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Hello, Old Friend

I'm glad you reached out. I hope you are well.

By Jessica OsbornePublished 6 years ago 2 min read
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Nine years... It has been nine years since I saw you last, and before that we had been friends for almost ten if I can recall — not just 'friends' but best friends, inseparable — the type of friendship you could only hope to find. But in high school, things changed, people change and we drifted. I blamed you for a long time because for some reason you thought it would be cool to get drunk at school and I never understood why. Maybe it was my fault for not trying to help you cope with whatever it was you needed coping with. I never was and still am not good at that. I am trying to be better.

"I'm glad you reached out. I hope you are well."

I'm glad I reached out too, but I was expecting a little more of a response than that considering what we had.

I really would like to go back to where it all began, but history is history and the past is where it should be. I wish I could say things always turned out the way they were meant to be, but it just doesn't always work that way. I've been looking for you for months and have finally found you, but now I am getting the cold shoulder. Last time we met wasn't the way you had hoped and we ended up going our separate ways, mainly by me for my own selfish reasons. I was at a point in my life where my new friends were the polar opposite of you, and I had to decide to see where these new friendships lead, or go back to an old friend from years ago, that was slightly possessive and made me feel as though I couldn't explore multiple friendships at a time. In my case, in that time, the answer was easy. What I didn't know was what an effect that would have on you. I didn't know the rejection you would feel; I was young and naive. I can see that now, and I don't know if what you are doing is to get back at me for the past, but it isn't fair. Maybe that's me being selfish again, but I think I deserve a third chance. Third time's the charm, right?

I'm sorry I never helped you. I'm sorry I wasn't there.

But something I can promise you now, is that I am going to be here. I'm not giving up on getting the chance to get to know you and rekindle what we had. That bond speaks numbers, and I can't lose it now that it is so close within reach.

Hello, old friend, will you let me in again?

J.O

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