The weeks of summer flew by. And sometimes, while lying in the grass looking into the crystal clear sky, she wondered if she was dreaming. But she couldn't be, not when he was right there beside her, not when he touched her, not when he kissed her. She smiled.

"Mayy…pick uup…" June said to herself as the phone rang.

"Hello?" June quickly straightened up.

"Hi, uhm, is May there?"

"Oh Meilin? One second…June?"

"Yep." She could sense his smile from the other side of the phone, Meilin's father, one of the nicest people she knew.

"Hello??" A breathless reply came.

"May?"

"Hey! I'm coming out."

They walked through the park, laughing as they struggled to climb over branches. The talked and giggled as they walked together.

"Okay. We're here," May stated, affirmatively. They looked at each other, determination shining through.

"Ready?" May nodded back at her. They entered the shopping mall, determined, armed and eager…16-year-old girls. They sped through the stores prowling through the CDs and flipping through the clothes racks.

"June, what was your first impression of me?" June faced May without taking her eyes off the dress.

"Mmm…snobby." She looked over and smirked, just to check that May wasn't angry. Her mouth dropped in a playful shock, although the comment seemed to slightly dent her. May turned back to her racks of clothes.

"Yah I thought you were childish." June turned towards May.

"Well excuse me for being young, miss impulsive everything." May glanced at her.

"But I love you." June let down her defenses and laughed.

"Friends forever right?"

"Best friends." They continued their speed shopping for a while until June interrupted.

"Tell me about your first love again?" May smiled at this.

"Ohh…where to start…well…he's a bit of a dork. We lived really close, he was like my neighbour or something," she gazed faraway, remembering. "I used to go out at night, to the nearby bridge, just to look out, and once someone was there. I could hear them behind me, I was so scared, I seriously thought I was gonna be kidnapped or something but I turned around to see this…. hot guy." They burst out laughing.

"What a surprise you lucky girl."

"And we just stood there for a while, he didn't even say anything to me and after a while he left, his voice was so quiet I could barely hear him saying bye to me. He seemed really vulnerable to me, something about him… a connection you know? And I think I fell in love."

"Aww," June crooned. "That's adorable May, better than mine. A clueless schoolgirl falling for the most popular guy." June rolled her eyes at herself.

"That was ages ago though," she added with a sheepish smile. Meilin continued after a while.

"We met up every once in a while, and after I found myself waiting for him. We talked a lot, I don't know if I can say we were going out…we held hands and sat together and…"

"I'm trying this on June, one sec!" May interrupted herself.

June found herself feeling flighty and in love, just with May's story. It really seemed like a fairy tale. Then again, she felt like she was in a fairy tale now so…

They finished their shopping and collapsed on the seats. May was carrying double the amount of shopping bags as June; May the impulse shopper.

"Ohh, I think I overspeennntt…." May whined. "But its worth it…Ohmygod! June!" With that she pulled June over to a booth. June let herself be dragged, too tired to think.

"Ok smile!" And within seconds they were taking sticker pictures, seemingly forgetting their exhaustion. They held up peace signs and posed for the quick flashes.

"By the way May, who's the guy? I want to meet this kid." June said through a smile.

"Huh?" May replied, caught off guard. Flash.

"Ok! Last picture, the heart background the heart one yah?" June exclaimed girlishly.

"Uh, sure. Yah, he's a lot older, different school and everything. No not that one," May interrupted, changing the settings.

They finished with everything and were walking back in the crisp night, the coolness brushing against their flushed faces.

June burst out in laughter.

"May look at you in the last one, you look so—so—" June said through laughs.

"Oh shut up," she pushed June. "I look so confused…grr…"

The photos were decorated and full of their youth and energy, friends forever scrawled on some with messy cursive.

Sixteen and ready to take on anything they talked and laughed like this would last forever.