Levi watched the clouds move slowly by as he lay on the grass. As usual, it was a peaceful day by Lake Lola, the nickname given to the lake when a couple of officers found the "crazy girl," named Lola, skinny dipping in the lake fifty or so years ago. Levi didn't even know what the lake's real name was.<br/><br/>"Do you think I'll live next to Paris Hilton?" Emily's voice rang out loud and clear. The birds sang and a breeze picked up.<br/><br/>"I don't think it just happens like that," Levi said, chuckling.<br/><br/>"Oh?"<br/><br/>He tried not to feel sad, especially since he and his best friend were having such a nice day, but she was leaving soon and that inevitability was like an open wound in his gut.<br/><br/>"I think you have to be super, super rich and live in like Beverly Hills."<br/><br/>"I'm rich!" Emily snapped back, playfully.<br/><br/>"For Bellberry, sure, but not for good ol' Los Angeles."<br/><br/>Levi spotted a cloud that looked sort of like a bunny. Emily called it before him, "Bunny," she pointed. "And you'll see. I'm gonna get famous and be on in a Pepsi commercial and be on one of those advocacy groups that sells condoms."<br/><br/>"You really need to let that go," Levi said, smiling at the sky.<br/><br/>Emily sat up, looking down on him, "There is nothing wrong or weird about collecting condoms that have unique tasty flavors or interesting scents."<br/><br/>"I didn't say-"<br/><br/>"Melissa Blarewater can suck it!"<br/><br/>"With one of your condoms?"<br/><br/>"Hell-no!"<br/><br/>She laid back down and after a minute, they both burst out laughing.<br/><br/>"You know, you're not gonna be able to find a view like this in LA?" Levi said quietly.<br/><br/>She doesn't say anything for a moment.<br/><br/>"I'll Skype you, a lot," she said. They both sit up and give each other the best hug they've ever given.<br/><br/><br/>As he walked home, he took out his phone and texted his dad, "Just left Lola, gave her a good time." It was sort of a running gag between them. Lola had probably been sex crazy if she liked skinny dipping so much. And if you believe the reports she offered herself many times over to the "gentlemanly" officers.<br/><br/>There was a pang in his heart as he thought about Emily leaving. He was losing his best friend in the world. It wasn't the end of the world, but it sure felt like it. There was Skype and texting and phone calls, but none of that is the same to actually being able to spend every day together. Though, he wouldn't mind a phone call from his mother. Or to even know what she looked like or anything about her. Or if she was even alive. Levi's father would never give him any answers. Levi would bring it up, and the subject would promptly change to something else.<br/><br/>There was a sudden pain in his shoulder as some asshole in a pastor getup bumped into him, hard. "Hey!" Levi yelped. The guy didn't even turn around. He just continued, stumbling his way down the sidewalk. "God loves you!" Levi yelled out to him.<br/><br/>"Jerk," he muttered as he continued down the sidewalk.