Best Friends
Marko and Oleksiy both had a thing for Alla… though at the same time.
It started at Christmas time when Marko gave Alla a gift that came as a surprise to her, a little bottle of Chantilly perfume. When Oleksiy found out he took her ice skating in Central Park and spent some time there. The following week Marko and Alla were seen in Rockefeller Center, more uppity than the lower classed Central Park, and both were ice skating. She had been seen with both of them but on different days…This drew them into words.
“She’s mine!” dared Marko. “Stay away from her!”
Oleksiy snorted, “Screw you, loser!”
They were kept apart by the older guys who thought it was funny. But it wasn’t funny to them both…
One day Marko was on 11th Street and 1st Avenue when he saw Alla standing across the avenue and talking to Oleksiy. His blood boiled but he saw Oleksiy lower his head as Alla keep right on talking.
Now what the hell is this? he wondered. Alla talked as Oleksiy listened with his head bent down. What’s with them? He saw Alla turn and walk away.
He smirked to himself, ready to cross the street and gloat to Oleksiy that Alla had picked him over but Marko suddenly he felt bad. The three of them had known each other for almost what? Eighth years? Wow, how time flies!
He waited a moment then shrugged and walked the other way to 10th Street to Avenue A. Sure enough a game of baseball was being held there…
That spring they graduated from school. Alla found a new boyfriend, a Puerto Rican kid on Avenue C. Oleksiy and Marko went together to high school uptown…Never heard from them again.
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