At 6, I Promised My Best Friend We’d Go to Prom Together — 12 Years Later, Mom Said I Could Go With Him Only on ONE Condition Ethan became my best friend in first grade after we discovered we both hated raisins and loved dinosaurs.

“I’m glad we’ve established that.”

“Sophie.”

Something in her voice made me stop.

“But before you leave,” she continued, “I need you to hear something.”

“About what?”

Her eyes moved toward the locked door.

Then back to me.

“About Ethan.”

My stomach tightened.

“What about him?”

“And about me.”

She sat on the edge of my bed.

Then said:

“I owe both of you the truth.”