"Jake, I have something to tell you," said thirteen-year-old Samantha Forster. They were sitting on some boulders while their horses rested from the race that had just happened. Jake had won, but she would never admit that, not with what had to tell him. He didn't respond, but then again, he's not much of a talker. She knew what look would be on his face anyway. It would be one saying "ok, what is it?"
"My mom and I are leaving. And I don't know if we'll be back." This time she looked at him. Her best and oldest friend, Jacob Ely, was sitting completely still. This wasn't his normal stillness where he just sat and took everything, it was a stillness of shock.
"What do you mean?"
She paused before answering. This was one of the hardest things she has had to do in her short life. She was having to say goodbye to her best friend.
"My mom found out that my dad was cheating on her. She gave him a choice and he chose the other woman, so it was decided that my mom and I are going to live with my aunt in California while everything is decided. And I don't think that we'll be back."