iCan Cope
Chapter 1
iHave to
Leave
"Sam!" The little eight year-old screamed at the top of her lungs. She ran as fast as she could to catch up to her best friend.
"Carly!" Sam jerked away from her mother and ran towards Carly. The two girls met and threw their arms around each other as tightly as they could.
"Sam, I don't want you to move. Please don't move. Stay here." Carly began crying, clutching her best friend even tighter. Both girls were only eight years-old. They had been friends since birth and they were being separated in the worst possible way.
Sam's mom walked behind her. She couldn't bring herself to pull her away from Carly. Spencer had walked behind Carly, but also couldn't bear to pull Carly away from Sam. The sight of seeing the two girls hugging and crying managed to jerk a tear or two out of both Sam's mom and Spencer. Sam's mom looked up to Spencer and mouthed the words 'I'm sorry.' Spencer nodded, understanding why they had to leave, although he knew Carly would not.
"Carly, I don't want to leave you. I wanna stay here." Sam refused to let go of Carly. Sam's mom put her hand on Sam's shoulder.
"I'm sorry, sweetie. We have to go, the taxi is waiting."Sam's mom tried to sound strong for her daughter since she knew how badly leaving Carly was affecting her. Slowly, Sam and Carly stopped hugging, but wouldn't let go of each other's hands.
"I love you, Sam." Carly said.
"I love you, Carly." They leaned in for one last hug and kissed each other on the cheek like they did their families. Neither girl could bring themselves to say good-bye though. Sam walked with her mother to the taxi and looked back at Carly just before she got into the taxi and waved. Spencer walked behind Carly and put his arms around her.
"Hey, kiddo. It's gonna be okay." Spencer tried to comfort her.
"No, it won't. Sam's gone." Carly began crying more. Spencer picked her up and carried her back to their apartment. Carly had stopped crying by the time they got inside of the apartment. Spencer, being the good brother that he is, did everything he possibly could to help Carly cope with her best friend leaving.
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Two weeks later the phone rang.
"Hello?" Spencer answered.
"Can I talk to Carly, please?" A tiny voice on the other line spoke.
"Yeah, just a second." Spencer hadn't even realized who was calling. He walked to Carly who was sitting on the couch and said, "someone wants to talk to you." He handed her the phone.
"Hello?" She softly spoke into the phone.
"Carly!" Sam yelled on the other line.
"Sam?!" Carly's extended frown shot off her face and grew a smile when she heard her voice.
"My mommy said I could call you whenever we got moved in at our new place. I really miss you, Carly!" The little girl spoke.
For the next 2 years both girls called each other almost every day. Strangely, for a while they managed to remain close friends just through phone calls. Sadly though, after time started to pass, the girls called less and less.
AN – Okay, so this is just pretty much an intro chapter. The idea was given to me by dttdemon. Thanks, buddy! So, this story is for her! I know it's short, but reviews are still nice : ) (especially if there's anything you wanna see!)