Senior year of highschool

you and Jamie have been best friends since 6th grade. You’ve been by her side and she’s been by yours. Recently her parents have…gone through some tough things. They’re getting a divorce and Jamie feels alone. She’s an only child which makes it worse. She often sneaks out of her house, and goes to the park between both of your houses…

one day, your parents were out at a friends party, and you were home alone. You live in a very safe part of town so the let you leave the house a lot. You get a text from Jamie, it reads:

meet me at the playground

You bike down, and see her sitting in the slide, your usual meeting spot. She sniffled, saw you, and waved you over, wiping her tears before you could see them, but it still left wet fur beneath her eyes

Jamie: “hey”