I stood looking out the window watching the snow fall at my parents house that I was staying for the holidays. "Hannahbelle! Someone is here to see you!!!" My mother shouted from downstairs. I sighed and left my old bedroom and walked down the old wooden stairs in our two story cabin and there he was... my best friend I haven't seen in a long time; Brad.
His brown eyes traced up the stairs and met mine. He wore a white cowboy hat that covered up his black hair. "Hey Hannah. Long time no see." He greeted me as he opened his arms. I made my way down the stairs and walked up to hug him. He smelled of firewood and something else I couldn't put my finger on. We released each other from the hug with warm smiles. "You've grown up since the last time I saw you... what was it? 15 years ago?" He scratched the back of his neck, trying to remember. I nodded and pushed some stray blonde hair out of my green eyes. "Yup that's right. You grown too... I heard you're in the music industry... kinda funny since you hated your pawpaw's guitar." I laughed and so did he. "Yea I've started to climb the charts." He smiles at me with that goofy grin.
I motioned him up the stairs and we walked to my bedroom and shut the door. We both sat on my bed and looked at one another. "So, hows life brad?" I asked kinda embarrassed from being awkward after all these years of not seeing my best friend. "Well, it's been good...." he looked at the ground with a flushed face. "What's wrong brad?" I looked at him with concern. "Eh it's nothing... how was your life?" He finally looked up at me. "To be honest, it's been kinda rough... I've missed hanging out with you and I thought you forgot about me." I frowned and bit my lip. "How could I forget my first and only best friend?" He smiled and put a hand on my shoulder.
For some reason I felt my cheeks heat up, I never had this feeling before so why do I feel it now?...
"Are you okay Hannah? Your cheeks are turning red... do you have a fever?" He asked as he put a warm hand against my forehead. "You feel warm... maybe you should rest." Brad sighed and moved me up to the top of my bed and covered me up. "Brad, I don't feel such though, I don't know why my face is red or why I'm burning up." I was kinda worried since this never happened to me before. "Hmmm... I'll stay up here and watch over you if you'd like me to." He offered with a shy smile. I nodded and patted the spot next to me.
He climbed up next to me after slipping his boots off. "It's been so long since we've been in the same bed." He laughed and started talking about our sleep overs and how we would stay up all night playing video games and telling jokes. "Yup" was all I said due to the fact that I couldn't think of anything else to say. I closed my eyes and relaxed against brad who's body was comfortably warm against mine. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close. There was that weird feeling again... my heart beat is racing and feels like it's going to jump out of my chest. I started to drift off into the darkness that is sleep.

-to be continued-