I closed my eyes, thinking about how alone I was. My mom leaves when I was what, like six or seven, Jez leaves me ten years after she promised not to. I remember that day as if it was yesterday...

*Flashback Starts*

I trudged through Muir Woods thinking, could my life get any worse, when she called out "Hey Morgy, wait up!" I smiled at the sound of the dumb little nickname she gave me. I stop, and turn looking into her beautiful eyes and simply stated "Now why would I do that...Jezebel" I sneered, she froze " You little..." she began to hiss, but stopped suddenly. I realized the one tiny second I had let my guard down she noticed. " What's wrong Morgead?" she asked a mask of concern covering her usual happy face. "It's nothing that should concern you, now I'm gonna go." "Morgy, you're my best friend of course it concerns me. I'm here to listen. So tell me, what's up?" she looked very upset at this point, so I just caved. "It's been a year, exactly, today since..." I got choked up, which was unusual for me, which worried her even more. "Since..." Jez urged. What an impatient girl I thought. "Since my mom left." It ended the conversation immediately. I figured it would. We sat there in silence, for what seemed like forever, when she finally spoke up. "Morgy, you know I won't be like her." "What a slut?" I replied. " No" she spoke, with a look of relief on her face that I somehow knew had appeared because I used my sarcasm. "No" she repeated "I meant I won't ever leave you like she did. I'll always be here, no matter what. You're my best friend too, I need you as much as you need me." It was then I realized I loved Jezebel Redfern. Not like the soppy, gooey "in love" stuff that's in all the movies, but the sweet, purely innocent love between two young best friend. I realized I hadn't spoken for awhile since she said it and she was starting to get nervous. Finally, I spoke up " Jez" I said tenderly, " you don't know how much..." I couldn't finish. Sweet things just weren't my natural calling, obviously, so she simply said with full understanding " I know."

We were half way back to her Uncle Bracken's when I whispered, " Jez promise me." "Promise you what?" "That you'll always be here....forever." A smile, so gorgeous no words could describe it, spread across her face, "I promise on my life I will never leave you."

*End of Flashback*

Hmmm..., I wonder if she's still alive, I thought morbidly, probably not seeing as I'm still here and she isn't. I closed my eyes, going back to my dreamland, where those words from that day haunt me again and again. Little did I know when I closed my eyes, that two hours later I would wake up to those beautifull eyes glaring from above. I was in for a huge surprise.