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It couldn't be true. How could this be possible?

That was the only thing that came to Heidi's mind, at first. It was if the world had stopped turning, time had stopped. She had gone numb. She nodded, her eyes widening as he spoke her middle name. It was him. No one else would know her middle name, besides him. "You're..." she started, cutting off to break her mask of uncaring-ness and to break into a smile. "Of course I remember you!"

Not caring how it looked, Heidi stepped forward and wrapped her arms around him, hugging him. She had longed to do that for so long. Not just the hug, really. To see him, to hear his voice, to be able to pull him into a warm embrace as they had when they were kids. It had been such a long time; such a long, heartbreaking time. Heidi closed her eyes, breathing in his smell. She couldn't believe this was happening; was it a dream? She still felt numb, almost.
Sooner than she would have liked, she stepped back and away from him. Heidi gazed up at him with bright eyes. "I can't believe it," she whispered.

Suddenly, a thought occured to Heidi. Her friend Kurt, her bestfriend from her childhood...he was one of them, now. One of those cooler people, the people that Heidi had told herself she would never befriend and that she would always hate. Before her world began to crash down around her, Heidi quickly told herself that Kurt wasn't like that. He had even admitted that he was unhappy with his life of popularity. And yet, Heidi couldn't help but wonder if pretending for so long had changed him. What if he really was like the others, now?

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Kurt hugged her back, the smile still on his face. "I've missed you so much," he murmured, finding it the only thing he could say. He felt speechless, almost; it was as if what was happening was unreal. For a moment he just hugged her, then he pulled away. "You've changed so much!" he said reaching over and ruffling her pretty blonde hair; something he knew annoyed her from when they were younger. She had gotten taller, and to him, was now very pretty. When they were younger, all the teachers would call her cute, and now she had just improved even more. He knew that he wouldn't be able to say outright that she was beautiful, because it would turn the situation awkward.

So instead, he said; "So how has your life been? Did you get friends after you left?" He was eager to know everything that had happened from the time they had separated, to now. He wanted to know every little detail.

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Heidi shied away as he ruffled her hair. She quickly fixed it so it was no longer hanging in her face and sticking out in every direction at the top. She shot him a look, but it wasn't truely angry. "I've missed you, too," she said, smiling at him. "Although, I didn't miss you doing that," she added with a soft, playful laugh.
"Me? No,I didn't change much; but look at you! I wouldn't have recognized you, if I hadn't known it was you." It was true; he had grown so much taller and had gotten very handsome. He had always been a cute little boy as a kid, but now he was quite the handsome young man. Heidi had to smile at this. Boy, had they both grown up so much.

At his question, Heidi found herself stumped. Should she tell him the truth, about how her life had been terrible ever since they'd grown apart? Or make up some lie about how great her life had been in the past years? Deciding that it was better to stick to the truth, Heidi shrugged slightly, her smile falling ever-so slightly. "Er, actually...not really. After I left, my life basically went downhill. At first, I refused to try and make new friends for I wanted you back." She paused for a moment, knowing how stupid that sounded. She continued, however, after a few moments. "I ended up separating myself from the other kids, after a while, and they thought I was weird. So I didn't make very many friends." Heidi sighed; it was a stupid story, she knew, but at least it had been the truth.

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As she told her story, Kurt felt guilty. He hadn't ever thought that Heidi wouldn't have made new friends; he had always thought that she was so likable, that everyone would have wanted to be friends with her. At least, that's how he saw her as. Thinking that anyone would have called her 'weird' made him almost angry. It seemed that both of them had been messed up by the move. To think that it was sort-of his fault that she had been alone for so long was what really bothered him; he wished that she had never left. Everything now would be so different. "I would have beaten anyone up who called you weird in front of me," he declared, winking. He laughed, and thoughtfully looked up at the sky.

"I did the same thing, except the kids from my school thought that was 'cool' and 'mysterious'..." He rolled his eyes, and looked rather glum about it. "So... you said your parents move a lot lately," he said, changing the subject. "Please don't tell me that you're leaving again..." After finally getting her back, he wasn't about to lose her again.

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Heidi couldn't help but smile at his responce; if only he had been there to protect her from the name-calling, the teasing, the hurtful words that had been thrown at her. Her smile faded slighty at this. If Kurt had been there, none of that would have even happened. She would have had someone to hang out with, someone to sit with and tell all of her secrets to. Someone to confide her fears and greatest dreams to. But no. She'd been alone and had to keep all of that to herself, as well as endure all of the teasing that would follow being alone.

