Without Warning

I texted you, on a whim.
You replied.
We were watching the same movie.
On Tv.
You mistyped it,
Happy Potter.
We laughed.
That was the start of a beautiful friendship

.
You spent the night.
The first time.
We watched a movie.
Ate junk food like we should
Our personalities clicked and in an instant
We were best friends.


On a yellow sticky note
You wrote me a small message.
Every single day.
I kept every single one.
askim, or Manda;;Lynn
was what i called you.
You we're my best friend.


We didn't fight.
We never missed a weekend together.
Literally

.
Your parents fought.
We listened.
Sometimes you cried.
Nobody knew but I.
I didn't know what to do.
So I held you when you cried.
I told you it would be alright.
Though I didn't know if it would.


Then, without warning.
It happened.
I got the voicemail that nobody wants to hear.
"Hey Kimmy *sniff* it's Amanda,*sniff* Um, I guess..I'm moving tomorrow and...I don't know where and it's
this big long confusing story, but yeah, just call me back k?"
I called you.
It was true. You we're moving.


Days later, we found out you had two weeks.
We lived up those weeks as much as we could.
Sometimes, I could even say
I didn't feel the pain burrowing it's way in to my heart.
But your hugs we're just a temporary bandage for it.


Your house
was empty.
Not the meticulous clean your mom likes it.
Your room
was bare.
I broke down.
Together,
we cried in silence.


The last day together.
Two hours was all we had.
I ignored the lump I felt in my throat.
Two hours.
We enjoyed them.
Pretended not to feel the pain.
"I'm here."
The text my dad sent me said.
No, not now.
I can't walk away right now.
I need you.
I'm so unprepared.
We hugged in silence and just
cried.
I love you.
We tossed words around with our last few minutes slowly draining.
Like an hourglass.
Going too fast.
I wanted to flip it over,
start again.
But it was time.
I couldn't think of anymore encouraging words
so more crying followed.
One last hug.
You pulled away first.
The stabbing pain in my chest told me that was
the last hug.
Goodbye
I said.
I couldn't look you in the eye.
I got in the car.
I looked out the window.
You watched us until we were out of sight.
I knew you would.
No amount of hugs could make up for one of yours.
No more hugs.
It was the end.
No more pretend happiness.
It was all gone.
Funny how life can change with one phone call.
In an instant.
Without warning.