Laughters and giggles filled our surrounding.
Our days were always so cheerful.

Hey Shella, do you want candy, I asked her.
Going to the shop together, I bought two candies, we ate sweets then went back to resume out unfinished fun time.

I always enjoyed the airport view, admiring how beautiful nature is. The airport view was breathtakingly beautiful, and bowy oh bowy, nature takes it course around it, leaving you stunned and amaze.

This was always my escape to cry, to laugh, to think and just to be at peace. Ever since shella and I became best of friends, she came here with me. She did not mind at all. I loved her company. The way how she makes me smile, the way how she makes me laughed, my life was filled with joy.

Shella I'm going to the river, are you coming, I announced to her...She looked at me like she's asking herself, is that really a question, you should have never asked that, her face gave away what she's thinking.

On my way to the river, we talked and jump stones. I couldn't asked for a better friend, my best friend. Reaching the river we cross together. I didn't waste anytime when I jumped in giggling as I watch my best friend face expression from under the water. I didn't came up back immediately, the look of horror described her face expression, until she jumped in searching for me.

I decided to give her worry heart a break and came up from under the water giggling, she wasted no time when she swim over to me hugging me, but I decided to go back under, she did not want her head under the water so she went up to stand on a rock, while searching the water for me.

There were people's at the river, most were admiring how we were being, some smiled and even asked questions. The day was ending and the water was getting chilly.

I saw some friends and families, they wanted me to travel with them to go home, but I refuse to go with them. I walked with my best friend and I was never going to leave her at the river. I denied them.

Shella, I'm ready I called out. We walked on the main road to go back home, silence spreading between us, but we didn't mind. I make sure to keep her on the safer side. She would stop or get frighten by how fast some cars were going and I would stop and ensure she's okay.

A year and couple months later shella and I were happy as ever. I couldn't find her one day and I cried so hard. We went to shop together, while she head off chasing some chicken, I didn't saw were she went. I search for her, with an aching heart. I asked people if they had seen her, no they replied. On the third day, I was a mess, I didn't eat, I was at lost. I cried a lot. It was going on the fort day when I saw her running towards me. At first I thought I was seeing things, but when I called her name she came crashing into me. I hugged her and rubbed her face Some friends said that they were passing by the church trying to catch the chicken when they saw her in a pit hole. They went down and help her up.

I was beyond happy, so happy until one day, someone decided to take her from me. She was pregnant with pups so she needed to feel the warming feeling of the sand, I didn't have any at my house, so she went next door, laying in our next door neighbour sand, he didn't like that, and so he hit her.

I watched her life drain from her body as she layed in my hands on the ground, I told her she'll be okay, I told her I'll take care of her, but she looked at me and take her last breath. My world crumbled as I cried out, there was nothing I could've done, she died and I lost my happy self. I didn't burn her body, I buried her. I planted a flower on her grave. Every day I would always sit beside her and talked to her.

Shella my best friend, my queen, I'll never forget the love we shared, all the times I dressed her up in white clothes were also some best memories. I love you my best friend and I'll never forget you.
© Tenisha Sterling