The night is cold and dark, the moon tonight is bright. Oddly bright. The sound of the waves and gentle breathing next to you is all you can hear, a few birds in the sky as they fly by for the winter.

You are sitting on the shoreline of the beach, next to you a girl is sat. Alara, she is your best friend. Your only friend. But soon she’ll be gone, she leaves the country in a few days for college and won’t be back…ever. She plans on staying in America.

Even though you both had finished swimming, she never took her clothes off. She always disliked her body she was born with, but that’s okay. She’s doing better than she was before. You’re worried for her leaving, and you don’t want her to go. You’ve liked her for years, and now..she’ll be gone.