"We are gonna be friends"

Fall is here

His mother whispered quietly in his ear as he began to leave. "You're going to do great, just great. I believe in your sweetheart."

Hear the yell

He could hear kids yelling down the street. They were getting ready too.

Back to school

She stroked the back of his head, "You better get going, you don't want to be late. I'm so proud of you." he stepped off the porch.

Ring the bell

He needed to walk quickly, he didn't want the bell to ring before he got there.

Brand new shoes

He stared down at his feet, which had small new shoes on them. He could see them getting the tiniest bit of dust on them from the old streets.

Walking blues

He usually walked alone, he didn't really like being alone.

Climb the fence

He slung his books over his back and climbed over the wooden fence in his short cut to school.

Books and pens

His books were heavy, and he could feel his pencil in his pocket hitting his leg as he walked.

I can tell that we are gonna be friends

He could see a girl walking a little further up. Her auburn ringlets shone in the early morning sun.

I can tell that we are gonna be friends

She heard him walking behind her, and turned around.

Walk with me

She ran up next to me, "Are you going to school?" He nodded his head, "Great we can walk together." He stared at the ground, not sure what to make of this girl just yet.

Suzy - Lee

He couldn't tell what her name was yet, but he reminded her of his aunt Suzy - Lee, she had a personality that matched this little girl's.

Through the park and by the tree

Soon we were walking through a park, a huge tree stood majestically in the middle of the park. Dew sparkling in the sunlight sending light cascading into the world.

We will rest upon the ground

She sat down in front of the tree, and he sat down next to her.

And look at all the bugs we've found

"Hey look at this one." she pointed to a little ladybug crawling on the ground. It flashed iridescent light of its wings into our eyes giving the tiny creature a magical effect

Safely walk to school without a sound

She stood up and he followed after her, they didn't talk much after that. We just soaked in the early morning peace.

Safely walk to school without a sound

He enjoyed the serenity of their walk to school

Here we are

They could see the schoolhouse in the distance

No one else

They had walked to school on their own, just them, alone.

We walked to school all by ourselves

It didn't really matter that they had walked alone, they had been to together doing it.

There's dirt on our uniforms

"Geez we're a mess." he looked at her uniform, then his own. They were covered in dirt from their walk to school.

From chasing all the ants and worms

"Guess that teaches me to not chase bugs before school." "I liked the worm you named Squirmy," he whispered

We clean up and now it's time to learn

They dusted off their uniforms and walked into the schoolhouse.

We clean up and now it's time to learn

They sat down at a table right next to each other as the teacher began the lesson.

Numbers, letters

The teacher was doing a math lesson, it was a lot of reciting their time's tables.

Learn to spell

They learned how to spell the word cat and dog. They learned a lot of different words. It made his head spin having to remember all of these words.

Rhymes and books and show and tell

A kid brought in a yo-yo show us, he thought it was amazing, she was less impressed.

Playtime we will throw the ball

They let them outside for recess, she found a ball and tossed it to him. "Come on, let's go play over here." she ran off a little farther, he followed after her and her swishing skirt.

Back to class

After a while they got called back to class, playtime was over. Back to the numbers that made his head spin.

Through the hall

They walked back down the short hall back into the classroom and sat back down next to each other.

Teacher marks our height against the wall

It was her turn first.

Teacher marks our height against the wall

He was taller, she didn't like that.

We don't notice any time pass

The day seemed to rush by, and the numbers didn't make his head spin so much anymore.

We don't notice anything.

The boy next to him was teasing him, he didn't notice. She was being too silly, for him to care.

We sit side by side in every class

She never sat anywhere else other than his side.

Teacher thinks that I sound funny

He was asked to answer a question, he did. "Please try to answer the question seriously next time." He nodded and sat back down, his voice didn't sound like everyone else's.

But she likes the way you sing

She sings outside, he likes to listen to when she sings.

Tonight I'll dream

She likes to talk about where she dreams of going. He dreams about places to go too.

While I'm in bed

He spends most of his time dreaming about far off places while trying to go to sleep.

When silly thoughts run through my head

She says she has a hard time falling asleep because her mind is always racing. He can tell her mind is always turning, sometimes he expects to see gears pop out of her head because are they turning so fast.

'Bout the bugs and alphabet

He enjoyed looking at bugs with her that morning, he liked the alphabet. He didn't like numbers, but he liked letters.

When I wake tomorrow I'll bet

She was already talking about tomorrow, and what we would do tomorrow. She seemed really nice, she also counters acted his shy nature.

That you and I will walk together again

She said she wanted to walk to school again with him in the morning. He agreed, he was actually really excited.

I can tell that we are gonna be friends

He thought that maybe he had actually made a friend. This was the first time that someone wanted to be his friend.

Yes, I can tell that we are gonna be friends

Yeah, she seemed like the kind of friend that would stay forever. "What's your name?" "Jack, what's your name?" "Katherine."