Blog entry 4

Eric Sanders. I will never forget that name. He was my first friend when I moved to Florida. We were in the same class from first to third grade. He was a sweet little kid, with blonde shaggy hair and stunning blue eyes. We were both six years old and starting the first day of first grade. He was the only person to willingly sit with me. He liked my Pokemon backpack and wanted to discuss strategies for leveling up. Everyone in the class thought we were weird, but we didn't care. Every day we sat next to each other and talked about tv shows we watched. We ate lunch together everyday and played mission impossible together at recess. Then one day, in the middle of the year, we met Mackenzie Brown. She was taller than both of us, had blonder hair than Eric and had slightly lighter shade of brown eyes than I did. We hit it off really well. She brought us all types of excitement, including cool snacks for lunch, and new games to play at recess. We were like the three musketeers; the three best friends that anybody could have. By the time we got into second grade, it seemed all the girls had started to get crushes, myself and Mackenzie included; and the boys thought we all had cooties. The bond between Mackenzie and I grew closer than ever before, and by the middle of the semester, I finally admitted my crush for our male best friend. Naturally, she showed nothing but excitement and joy. She wanted to tell him, but me being the shy and reserved type, held her back and made her swear not to tell. It went on like that for a few months, her trying to hint that I liked him, and he with his anti-girl antics; although we were allowed to hug him because it was the best friend code, whereas no other girls could get near him. I will never forget the day my heart was broken. I had walked into the classroom and as far as I could tell it was going to be a great day. That is, until Eric and Mackenzie both ran up excitedly towards me with big news.
Eric whispered excitedly to my left ear: "Alex! Me and Mackenzie kissed yesterday at after care! Don't tell anybody!"

I looked at him with utter shock and yelled, "what?!"

Mackenzie scowled at me and said, "Shhh! Don't say anything! Or people will make fun of us."
That was the day I lost my two best friends to each other.