JOE AND HIS TAPE.

Joe handed me a cassette tape on the bus ride to school. It was labeled "Cameron's Favorites." I grabbed my Walkman and headphones from my book bag. I hooked up my headphones in my Walkman and inserted the cassette. I pressed the play button on my Walkman.

I waited a moment until I heard "Enola Gay" playing.

I grinned. Joe knew me too well. Though, if he didn't know my very best songs, I would be disappointed since he is my best friend.

A lot of people think it's weird that I have a friend that is a boy. But I don't see the problem.

I have known Joe since my first day of pre-school. I cried that day because I didn't want to leave pre-school and go home. I had wanted to stay and play with Joe instead. I kept making a fuss and crying as loud as I could until she let me stay longer and finally she met Joe's mother when she came to pick Joe up.

Everyone in my school wonders why we aren't dating. We have known each other since forever and it only seems that Joe only wants to be friends. Which I was okay with until last year's school dance.

I wasn't planning on going to the dance because I had no one to go with until Joe had rang my house at the last minute and asked if I wanted to go with him. I said yes and had a blast at the dance.

When it had gotten to the last thirty minutes of the dance, the slow music drifted through the speakers when Joe asked for a dance. We looked in each other's eyes that night until he leaned down and kissed me on the lips. It threw me completely off track.

So ever since that day, I had no idea what Joe wanted. But so far, he's acting like my best friend. Which makes me think that kiss was a friendly kiss. I'm not sure if a friendly kiss actually exists but I think it may be possible that it does.

So right now, I'm listening to "Enola Gay" while wondering if Joe is just my best friend when Joe gestures me to take off my headphones.

I slide my headphones off my ears and let it hang around my neck so I can hear the music and Joe's words.

"Hm?"

"Remember "The Bus Club" we had in middle school? Wouldn't that be cool if we all joined back together again?"