To wish Upon A Star

I went to bed early that night half from being bored and the other half wanting for the night to be over and morning to be here so I can find out if Brandon did or did not tell him. In the morning I did try to stay in bed as long as I could but after an hour of tossing back and forth I gave up on the idea and head down to the bathroom to bathe and get ready for the day, I took my time and must have killed an hour in the bathroom that morning "Good morning nan and pap" I said as I desended the second landing into the kitchen. " Well good morning to you" Pap said as he folded the paper. " Your up early" Nan said as I kissed her check. " I know early to sleep early to rise" I sang as I seen Brandon asleep on the couch in the living room. "besides I have some one to question as soon as he opens his eyes" I thought to myself. Nan decided to make eggs and bacon this morning since we all were up so early  and the sound of the televison and smell of the bacon frying must have woke Brandon from his sleep because it was not long after that he stumble up the stairs and down the hall to the bathroom.

It was right after we finished eating that I headed out to the back porch with Brandon. " Did you have fun last night" I asked as I lit my cigarette, "yea it was fun" Brandon replied. "Well did you keep my promise" I question. 'what promise was that" Brandon asked. "Did you tell Aaron that I like him" I replied. "No I did not say a word to him" Brandon replied then added "I did not have to Dale told him" I did not know what to say at first so I just sat there staring at him finally I asked " What did he say" as my heart came to  a stand still this was the moment I had look for and dreaded all at the same time. "He likes you too" Brandon said with a smile. "No stop playing" I said in return, "No Im serious he likes you too but if you want to go out with him you have to ask him because he is too shy to ask you" Brandon stated. " Are you joking with me" I asked, "no I being for real" brandon answered. I sat there a while not saying any thing and thinking about what Brandon had just told me. I had answered guys out before but this was different every time that I was around Aaron I turn into mush. " You know if you are thinking about asking Aaron out you better make it soon he leaves in three days for Germany" Brandon added. " Wow in three days huh" I stated back. The pressure was most certainly on but I can do anything I put my mind to and I sure as hell should be able to do this...I hope.

Aaron came up that afternoon and sat down beside me as he had done many times before. We sat around the three of us talking well into the evening, we joked and laughed and told stories about the stupid things that we had said and had done. Aaron laughed as he told Brandon about the time he nearly drown this girl in the lake, the whole time looking at me and we both laughed, but I had tears rolling down my face  from laughing so hard when Brandon finally realized that Aaron was talking about me.
Brandon had me read one of my poems that I had wrote when I was 11 years old. I was having so much fun sitting there but with every beginnng there is an end and I knew this was coming to end tonight quickly when Brandon went into the house to get ready for the two of them to head on out. "I really liked that poem" Aaron said. " Thank you it is not that good but its one of my first" I replied. "No really it was good and I would like to some more of your poems" Aaron said with his lop sided grin."Sure just let me know and I'd be happy to share them with you" I aswered back. "great can't wait" Aaron said as Brandon came out the door and started off the porch. " I guess he's ready so I'll see you later" Aaron said as he waved goodbye and he disappeared around the corner.

" you silly girl sitting there talking about some poem when there was a perfect moment to asked him out" I yelled at myself. If I kept this up I would never even stand a chance in getting together with him before he leaves the states for Germany. I had two days left and I had better started figuring out what and how I was going to ask Aaron out. I sat out on the porch until bed time running different idea's though my head and finally I decided on what sounded the best and the shortest because any thing long and drawn out was never going to make it out of my mouth. I practiced it in bed I know for every bit of two hours before I finally was able to fall alseep confident that I will do just fine tomorrow. The next morning I woke to find that Brandon  had not slept over at nan house that night. I ate and went out to the porch to sit and write as I did every morning since I had gotten here, I was justing cracking open my notebook when I seen Aaron coming up on to the  porch. "good Morning" Aaron called out, "morning Aaron" I replied.  "Brandon is not hear this morning" I stated as Aaron walked over and took the set beside me. " I know I did not come here to see him I came here to see you" Aaron laughed and looked me in the eyes. " Oh okay I said with a laugh not really sure what to say and suddenly my stomach was in knots. "this was it I thought the moment and the right time now open your mouth and speak' I coached myself. I opened my mouth and  not one word came out. "So what do you think in the mood to share some of your poems" Aaron asked. " Sure if you really want to hear them" I said "I do" Aaron said and sat back. I open my Notebook and read aloud some of my favorites.

I know we sat there a better part of five hours , me reading my poems and telling the stories behind each one, Aaron talked about the army and his trip to germany. "You know I am going to miss sitting out here with you when I am gone" Aaron stated. " Well when you start missing these moments close your eyes and picture us all sitting right here then you wont have to miss it, we will be right there" I replied. I knew that was my moment it had arrive the excate perfect moment but again nothing would come out of my mouth and it was shortly there after that Aaron said that he had to go and get some thing accomplished for the day. I waved good bye as I was kicking self in the Butt. i could not believe that I could be that stupid that words would actually fail to form with only one day left I was in serious trouble and did not have the slightest clue in how tof fix when I become totally worthless when he is near. Well I thought I dont know what good it will do but atleast I will have tomorrow