Falling For June

Heather B.
Moore

Are you serious? June Dawson tapped Send on her phone and smiled as the chime confirmed her sent text. Her best friend Sydney was planning an all-girls weekend on one of the Hawaiian islands before she married at the end of the summer. Typical Sydney. Everything about Sydney had always been over the top, whereas everything about June was, well, middle class, average, run-of the-mill . . . There were dozens of clichés June could identify herself with. Her phone chimed again from the group chat with a text from Maria. I’m in! Maria texted.Everything was easy for Maria, who bubbled with enthusiasm about the smallest things in life. Maria made snap decisions, and they were always the right ones. In fact, if June had to place a bet, she would have bet Maria would marry first out of the three friends. As it was, Maria had a pretty serious boyfriend, who she was positive would propose within weeks.I hope he does propose. June wasn’t even dating, but she had no problem being happy for her two best friends. Sydney, Maria, and June had become friends when Maria moved into their Seattle suburb. They’d all attended the same high school and been assigned to a group American history class project their senior year. June had known who Sydney was from afar as the class president and valedictorian, not to mention the homecoming queen. Sydney had always been popular in high school, and June . . . not even close. It was Maria who bridged the gap between them when they had to work on the history project.

Read this first installment of our brand new contemporary serial in the July/August 2016 issue of InD'Tale magazine.

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