“I’m not your father. I’m your friend.”
She can’t stop thinking about those words when she has a moment to herself. In her mind, she has turned the syllables upside down and inside out, but try as she might, she still hasn’t figured out what he meant to say.
Was it a careless remark, and is she reading too much into it? Or was he providing her hope? Opening a window when she’d shut the door to her childish dreams and unrealistic expectations?
“I’m not your father. I’m your friend.”
Whatever he meant, she sure likes the sound of it.
- Challenge: 100 words
- Word: Friend
- Original date: July 13, 2008
Logan & Marie 