July 18 1921
A six year old Jimmy and a 5 year old Linny sat on the Rames front steps on a hot summer day. Both had ice cubes in their hands and were trying to lick them up before they melted.
"Finished!" Linny cried wiping her dripping hands on Jimmy's bare arm.
He giggled and did it to her.
She laughed loudly and waved to a figure with a top hat on. "Hiya Mr. Rames!" she called out loudly.
He waved to her.
She got up and proclaimed to Jimmy. "I bet you can't catch me!" and then she ran off.
He jumped up and ran after her.
The children ran around the yard until finally Jimmy caught her.
They rolled on the grass laughing for awhile. "That was fun." They both said at the same time. They did that a lot. They were together almost every day now. And on the days that they weren't each child was so miserable that nothing the parents said made them feel better.
"I can't wait to start school next month!" Linny cried sitting up.
"It's boring." Jimmy said propping up on his elbows. "You'll hate it."
"No I won't!"
"Why wouldn't you!"
"Cause you'll be there!" she cried in such a 'what are you stupid' voice that he fell silent.
They sat in silence until Jimmy threw dirt at her and they started a dirt fight.
December 25, 1921
"Open it!" Jimmy whined while Linny opened her present painfully slow.
"I's hurrying." She mumbeled.
As the paper fell away she gasped.
"Its gorges!" she said awestruck
"I's glad you likes it." He said proudly.
She stared down at the small fake pearl necklace in her hands.
"Help me put it on." She said turning so he could fasten it.
He clumsily fastened it. She turned around and the white pearls gleamed in the light. The white was such a contrast to her black hair. "Now it's beautiful."
She blushed. "Open yours!"
He quickly ripped off the paper. He stared at the drawing in front of him. It was a childlike drawing with only pencil to color it in. But the two figures forever smiling in it were unmistakably them.
January 1 1922
"Happy new year!" called the seven people in union. Jimmy, his mom, Linny and her parents were all at the Rames.
Without thinking Linny leaned over and kissed Jimmy on the cheek.
Both looked away from eachother while the adults cooed.
They never lived that moment down.