A Teens Unlikely Friendship Blossoms in Philly: A Coming of Age Story of Love and Support

Hi, my name is Lena. I am 16 years old now, but this is the story of a very special friendship that I had when I was younger.

It was a Saturday morning in June. I was on my way to my friend Kaila's house. I had met her when I was six years old at my day care, Old Pine Community Center. I had just moved to Philadelphia from Woodstock, New York. Being in a new place and not knowing anyone, I was very shy. One day after my parents dropped me off, Kaila walked over to the corner where I was playing with my pony figurines. When I first saw her, I didn't think much of her. She was a pale little girl with big brown eyes and straight dirty blonde hair that hung a few inches from her shoulders. "Hi, I'm Kaila, want to be friends?" She said to me in that sweet high pitched voice of hers. I looked up from my toys to see her bright big smile and cute little freckles looking down at me. I said yes and our friendship began. For the next few years we were inseparable. Almost every weekend, we went over one another's houses. We did everything together.

On this day, I was nine years old and on my way to Kaila's house. My mom and I were talking about something, I can't really remember what it was though. We pulled into Kaila's driveway. I quickly kissed my mom goodbye and skipped towards the front door. I only knocked once when Kaila swung the door open. She looked adorable in her black leggings and horse t-shirt. Without any warning, she jumped on me with a huge hug, knocking both of us to the floor. We both looked at each other and starting laughing.
"Wow, thanks for the warning" I said.
"A warning would have taken all of the fun out of tackling you." She said as she continued to laugh.
I poked her side and started tickling her, when Kaila's mom came and saw us playing in the doorway. She started laughing too as she watched us roll around on the floor. "Come on you guys, get in the house." Kaila's Mom said.

Kaila looked a lot like her mom. Her name was Alex, she let me call her by her first name. She was only around 5'4. Only a few inches taller than Kaila and I were. She was really pretty. Her hair was dyed brown at the roots and faded blonde towards her ends. She had medium sized breasts which matched well with her petite figure. She wore nerd glasses, which looked good on her. She was only around 28 years old, so the look didn't make it seem like she was trying too hard. She had freckles around her nose too, but not as many as Kaila had. Alex was really nice too. She often hung out with Kaila and I when we were at her house. She was as much of a friend to me as Kaila was.

I knew that Alex wasn't married. She had a boyfriend though. His name was Jack. He was pretty nice too, but I didn't know him very well. He was at least twice as tall as her, so they kind of looked like an odd couple, but they were still cute together. The two of them were engaged. I knew that Jack wasn't Kaila's father. I never met him. I don't think Kaila ever met him either, Alex never spoke about him, so I never asked about him. I know that Alex and Jack never got married. They broke up a little while after Kaila and I went to middle school. Now, Alex has a girlfriend.

We got up from the floor and ran up the stairs leading to the apartment. It was a two floor loft on the third floor of an older building, near Jefferson Hospital. Apartment #A-4. It had hard wood floors throughout the house. You entered into the living room that over looked onto the kitchen. There was a large leather couch facing a huge flat screen tv. In the corner of the room, there was a metal spiral staircase leading to the upstairs bedroom, which belonged to Alex and Jack at the time. Kaila had the master bedroom on the main floor. It was at

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