daily writing challenge - day 1

[elydesia]

After packing up my bags for the weekend, I was picked up at my house at the usual time of seven-thirty on a Saturday morning by one of my good friends Silas. I shoved my luggage in the trunk and climbed into the passenger seat. Immediately I rolled down the window and let cool air flow through the car.

"Seven and already this hot out. How can you drive with the windows up?"

He shrugged and started the car. I turned the radio on and popped in one of the CDs I kept here. Olivia Ong's "Fly Me To The Moon" came blaring and I hastily turned the volume down, feeling a a pang of embarrassment. He glanced sideways at me and gave a slight smile.

"You should take those back some time," he said.

"I keep them here for times when you pick me up," I replied and rested my elbow on the window sill. He kept quiet and we drove to the beach and meetup with our friends Imogen and August. They had just arrived and were starting to set out their stuff. We picked a spot halfway between the usual noon tide mark and the sidewalk, dug a deep hole and scoured the beach for large logs. We set up a tent and huddled in it like children in a secret clubhouse, the sea in front of us and the city behind us. A blue cloudless sky hovered above us and a salty breeze flew past us.

We stayed hunched over in our tent for a short time, chatting and playing video games and tapping at our smartphones. At nine we crawled out to play. Imogen and August splashed in the water while I walked along the sea line looking for shells. Silas left to go for a walk and came back about an hour later.

"What time is Trevor supposed to come?" I leaned back into the sand couch we created and drank from my water bottle.

Silas' eyes were glued to his phone screen. "I don't know." Sighing, I yanked out my DS and played Pokemon until it was time for lunch.

We ate our packed lunches and relaxed in our tent. "Hey, Clem, want to go for a walk?" Imogen looked over at me from her book with a big smile on her face.

"Sure." We left the two guys in the tent, the both of them so intently focused on their tech talk.

Imogen and I walked along the sidewalk that followed the shoreline, talking about school and the latest news between our friends. And we walked and talked for a long time, until we came to the inukshuk. We turned around and walked back.

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author's notes
day 1
not happy with how it was going, so I just ended it.

word count: 454

30 days of letters - day 1

[elydesia]

dear, best friend;

I think we've come to this point in time, where we don't consider ourselves "best friends" anymore? But I will always consider you my best friend, because it was you who has changed me the most. For the better. And I know it sounds a little strange, because it wasn't you alone who taught me to be free. It was a group effort after all, you know. But, I think you taught me the most important thing. You taught me to stand up for myself, and not let people take advantage of me.

You and she cut my hair, and I grew confidence. While it's true you only showed me down the first steps to where I am today.

I'm really glad I met you, and that you've stayed a constant friend ever since. I appreciate you as a person, and as someone I can confide anything to. I can be 100% myself when around you. I feel comfortable around you.

thank you
love, kiwa.