Do you Remember?

20th of December: Location - my bed

These are my Rememberances.

Do you remember the time we shared the headphones and acted out every lyric?

Do you remember the time we played vortex with Mr King in Penola and it almost felt like playing with your dad?

Do you remember the time you brought me my first Banana Paddle Pop Ice-cream and I loved it?

Do you remember the time I called your hair an eggplant? I'm sorry.

Do you remember the time we shared our answers because we had Chemistry first period and we never did our homework?

Do you remember the time I leant on you so heavily, it was as if you were the only thing keeping me together? Thank you.

Do you remember the time I used my hands to pick up the pH paper to show Miss that our result was suspicously highly acidic?

Do you remember the time I started singing Christmas carols in early June and slowly drove you mad until the 25th of December?

Do you remember when I used to carry your books to class for you? I liked to help you.

Do you remember when we tested the solution's pH using the pH tester with the cap still on and asked Miss why our readings were so unusual, and she made us pee with laughter while the rest of the class looked on confused? I bet she'll tell that story to future classes.

Do you remember the time I knocked your pie onto the floor? Oops.

Do you remember the time when you taught me filthy Vietnamese outside the tuckshop at lunch? I think I'll remember cuu forever.

Do you remember the time when we played guitar together and our teacher had a rip in his pants and we tried so hard not to laugh?

Do you remember the time we had that concert and I lost my place in the music and totally blanked? No? Good.

Do you remember the time when we fought over things which felt so massive at the time, but never really matterred in the end?

Do you remember that time you were invited onto a stage by a stranger, to dance and sing in front of hundreds of other strangers, and you did because I asked you to? I treasure that memory Rose.

Do you remember fish bites, hot gravy, sarsparella and clotted arteries?

Do you remember the time when I forgave you? If not, then we should talk again.

Do you remember the time when we ran the 800m together because it felt so much easier when you weren't alone?

Do you remember running the cross country a little slower then we could have, so that we didn't have to train in the interschool squad, but Mr King looked at our times and found out anyway and we ended up competing willingly?

Do you remember the time when you improvised a dance routine in front of Miss Kennedy for a try-out, to music you didn't even like, yet you blew me away?

Do you remember when we sat whispering during the Musical rehearsals and I showed you this cute guy's six pack on my phone and we giggled like crushing schoolgirls when he called me? I love you Eric.

Do you remember when we used to be friends? I miss you.

Do you remember when I went on and on about somethign I loved, or hated, and you kept listening and nodding even if it was the same speech all over again. I appreciate this.

Do you remember that time you made the clay bunny and maltester which you spent forever shining with a spoon? Mrs Black was going to throw it away so I took it home and I still admire you for that artwork when I walk past it.

Do you remember that time I didn't really know you, and judged you on my pre-conceptions without letting you show me who you are now? Don't let me do it again.

Do you remember that time we made our teachers cry with laughter because of our sillyness?

Do you remember that time Miss Craven took the photo with the student pretending to have a pregnant volleyball belly?

Do you remember that time we sung/screamed at karaoke and cracked the wildest smiles ever? Hold on Jack.

Do you remember that time I had a really bad hair disaster? There were many - thanks for talking it up and making me feel better.

Do you remember that time you hated me? I hope you see something better in me now.

Do you remember the Lauries dances?

Do you remember Bebo love counts and having an 'other half'?

Do you remember when Mrs Amos caught us coming into school already in sport uniform and yelled at us until I cried? Thanks for comforting me.

Do you remember the time I stayed back after school for you to finish Physics measurements and Mr Daly crowned me Igor?

Do you remember when we pranked our teachers with silent treatments, backward facing classrooms and missing students?

Do you remember that time when you used to be happy? Don't worry, you'll get it back.

Do you remember the time you laughed at me for playing the nose flute on camp? Yeah that was retarted, but I still keep it so you can ask me to play it again and make you laugh.

Do you remember the time when you asked me to cook brownies and I did. I hate waking up two hours earlier to do it, but I love you more.

Do you remember that time we decided not to do our homework together because we thought the teacher would let it slide. A whole class of diary letters home doesn't phase Mrs Dalton - Bless her.

Do you remember that time you said you'd never ever do something, but you did? It's okay to admit you changed your mind.

Do you remember that time I fell/bounced/flew down the steps at Ice Skating into a woman's lap, and then fell over re-telling the fall? How did I survive?

Do you remember that time we sun dozed on the soccer field before our game? It felt serene.

Do you remember when multiple people had indipendant realisations that I was Dory from Finding Nemo. Argh!

Do you remember when you made me lose all those times in Chemistry? Payback.

Do you remember that time I broke your shower nozzle because I thought it could be twisted to massage setting. I felt really bad.

Do you remember the times you told me I could do it and that you believed in me? They keep me optimistic.

Do you remember when skittles used to make me high?

Do you remember when you gave me your popcorn at the movies and then fell asleep? You make me smile.

Do you remember the bus trips home from volleyball where Mrs Craven overheard us talking about boys, romance and hot hook ups and gave us some helpful pointers?

Do you remember camp? It lives in my heart forever.

Do you remember walking up that steep hill and hanging off my bag clips while I dragged us up like a pack horse. R.I.P Hill.

Do you remember me? I was the sort of smart, very crazy bull girl called Gemma in your year level.

Take a minute to remember the best times and write them down before they're gone.
Remembering mistakes and the past can hurt, but if you don't, you block out all the little golden moments that were interwoven with the bad. I would pay fortunes to replay those single moments with you, again and again - because those times were perfect enough for me.
What do you allways want to be able to remember?

Melanie xx