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that she would only glance at him and her stomach would clench. She knew the end of our senior year that no matter where they went to college they would end up together, forever, with lots of babies. The true fairy tale ending; the gorgeous girl with the gorgeous guy, married, five children and still in love. Sheesh! I’d hate her if I didn’t love her so much, him too. They give me hope even to this day that love at first sight exists and can survive, seventeen years and five kids later.
    Kristy’s everything to me but I’ve already told you that. We meet in first grade but really didn’t start up a friendship until fifth grade. I broke my leg one summer and Kristy called and asked if she could come over and hang out with me. We ’ve been inseparable ever since through high school, college, career, marriages and children. We have a beautiful blended family, mine and hers. Even our husbands get along.  I enjoy spending time with Mitch as well. He’s really sweet, funny, smart and tall, dark and handsome with a devilish grin that could swallow you whole. It’s so easy to see why Kristy fell head over heels with him. I think I had a slight crush on him too but they were meant to be together. It was incredibly obvious to anyone who had eyesight how much these two were born for each other.
    Mitch has had his share of heartache, too. Kristy has been so supportive. I couldn’t think of a better person to help Mitch through his and his family’s heartbreak. It’s amazing to me when you think about how families can mesh and intertwine themselves together. I never got the full story until just recently. We were over for dinner- our usual family get together of the Brittinghams and the Reynolds. I spotted a new photograph I hadn’t seen before and I asked Mitch about it because it wasn’t anyone I had recognized from Kristy’s family. Kristy was putting little people to bed, Mitch and I were cleaning up and Paul was playing the WII with the older little people.
    “Wow, Mitch who is that? She is absolutely phenomenal. She’s strikingly beautiful. Her eyes are haunting and piercing and that shade of blue is breathtaking.” I could have gushed more but stopped myself.
    “Yeah. She was beautiful, wasn’t she?”
    I realized as I opened my mouth and inserted my foot that this must be a picture of the family tragedy that happened to Mitch’s family while we were still in high school. I’ve never seen the photo out so I was spellbound.
    “Oh, God, Mitch, I’m sorry. I don’t mean to pry.”
    “Oh, no, it’s alright. I just put it out a week ago. I found it when I was cleaning out my closet because Kristy was threatening divorce if I didn’t , and I stumbled across this picture. It’s my sister, Jennifer. Her anniversary was coming up soon, so I decided to put her picture out. I dunno, it seemed like such a waste to have all that beauty stuffed into my smelly closet. She was seventeen there, right before she ran away; right before she died. Everyone loved Jenny, especially all the boys.  But, there was only one who captured her heart. I mean look at her, she’s gorgeous. That’s really how I like to remember her. She would have been forty one.”
    “Oh, hey, I’m sorry; you don’t need to talk about it.” He sighed and walked over and picked up the photo and handed it to me to get a better look.
    “No, it’s okay. It was a long time ago. My family refused to talk about it.  I’m surprised Kristy hasn’t told you everything already. You two are so tight.”
    “Um, she mentioned a long time ago that there was a family problem involving your sister but she never talked about anything specific and I didn’t pry. It wasn’t my place. Just like it really isn’t my place now to ask questions.”
    “It actually feels good to talk about it. My parents were so ashamed. I never understood that. How could you be so ashamed of someone so beautiful and sweet? Yeah, she made a mistake but we all do. She got