Heidi was glad, however, that Kurt had made friends. A little shocked that he had been sucked into one of those types of crowds, and actually just pretended to like it, but happy nonetheless.

At Kurt's question, Heidi found herself coming up short. How was she supposed to answer that when she truely didn't know. She didn't want to tell Kurt that she could be leaving at any day, any moment, but she didn't feel that lying and saying that they would be staying here for a while was a good option, either. Sighing softly, she forced her lips to turn upwards, into a smile. "I er...I think we're going to be staying here for a while, this time. I'm not too sure, though, so we'll just have to see." She had outright lied, but it was indeed a lie. Heidi had absolutely no idea how long they would be staying here. She just hoped she was right.

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As Heidi's smile faded, Kurt knew that she wasn't telling the truth about staying. Doesn't she trust me to tell me the truth? He felt hurt, and the part that worst hurt him was that she probably did know when they were leaving, and it would be soon. I can't lose her again. To lighten the mood, he said; "Well if you move again, I'm coming with you." Winking, he added; "I am legally an adult now." He glanced down the sidewalk, scanning the place for his 'friends'; the people he didn't want to see.

"So... enough of the sad stuff," Kurt said after a while, smiling slightly. Since he now realized that she could be leaving any day now, he wanted to make the time the best that he could. "Did you honestly not expect to see me again when you moved back here?" His eyes were bright with amusement, and he raised an eyebrow. She had looked so surprised when she found out it was him, that he had thought for a minute that she had forgotten about him.

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Heidi felt herself smile happily and her heart swell up in her chest at Kurt's words. Even though she knew he was only joking-or was he?-it still made Heidi happy to know that he still cared for her as much as he had when they'd been little kids. That he had never stopped caring. She wanted to just hug him again, and never let go, but she knew that would only make the present situation awkward, so instead she just smiled warmly at him. "I'm not too sure if my parents would go for that," she teased.

"Well, no, not exactly..." she began, but stopped. Should she honestly tell him the truth? That she had lost hope in ever seeing him again? "I hadn't expected you to still be around here, honestly; although I was hoping so much that you hadn't, I had assumed you'd moved away or something." Heidi shrugged sheepishly, smiling at him. "I'm just glad you really are still around," she said, her voice just barely above a whisper. Words could not describe how happy she was, at the moment, so she just left it at that.

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Kurt blinked, feeling bad that Heidi hadn't expected him to be here when she came back. She must have had so many disappointments after they parted for her to expect the worst in everything. It made him almost angry to think of what people had done to her. I should have been there to help her out, he thought sadly, although he knew that at the time, he couldn't have done anything; they had been too young to do or say anything against her moving away.

"I did promise to always be here, remember?" he said slowly. "The day you left... I told you that I'd always be here, waiting for you to come back." It had been an immature promise to make, but he would have done everything in his power to keep it. Not that his parents stood in his way at all, though; they saw no reason to move. Kurt silently put his hands in his pockets, watching her carefully; she seemed so much happier than she had only a little while ago, when they had spoken by the tree. Had his presence really made her feel better? He knew for a fact that he himself felt much more positive since they had seen each other; as if now he had a chance to be happy. She had that effect on him.

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Heidi smiled happily, her eyes showing that she was thinking of a distant memory. "I remember; boy, do I remember," she said, nodding slightly. She closed her eyes for a few moments, the smile that was playing on her lips never fading in the slightest.

They'd been so little, so unable to control what happened to them. Heidi remembered crying that day. A lot. And there had been a lot of hugging, more crying, then a lot of goodbyes.

Opening her eyes once more, Heidi was still smiling. Although, it was a bit more sad than it had been before. "I've missed you so much, Kurt," she said, her voice soft. She knew it was a stupid thing to say; obviously she had missed him. But if only he knew how much she really meant it.
Suddenly, Heidi looked up, the smile sliding from her face immidiately.
"Who's that, Kurt?" a boy called over to Kurt as he strode forward. He had deep blue eyes, a strong build and a messy-head of blonde-brown hair. "She doesn't look familiar," he muttered, his eyes studying Heidi. Heidi found herself shifting uncomfortably under his gaze.