Secret: You are my best friend. I haven't known you for even a year, yet I trust you more than friends I've had for years. I can tell you anything, you won't judge me. You're one of the best friends I've ever had, never leave me. Thank you so much, I wanted to remind you that I love you.
This one has actual dialouge in it.
James' POV
We hadn't been friends for long; I barely even knew her. Then, she came up to me in the middle of winter break and told me her parents are getting divorced and that she's going to go with her mum back to Ireland. A little part of me broke. I'm not sure where; I'm not sure why. Something just broke.
After that, I made an effort to spend as much time with her as possible. We became really close, and I told her things I had never told anybody, not Roxie or Fred or Erica. We told each other secrets, usually the sad ones. But we had to guess them, and that made it easier to hear the funny things we came up with. It almost made the pain easier to bear.
We became so close; I think I might've loved her. But we remained very close friends. Then, on platform 9 ¾, right before she was about to go meet her mum, I caught her sleeve. I had to tell her. She couldn't leave with things so- unfinished.
"One more secret," I begged.
Marianna shot me a sharp glare. "I don't have time for guessing games, James."
"It'll be quick," I insisted.
She sighed. "I'm all ears. What?"
I was about to say I love you, but the words died on my lips. How could she leave when I either knew she didn't love me or she did? Was it really better to leave things as they were?
"I forgot," I lied.
She gave me a quizzical look, and then she was swept away by the crowd. I never saw her again. And for the most part, I never thought about her. Still, sometimes I miss our secret-guessing game; it was a bond I had with her that I never will have with Fred or Roxie. Though Marianna's been gone for a while, her memory still lives inside me; it was a friendship I could never forget.
You are my best friend. I haven't known you for even a year, yet I trust you more than friends I've had for years. I can tell you anything, you won't judge me. You're one of the best friends I've ever had, never leave me. Thank you so much, I wanted to remind you that I love you.