riley showed me that and so much more.
So this story, in short, is a story of my first love. My true love. As many complications as we might have gone through, Riley will always be the only one for me. She's my girl, my love, my best friend, my partner, my guide-always has been and always will be.
This isn't only the summer that I saw my first dead body-this was the summer that I began to learn what it truly meant to love someone.
Well, I know it was short, but remember, it's just a prologue. Please review, because, since this is my first fanfiction, I really want to see what you think of me!