"Hey Harley!" Said the familiar voice of my best friend. He ran over to me throwing his arms around me. "Happy 11th birthday Har!" He shouted before pulling away. We walked down the corridors as I covered his mouth with my hand. "Hey! You know I don't want people to know." I didn't want to tell everyone it was my birthday, I never really liked the attention on me. I'd usually just stand behind people, I was really quiet as well so when I did have something to say, no one ever heard me. I didn't have many friends, I only spoke to Wes and Addy. He licked my hand making me withdraw it. "Ewwwww" I wiped his saliva on his shirt as we walked. He stopped as he took a small, wrapped up box shape thing and passed it to me before swinging his backpack on his shoulder again.

"I told you not to get me anything!" I threw my hands in the air as people walked pass staring at us.

"I know, but I want you to have something." I unwrapped it and there was a beautiful pink jewellery box, It had fairy's wearing blue dresses with small gems all around it. I opened it and a tiny ballerina slowly turned around on her tip-toes. As a sweet, calming melody played. It looked at it with awe. It was beautiful. I threw my arms around Wesley squeezing him tight. "Thank you, this is by far my favourite thing." I whispered before running of to Addy to show here the gift I got.

I didn't see Wesley for the rest of the day because he wasn't in my class, but I didn't see him at lunch or break so I started to worry. Where was he? Soon enough the end of the day came and I saw him standing next to a police officer. Had he done something wrong? He turned around and I saw tears rolling down his face and I ran over to comfort my friend. "What happened are you ok?" I pulled away looking at him to make sure he wasn't injured. "My-my mum and-" he broke down half sentence and he hugged me tight, "- my mum and dad are dead..." I felt the tears in my eyes but I couldn't, I had to stay strong for my friend. "I have to move to my auntie and uncles." He said. Realisation hit me. "But you can't! She live in another state! I won't get to see you anymore!" "I know" we started crying together. The police then signaled or him to go and he got in the police car as they drove him away and since then... I never saw him. That was the worst birthday ever and since then I hated my birthdays.

That night I ran home crying and went straight to my room. I had lost my only and best friend, what was I going to do now? I don't even know who I am without him. I loved him. I couldn't stand to be in my room. It was full with photos of me and him and I couldn't bare it. My family was in the living room so I stayed close the wall as I went out the front doll door closing it behind me. I ran as fast I could, I just wanted to clear my head. I didn't know where I was going until I eventually reached the forbidden forest. I felt an urge to go inside, I knew I shouldn't but my head was messed up from Wes going that I pulled the gate open and ran into the forest. I looked around, admiring the beautiful and peacefulness of the birds tweeting, the different colours of the flowered as they gently swayed in the wind. Until it was interrupted the by a twig snapping. I turned my head toward the sound seeing a small figure. "Hello? Who are you!" I shouted over to him. He stepped into the moonlight and I saw his face, he looked roughly my age but a bit smaller then me. I wiped away the tears as he came closer to me.

"Hey are you ok?" He gently rubbed my back I looked at him confused. "I'm Wyatt by the way" he said with a a cheeky smile. "I'm Harley, and yeah I'm fine." I went to walk away but he grabbed my arm. "Hey I've never seen you before so what are you here?" He asked me, tears forming in my eyes again. "I needed to get away from my house, my best friend is moving away and I'll never see him again" A tear escaped my eye but I quickly wiped it away. "It's going to be ok, trust me"A small smile escaped his lips. "Thank you Wyatt" I gave him a hug, at first he was confused but then he hugged me back.

He quickly stepped away. "You should go" he turned around and ran of into the woods. Weird, who was he? I've never seen him before at school. I walked away heading back home.

When I got back in Addison ran over to me throwing her arms around me. "Where were you? We went to your room and you wasn't there" she tapped my arm as she stepped back. "Sorry I just had to get some fresh air." I walked of from her heading back to my room. I did my night time routine before going to sleep, dreading what was going to come next.