Chapter 4 - Some things happen for a reason
Haley's POV
At lunch time, Alex saw that there was something bothering me but she knew I wouldn't like all the attention on me as I fake-smiled and fake-laughed at all the jokes going around and at the antics of my brother and Manny. She however, did corner me after lunch. I told her everything that had happened so far. Speechless, she gave me a hug and said that it'll all be okay.
Remembering that I had gotten her a present, I give it to her as we sit near the pool. Everyone had given us our space as they saw the two of us talking by the pool. She opens her present and smiles as she sees two lockets. We were walking around in the mall and had seen these two lockets in Macy's. She had liked it a lot but I acted like I didn't. The two lockets were matching lockets and on opening them, the left side was plain for the person to inscribe what they wanted to and the right side had a picture slot. I asked the person at the counter to inscribe " I'll always be there for you" in this beautiful cursive handwriting and I had found this real nice photo of the two of us and had put it in the lockets. She was so happy that she wore the locket right away and hugged me telling she loved it and she loves me so much. As we hugged, I was glad that we got closer and that she loved the locket. As I wore the locket, she stood up to go and show it to mom. I told her I'd like to sit by the pool for some more time.
As she left, I went back to drinking my beer as I enjoyed the silence, feeling very happy that Alex loved the gift and was enjoying her Graduation Celebration day. I got a call from dad who had called to check on me. I lied to him saying I was feeling better and told him about the present I got for Alex. He was glad that his two daughters had gotten more closer.
Smiling, I cut the call and started to get up when I heard the one voice I was longing to hear say my name.
"Haley"