Rest in Paradise, Archie.

My little Archie.. The new kid in 3rd grade. I can't believe we've known eachother for so long. In elementary school, it was us. You, Ferdinand, Rex, Nolan, Jay, Eda, Stephanie, Genesis, and I. Damn, I will never forget the first time we met. All the girls we're jocken on you because you were the new guy. I remember when you would come into Mrs. Macon's class for a certain subject every other day, and when she'd put on Nsync, you were hella into it. You'd hella look at me and bob your head, and smile. That cute ass priceless smile of yours. You know, where your eyes get hella small and your lips get even fatter, but you don't open your mouth. I remember when we'd talk about our parents hitting our butts if we ever got introuble, but you told me that you never got hurt because you'd put magazines in your pants. Hahaha. And you'd always tell me about how you'd climb your walls in your house like Spiderman. Remember you were the one that taught me how to skate.. And after a couple of hours, I finally got a goofy ass olie down. We'd be on yours and Josh's block everyday after school for hella hours. I remember Jay and I called you "Archiebald" because one random ass day, you shaved your head bald. Remember in the fourth grade when we went on a fishing field trip, and you heard that Josiah was gonna be there.. Then you fought him for me. Hahaha, man. That was the funniest.. And then you guys ended up being hella cool later on that day and I was pissed. Remember all the times we'd hang out in front of Ferd's house.. or wrestle in Nolan's living room. We would walk everywhere back then. Remember the first couple weeks of middle school, we'd all chill at David's house. That was the best. And you would hella talk about Robin's butt. Hahaha. Remember when all you guys slept over my house, and the boys played "change clothes" in the dark. I remember turning on the lights and seeing you with Kci's bra on and with your legs in Nolan's shirt arm holes. And then my mentally challenged neighbor that you'd hecka mess with. Remember at my house when you and Ralph came to kick it. Hahaha, fuck. That was the nastiest thing ever, but it was hilarious at the same time. We had hella good memories, Archie.. Filipino Club and Gaway Gaway. I remember the summer before you left for Vegas. We kicked it all the time. The night that you were leaving, you chilled at my house with Courtnie and I. I don't know who else was there, but I remember our talk. It was a hot ass summer night so we stayed outside. We talked about getting our licenses, and going on road trips. Courtnie and I go visit you there, and you visit us here. I remember the summer after freshman year when I was heartbroken, you offered to beat his ass for me. Hahaha, and all the nights we went bowling. Remember how every night we'd have to hide from Ferd's grandma. We'd stay in the front and just duck in the car. And you sucked at bowling. But I remember spending every day with you guys. We'd chill at Ferdinand's, go bowling, eat Taco Bell, then find other shit to do for the rest of the time. Some days we'd chill at Mariels' house, but all of us would fall asleep until one of us had to go home. 50 First Dates! That's "our" movie.. Remember at Brigadoon when the shooting went down, and coincidentally we were there that night. And remember the night you and Reyna almost killed me because you told Reyna to drive off with Ferd's van, and all of a sudden she broke hella hard and I was in the middle row not wearing a seatbelt. Then I flew all the way to the front and almost hit my head on the dashboard. All the times you would stop by my house in the middle of the night when you were having a walking adventure. Hahaha, and the night my dad caught us in the front. I got in hella trouble. My dad was super pissed! And during breaks and weekends when you'd come down from Vegas, we'd always go bowling. Always. And the time we watched Narnia and I kicked some random dude in the head on accident! And then we took the lightrail to Rachelle's house. Remember my fake ass lip ring that you gave me, but I wanted to get it pierced because you told me that it looked coo on me. I just didn't have the ovaries to do it. Hella memories man..

I just wish we could have spent more time together these past two years. You're the only one who makes me regret every transferring to Indy, because I could have gotten to spend more time with you if I hadn't. You were the heart of our group, and the life of our summer. I remember whenever you couldn't come out, the night would be super boring, and it would end up early. It's because you had all the fun and spontaneous ideas that kept the night going. You're the most spontaneous and random person I know. You have the balls to do anything and everything no matter how scared you are. You'd do it. You got a whole lot of determination and dedication. You're the only one who goes after what they want. When you want to do something, you'd do it without hesitation and questions. From taking random ass walks in the middle of the night to stealing bowling shoes for us. You were the only one who made me feel safe out of everyone. When we'd chill and I'd be the only girl.. even in elementary school, you'd have my back and you'd atleast give me some attention. Like if someone was giving me shit, you'd tell them to shut up. You know how Mariel and I were the only girls, you'd be the only one to actually talk to us and hug us and all that junk. I'm gonna miss that. I'm gonna miss everything about you. From your weird ass hair to you going to church with my mom and I. I'm gonna miss your random visits to my house just to play guitar hero. I'm gonna miss seeing you in the morning walking to Christy's donuts. I'm gonna miss bowling with you. Going to Taco Bell. Watching 50 First Dates. I'm gonna miss your big ass lips, and your watching you play with your lip ring. I'm gonna miss Brigadoon. I miss everything already.

It still feels unreal that you're not here with us, physically atleast. It just feels like you're still at home chillen, and we're just chillen waiting for you. I hate how I saw you that day, but we didn't even get to talk much. But I am very grateful that I got to see you and hug you one last time. Every morning I wake up wishing that this is all just a bad dream. I don't know what I'm gonna do without you, Archie! You're the joy of the group. I just regret not calling you and talking to you enough. This summer I was always thinking about visiting you because you were brought up in our conversations every night. We always talked about how much we missed you, but I just never took the time to actually go. You were the one I could always go to with random boy problems, and even if the only thing you would say was, "DO YOU WANT ME TO BEAT HIS ASS?", I'd always feel better, and you'd get a laugh out of me. Hahaha. I'm really really gonna miss you, but thank you for the visits. You got me all types of paranoid fool! Because you're ass is known to creep up on people and scare the shit out of them, but I know it's all out of love.

I know you're in a better place now. You're in God's hands looking down on us. Just watch over us okay? And keep all of us safe and together. We'll continue to pray for you as you asked, and Mariel and I will try to keep the group together just like you wanted. I love you Archie Jerome aka Archiebald. Rest in Paradise.