Snippet #2115187

“I still remember the promise we made to each other when we were eight.” he said as he looked into the lake. “It was on this very edge of the dock. I remember you were sad because it was our last day before my family leave for France. You said you will never forget me and you wished I could have stayed.” he paused. “After all those years, I was not able to tell you this before, but I was so glad to hear those words from you. It made me feel that I matter to you.” 

Kate looked at him surprised. "Of course you matter to me." she said looking at him.

Kate smiled to herself shaking her head. "Phillip...I have alway been a girl who loves making new friends and meeting new people but I learned at a very young age people don't have to like you for you are...when your family came here I thought it was going to be another person who didn't really want to be my friend."

She smiled grabbing his hand gently. "Little did I know I would find a French boy who looked at me with probably one of the cutest confused face  whenever I spoke." She said laughing lightly at him. "You have to know I won't ever leave you behind because you mean to much to me. Your my  best friend...my oldest friend. I know you feel like everything is really bad but you have to know when you fall I am here to help you up."

“But looking at things, everything is just so distant.” he said." I’m stuck in Columbia. God knows why i’m still keeping up with it. And you, you’re doing great at school and now you have Jace to accompany you wherever you go.” he said with bitterness.

“It’s just that things are doing well for you kate, but for me it’s like being stuck in a whirphool - going in circles, no where to go.”

She shook her head angrily. "No..don't do that! Don't put me on this pedestal like I am good enough to leave you behind because that will never happen." she said seriously making turning his face to make him look at her.  "Do you understand me Philip Ward Lefeuvre...? I don't care if I am the world prima ballerina or married to the president. You are a part of my life indefinitely."

"You're my best friend...and yes you've lost yourself a little this year but I know you're going to figure it out."  Kate smiled softly at him. "Sometimes you have to lose yourself to find out who you are and what you want, to go for it."

"Remember when we were 9 and I told you I wanted to be a dancer when I grew up. Not once did you say you wanted to be like your dad. You said you wanted to be an artist and draw and paint pictures of me dancing. It might seem like that reality is impossible right now but in my heart I know it will still happen."

She plopped her feet gently in the water looking out at the water. "Now I think you should transfer out and go to the school with the major you want...I miss seeing you drawing everywhere you can put paper down..." I smiled.