第32章终生的朋友（1）
FriendsforLife
蒂娜·利兹TinaLeeds
TimleftfeonaSaturdayandIonaSunday。Itwouldbethefirsttimewehadeverbeenapartoverthecoursehschoolfriendship。Ourswasmorethananirlfriendship，though。Ourewastheenvyofothers。Iwasinaweofhisamaziy，hishilariousjokesandhislittle-boylooks。Hecouldreadmymind，fiendbriericallaughterwithonlyalook。Weadoredeachother。Asourlastsummertogetherapproached，ourbondonlygrew。
Thesummerstartedoffslowly，withTimtryimymindoffthejerkIoasmyex-boyfriendandatotalwasteofmytime。Timwasdatingoneofmyclosefriends，andhadbeenforaonths。Ihadtositbyandwatchassheridiculedhim，madeajokeofhiminfrontofourfrieuallymadehimshefi。Shebrokemybestfrie，ahhim。
&honthepho，feacheachotheradvidwaboutcollege。Overtherestofthesummer，bothle，sowespentallether。Lateatnightafterouldmeetatdjusttalkfrewevesummer。Ionlywonderedwhyourfriendshiphadtogetsooerebtoleavefe。
Asthetimeapproawewouldhavetosaygood-bye，wewentshoppiherforschoolsuppliesandplannedourfirstrendezvousascollegestudentsforamonthafterwewerebothatschool。
AsIleftthatSaturdaymtotakehimtoschool，Iwasextremelynervous，mystomachfullofkwithmedurihree-hourcarride。OfcourseIwasgoingtomisshim，butthiswasnotasadfeeling，thiswasnervousness。Aswefinishedpaghimintohistinyroomandmakingitfeellikesomesemblane，ithitme—andithitmehard。Iwasihisguy！Anditwasn’tthefriendshipkiIhadfeltfhouthighschool；itwassomethingmuchdeeper。Ifelthelpless。Ihadfinallyrealizedmytruefeelingsformybestfriewastoolate。TearsfilledmyeyesasIsaty，steelbed。Isaidgood-byetomybestfriendandtheloveofmylife，wifwewerereallygoiinamonthasplanned。
ThatnightathomeasIpackedmystuffIcried，scaredthatthingswouldhesame。Wewerebothgoingtohaveourseparatelivesandwouldprobablybarelythiher。Justthentheph，andasIwipedmytearsaeraquiethello，thevoitheotheremekhingwasgoiwasTim。Beforeevensayinghelloheblurtedout，“TiomakethatrehanIthought。Howabouttonight？”