My Stupid Mickey
Students ran out of school flinging of their blazers and ties.
"What you think?" Rose Tyler said with her sweet grin. She always looked so happy and innocent "Last day Mickey and you are going to college!"
"The thing about that is, I was thinking that… I want to stay here with you and everyone!" I sighed.
"I know but if your Nan says it would be better for you then she is probably right!" Rose smiled putting her arm around my shoulders.
Rose was smart, she was dead smart but ever since she had decided to date the coolest boy at school, Jimmy Stone, Rose had just sort of… well, she'd stopped doing well at school, slacked at her job and most importantly she had no time for me any more.
Rose grinned "anyway once you're like a famous doctor or something you can buy me a nice apartment in the middle of London and a holiday house in Spain. That's if you don't ever forget about your old friend Rose Marion Tyler" she giggled as she said it but I looked at Rose deadly serious.
"Rose, you know I could never forget about you!" I said almost in a whisper but she heard it.
"Well in that case, I want my holiday house in the north of Spain" Rose said.
"Listen Rose…" I said drawing off the words. I had no idea how I was going to tell her "I'm not going to college. I quit so I could stay here with you!"
"Oh Mickey, you're so stupid sometimes" Rose said and I was about to intervene but Rose held my hand and looked at me and said "but you're my stupid Mickey and you always will be…"