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Summary: Tristan and Rory were friends in Kindergarten but were separated. Now in high school, they have been reunited- but neither realises. TRORY
Hartford kindergarten was buzzing with young, sugar-high children running and jumping about. It was their first day! It was almost time for them to go home, so most were taking advantage of the little time they had left with their newly found friends.
It seemed as though everyone was having an excellent time… except for one lone girl, sitting all by herself in the corner watching everyone play, whilst secretly wishing that she could join in on the fun.
Meanwhile, another little kid was playing tag with his friends when he noticed a little girl sitting there in the corner whom he had never seen before. Intrigued, he decided to find out who she was, so he told his friends he didn't want to play anymore, and much to their protests, he walked over to the mysterious young girl.
He sat down next to her silently for a while, but she didn't seem to notice him there, so he asked, "Why are you sitting all by yourself?"
She looked up at him slowly and simply shrugged her shoulders
"Are you lonely?" he continued.
She nodded.
"Why?" he asked
The little girl muttered quietly, "coz no one wants to play with me", her bright blue eyes began to well up with tears.
The boy furrowed his eyebrows, deep in thought, "Hmmm," he pondered. "You can play with me?"
"Really?!" she asked, surprised. Her eyes sparkled with tears but she was grinning from ear to ear.
"Yeah!!" The boy smiled a big, goofy smile, showing big gaps where his front two teeth should have been, "You wanna go draw with me?" he asked, thoughtfully.
The girl smiled and nodded and the pair set off to a small, plastic, yellow table in the middle of the room and began to draw some pictures.
"My name's TJ" The boy said.
The little girl giggled. "That's a silly name!"
"Is not!" Little TJ poked out his tongue. "What's your name then?"
"Lori." She announced, proudly.
"Well… ha! Yeah…" he said, unable to think of a clever reply.
Bored of drawing, TJ pushed his work aside and rested his head on his hands. "What are you drawing, Lori?" TJ asked, tilting his head slightly to the side.
"A princess!", she announced happily.
TJ looked at her picture. "Is it you?", he asked
Lori shook her head. "No, you Silly Billy! I'm not a princess!"
TJ looked slightly puzzled at this news. "Well, why not?" he asked.
"I dunno" She replied, shrugging her shoulders.
"Well…" TJ started, "You can be my princess?"
Lori giggled. "Okay!"
The pair continued to chatter happily until it was time for Lori to go.
A tall brunette walked up behind Lori and put her hands over her eyes, "Guess who?" she said, in a deep comical voice.
"Mommy!" she cried.
The lady removed her hands from Lori's eyes and smiled to her. "How was your first day?" she asked.
Lori closed her eyes to emphasize her point and said, "Very cool" She opened her eyes and looked up at her Mom. "Oh yeah, Mom, you gotta meet my new friend! This is TJ!" She said, pointing to TJ.
"Hello 'Mam" he greeted
Lori's mom looked a bit taken-back by the four-year-old's manners but replied, "Heya TJ"
Lori made sure her Mom's attention was fully back on her before adding cheekily, "AND, TJ says I can be his princess!"
"Ooooh" Her Mom teased and TJ smiled. "Well TJ it's very nice to meet you!" she said, smiling back at him.
Lori's mom turned her head back to Lori and said with a sigh, "Well Lor, honey, I think it's time for us to go home now."
"But Mommy," she whined, "can't I just stay and play with TJ for a little bit longer?"
Her mother looked at her apologetically and said, "I'm sorry Lori but it's home time now and TJ will have to go home soon anyway."
Lori pouted. "Fine." She turned to TJ, and said in a slightly lighter tone, "I have to go home now. But I'll see you tomorrow, won't I?"
"I think so." He said, shugging.
Lori got out of her chair and took her Mom's hand as they walked away.
"Bye Princess!" TJ called after them and waved goodbye to her as she walked away.