Mary Elizabeth and everyone came over, and while Sam’s mom was busy checking everything twice, we all walked to the driveway.
Sam and Patrick’s parents got in the van. Patrick got in the driver’s side of Sam’s pickup truck,
telling everyone he’d see them in a couple of days. Then, Sam hugged and said good-bye to everyone.
Since she was coming back for a few days toward the end of the summer, it was more of a “see ya” than a good-bye.
I was last. Sam walked up and held me for a long time. Finally, she whispered in my ear.
She said a lot of wonderful things about how it was okay that I wasn’t ready last night
and how she would miss me and how she wanted me to take care of myself while she was gone.
“You’re my best friend,” was all I could say in return.
She smiled and kissed my cheek, and it was like for a moment, the bad part of last night disappeared.
But it still felt like a goodbye rather than a “see ya.” The thing was, I didn’t cry. I didn’t know what I felt.
Finally, Sam climbed into her pickup, and Patrick started it up. And a great song was playing.
And everyone smiled. Including me.
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