I remember: Jesse

Jesse is one of my best friends. I met him when I was 6 at a friends birthday party. We instantly became friends. I was playing with my tamagotchi and he was playing with his. Davids birthday party was good fun. We eneded up watching the lion king I think in the living room. But after that me and Jesse would hang out alot.

Jesse lived in Pretty Pool so I used to go there alot. He lived with his mum, 2 brothers, sister, pop and a cousin called Mandy. When I first went to Jesse's house me and his sister Renae were in the kitchen. Renae farted and I started saying "Eww you stink" to her. Then her mum Sharon came over and said "Did you just say my daughter stinks?" I could hear anger in her voice. Then Renae just said "I farted mum." Sharon broke into a smile and we all started laughing.

I used to like going to Jesse's house. He was a really layed back guy. We used to just watch heaps of movies, play videogames and muck around Pretty Pool all day. James's used to hang around Jesse's older brother Ronald. Jesse's little brother trindal used to come with us sometimes when we went to the beach or other peoples houses. I didn't really talk to Jesse's pop much but then he wasn't in the house very often. He lived in the back of the house in a Granny flat.

One day when I moved to Pretty Pool Jesse wanted to try out new bike. So I let him and we were at a friend's place at the time. Jesse took ages coming back and the other kids were like "Oh he stole it." I was thinking nah maybe he just stacked it or something. But he came back after a while. I didn't like how judgemental those kids were.

We went for a swim in pretty pool sometimes with other kids around the area. One time there were a few sharks in the water and we all started swimming to the shore. I was the weakest swimmer so I was left in the water. I started shouting "Jesse don't leave me here!" and he turned around laughed and just said "Stand up." So I stood up in ankle deep water looking like a moron.

After we moved away from Pretty Pool I didn't see Jesse that much. But when we did it was like it had only been yesterday since the last time. There was a lightning storm hitting Hedland one night and I was at Jesse's house. We were sitting on the verandah on white plastic chairs watching the lightning strikes. It was amazing.

Jesse had always stuck up for me when people ever did put me down. A new kid had moved to town called Trent. The first time I met him was on the jeti near where bruno's pizza used to be. He said to me "This kids mum's a ho!" Jesse was standing next to me and before I could even react Jesse had a knife up to his neck holding him over the railing sayin "Take that back his mum is one of the nicest ladies you'll ever meet." That kid never talked to me again.

Me and Jesse are still good friends and probably always will be. He's like family.