Playing two more games of laser tag, I was so ready for an early sleep tonight. Alex kicked my butt in both but as we drove home from the arena, I was feeling more at ease than I’d felt all day. Alex had proved to be a really good friend to me today, and maybe that’s why as I leaned against the car window I felt compelled to say what came next.
“My mom left me, well my dad and I, when I was a baby,” I confessed, “So now it’s just him and I at home. I never really even had the chance to get to know her.” Alex peered at me, turning his head slightly and slowing down the car as if to check if he needed to pull over. I turned to face him, no tears in my eyes to be shed and that seemed to reassure him.
“I’m so sorry Allison, I never knew,” he replied, the same usual phrase that everyone sai
