hello my wonderful sweethearts.. I am so happy and so honored to introduce one of my favorite writers, she has 10 amazing books that get you hooked on the first chapter. she is amazing and so sweet, she's patient, kind and will go that extra mile to get you taken care of . she's a sweetheart and I am so happy to introduce her and her chapter to start off this amazing book that all of you will make. so here is Miss Annaleese Parker
Henry- the first time I saw her was in kindergarten. she was small, smaller than me. A little shy and timid and vary defensive of her crayons. at circle time the whole class sat on the big circle carpet to read quietly, I sat across from her she peeked out from under her strawberry shortcake book at me. I smiled, which encouraged her to smile back. My insides felt warm, I'd never had a girl smile at me before.
Later at recess someone suggested that we play tag. The first person I touched was charlotte. EW! Henry tagged Charlotte! henry has cooties now cuz he touched a girl!
There was always that one obnoxious kid with the bad haircut that would always loudly pint the obvious. I really didn't care. Neither did charlotte.
!Run four your lives! charlotte gave henry cooties!
All us boys ran and all the girls, including charlotte , accepted the challenge of chasing after us. from that moment on I ran and charlotte would always chase after me.
*4th grade*
our friendship started to form more solidly as the years went by specifically when I got stuck at the way way top of the monkey bars at free time. The teacher was no where in sight and I was scared out of my mind. Charlotte tried to talk me down, she gave me positive examples of not being afraid and taking that leap of faith I needed to in order to get back to the ground. Kids were crowded around the monkey bars laughing, pointing and making fun of me because I was so scared. I looked down at the one face that wasn't laughing at me.
"you can do it henry, just jump and you'll be fine,"
her voice was calm and reassuring. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I can do it. I repeated in my head. charlotte believes in me. in my 9 year old mind if someone believed in me, especially charlotte, than I can do anything. so taking another deep breath I quickly released my grip on the bars and jumped down. I landed hard on the ground. A terrified yell escaped my throat as I heard something crack. My arm was pinned beneath me. it just had to be broken. Charlotte rushed to help me up and dusted me off, she was the only one who cared. All the other kids had wondered off to get in their last few minutes of free time.
"Henry? Are you okay?
Charlotte asked me worriedly. I didn't want her to see the tears in my eyes.
"noooooo,"
I moaned shaking my head and holding my arm like the bruised wing of a baby bird. It was starting to swell to a abnormal size.
"Ms. Valentine! Henry's Hurt!"
Charlotte ran to get help and I limped after her. That day my mom picked me up from school early. I told her what happened and she took me to the emergency room to have my arm X-rayed, turns out it was broken. Lucky me. I was in a cast for two months but it was the funnest two months ever, because charlotte spent a lot of time at my house. she played games with me when I got bored, she read me my favorite captain underpants books, she smuggled candy from her house and shared It with me. she was my best friend and when I told her that she smiled.
we promised to be best friends forever even when we grew up and moved away from each other. but sometimes, things change. Life is a master fame changer. feelings change and the person who you thought was always gonna be your bestfriend changes.
Charlotte's POV: The first time he told me I was his best friend was the highlight of my life. A lot of bad things happened before me and my mom moved to swellview. My dad had just died and I missed him like crazy. We moved for a new life In a quiet little city where nothing much happens. I tried to stay to myself at school. go unnoticed. be invisible, but henry saw me and gave me confidence in myself. I can remember when I first relized henry needed me. He was stuck on the monkey bars, scared to death. I told him to jump and he did, only he broke his arm. I felt bad after that because I'm the one who told him to jump. Henry reassured me over and over that it wasn't my fault but I still felt guilty. More time passed by. The first day of 8th grade came and went. at the Halloween dance in the gym I was too nervous to dance with any of the bos, espically Jack Brennan.
"Charlotte is such a loser, she cant even dance with the hottest boy in school"
Paula Averson made that nasty remark, soon the rest of the girls were taunting me too. it got so bad I raan out of the gym to hide behind the bleachers they kept in the storage room. It was my favorite hiding place. I always come here when life get too much for me at school. I sat there feeling dumb in my black and orange dress. I get mad at myself for being so shy, it's not fair. a few minutes later henry found me.
" Hey char what are you doing back here ther'es a party going on?"
" I know"
"so what's wrong"
"I'm... I'm too freaking shy henry, this sucks."
I covered my face with my hands and tried not to cry
" I'm so stupid,"
" no you're not"
henry pulled my hands down and made me look up
"am I you're best friend?"
I sniffed
"yeah"
"then you're not stupid"
I smiled a little bit, Henry grinned.
"don't listen to those jerks, yore the prettiest girl out there and their just jealous of you"
he whispered wiping a tear off my cheek with his thumb.
" I am?"
"yeah why did you think jack asked you to dance with him"
I felt my cheeks get warm at his compliment
Henry always knew how to make me feel better.
"now let's get back out there and show them what a real Halloween party looks like"
Henry stood up and offed me his hand. I took it and smiled up at him, getting to my feet. we left the storage room and returned back to the gym. for the rest of the night henry danced with me. sure I was embarrassed by his crazy dance moves but I was having stomach fun it didn't even matter.
HIGHSCHOOL
this was the most challenging year of our lives. crushes, homework, test, drama. everything rolled into one. the first year was awkward for both me and henry. we spent the summer apart and when we saw each other in the halls again something happened. Henry looked at me. I looked at henry. he was tan from being out in the sun too long, his brown eyes held my gaze carefully and he generally looked like a different person to me. we were looking at each other as if nothing changed but then everything about us had changed. I know for a fact my feelings were starting to change, no matter how bad I didn't want them too.
"hey char, looking good"
henry causlay walked passed me to get to class
' you too he,"
I tossed back at him, fighting off the fact that he smelled really good. later that day I watched as the girls lined up to talk to henry. they all fought for his attention. I couldn't blame them, henry was hot now. he could get any girl he wanted for me, I stayed out of the high school spot light. I went to class.
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