1 Year Ago:

It was on my thirteenth birthday that we met. The day was as beautiful as ever, as was the norm in the village. This day, I knew from the moment I first opened my eyes, was going to be a very special day. I don't know how I knew, but I did.

Early morning was when I woke up. I went through my normal morning routine and decided that I would check out the beach, try and see if there was something that I might not have noticed before. As I walked through the village and toward the beach, I saw Jak standing at the edge of the water, allowing it to lap at his exquisite toes. Perhaps it was fate, or perhaps it was just chance, but I knew that this was when and where my life finally took on a purpose and a meaning.

As I walked over that last bridge leading to the beach, he noticed me. At long last, someone finally noticed me! I walked up to Jak and asked him how he was doing. He responded in kind by saying, "Daxter, right?" I nodded emphatically and he continued: "Things are fine for me. But how about you? You seem all excited and happy about something... What is it?"

"Well, Jak, it's not really one thing. It's kind of a two-for-one, "I replied. "You see, today is my birthday, but I don't really want a big party. Actually, I would really rather have a small party for two, if you understand what I mean."

Jak slowly turned away from the water to face me. I thought to myself, 'Finally! He's actually noticing me!' Jak calmly and slowly spoke, "Daxter, let me guess, your party for two, would it happen to include me?"

'Damn he's good,' I thought to myself. I nodded to Jak and I took his hand so that I could lead him down to the lagoon at the end of the beach.

Along the way to the Lagoon I explained to him how I had been keeping my eye on him for the last month and prayed each night that he would finally notice me. We continued our walk to the lagoon and discussed my plan to include him specifically in my thirteenth birthday.

As we neared the edge of the lagoon water, I finally began to completely disrobe so that I could comfortably enter the water. Jak quickly followed my lead and we both walked, hand in hand, into the water. 'Damn this water is perfect, as usual,' I thought to myself.

I swam to the middle of the lagoon and beckoned Jak, in all his perfection, to join me. He did so and once he had, he wrapped his arms around me tightly, and rolled over on his back with me on top and we floated serenely in the water. As we floated, Jak began to hold me tighter and he nibbled ever so gently on my ear and whispered , "I would be more than happy to join you in your party."

'God, this is as close to the perfect day that you will let me have, isn't it?' I thought. As I thought this, a dove flew right over us.