Memoir: My first new Friend

This genre of writing is memoir style, and the original assignment was the vignette. By writing this story as a vignette, it pushed me to try and be more descriptive than usual. I enjoyed this assignment because it allowed me to remember a moment that I had not thought about for such a long time. 

My first new Friend

           

I walk into the Walnut Knolls pool with my two toy Power Rangers clutched in my tiny hands. Following behind me is my dad and my sister Miranda sporting her pink and white water wings (she isn't the best of swimmers). Across the glistening clear pool, underneath the overhang of the bathroom and changing rooms, protected from the scorching sun, was a little boy he appeared to be my age.

            I run towards that kid, not to hang out, but because the ground is burning like hot coals underneath my feet, and I want to get over to the cool shaded cement.  I sit down and dip my toes beneath the waving water and sigh in relief for the extreme comfort it has brought me.

            “My favorite Power Ranger is the red one.” I hear come from behind me. I turn around to notice that the boy is walking to sit down right next to me and penetrate his toes into the water just as I did. Looking back at my hands, I notice that in between my left hand, gripped tightly is the red Power Ranger. “Here, you can play with it if you’d like.”

            Both our parents took notice to our quick engagement in activity together, and sought out to find who was responsible for the kid. The parents talked about us kids, the neighborhood and much more that is unknown. During this, I continued to sit on the edge of the pool with my new friend and play Power Rangers as we submerged the action figure toys in and out of the water, making the sounds we felt were most likely to be made during an epic battle between the Rangers and the water.

            When my dad called me to leave, I got my toy back and I walked over to the gate. Shouting behind me, the little kid yelled, “My name is Ben!” Knowing I had just made a new friend I reply, “Mine is Zack!”