When we were growing up we were inseparable. I was a tomboy and there was nothing that Nick could do that I wouldn’t force myself to learn to do better. It was an ongoing contest, and the biggest point of contention in our friendship.
Then there was the time when he got mad at me for trying to kiss him, to show I knew how and was better than him at it, and he pushed me out of the tree we were hanging out in. We were ten. His mama was never one for spanking, but she actually left a bruise on his behind that particular time. In all fairness though, I broke my leg in two places, but he was the one who ran to get help when he saw the bone sticking through my skin. I screamed and cried when they said I needed surgery to fix it. I begged for them to let him come back with me and they did, until I was knocked out at least.