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Summer of 1998
You were making sandcastles with your best friend while lunch was being made. “Will you be here every summer?”
Bob was digging around to make the moat. “Mhmm! I hope you’ll be here every summer.”
“I can ask my mommy to give you our address so we can write to each other.” You smiled at him.
Bob looked at you and thought you were a bottle of sunshine. “I promise to write you everyday, Sunny D.”
Bob woke up from his dream and sighed. He’d remember bits and pieces of you but never your full face.
The newfound fame and stability was something that Bob never thought he’d have. He was steadily building his life up but sometimes he’d remember bits and pieces of his childhood.
He remembered a girl who became his friend two summers. He couldn’t remember your face at all but he remembered your kindness.
“Bob you ok?” Yelena snapped him out of his daze.
“Yeah sorry.” He took a huge sip of water.
“You’re spacing out more…are your headaches coming on?”
“No it’s just…I kinda wanna remember someone but it’s all fuzzy.”
“Well I’m good at finding people! Just tell me what you can remember.” She was willing to help him.
“When I was a kid, I’d spend all day outside because it was better than to be dealing with my folks. So I’d wake up early and go to the beach. A nice family that lived in the beach condos would feed me everyday all summer. And she was always there.”
She pulled out her phone and started working her magic. “Give me half an hour and I’ll be back. Go take a walk at the park.”
“Yeah I’ll go.” He went to put his shoes on to get some fresh air.
He liked to people watch, seeing others active in their own lives. It brought him some joy and comfort, made him yearn for that normalcy.
“My stroller!!” A mother screamed as she tried to make a run for it.
Bob was slow on the reaction but he saw the stroller come to a stop, it wasn’t him using his powers though.
You stopped it and guided it down to solid ground. “I got you.” You checked on the infant inside who was giggling from the fast ride.
The mother was relieved and she thanked you profusely. “Thank you so much!”
“Just doing my job ma’am.” You smiled.
Bob was just in awe though. “Wow…”
You heard him and you gave him a smile before continuing your walk.
C’mon Bobby get up…get up! Follow the pretty lady! Get up!!
He didn’t move from the bench unfortunately. When his phone buzzed from Yelena, he went back to the tower with you on his mind.
She waited for Bob patiently and was excited to present her findings. The elevator opened up, “Bob! How was your walk?”
“It was good, I people watched more than walked.” He smiled slightly. “Did you find something?”
“I did, I crossed referenced the beach houses you talked about and went back to the years from when you were a child. Only one of the tenants had a little girl.” She pulled up a family picture. “Here.”
Bob was impressed by how fast she did all that and he looked at the picture. Slowly the memories were coming back. “This is her!”
“Her name is ____ Summers. Apparently she’s a mutant.” She pulled out another picture of what you looked like now with your students surrounding.
“I-I saw her in the park today. She saved a stroller from going into the pond and she smiled at me.” He couldn’t believe it that you were here all this time.
“Then what are you waiting for Bob?” Yelena wanted this for him, she wanted him to be happy.