That's right. This afternoon I went to my cousins basketball game here in Connecticut, and while trying to find something interesting to do while sitting there (I simply dislike basketball), I started to look around at the people who were sitting there (more like checking on girls I could have a nice chat with). To my surprise I kind of saw a familiar face 3 rows in front of me. A young girl around my age with long brown hair, an awesome body and her face told me that I somehow knew who she was, but I just couldn't tell. I knew I just couldn't wait there, and I had to approach her to see if I really knew who she was, but I realized she was with her parents there, so I had to get a good excuse to approach her.
Luckily, she stood up, and that just told me, she was on her way to the restroom. I din't have a single plan in my head of how to approach her with her parents there, so I didn't waste this opportunity, and follow her to the bathroom. As soon as we step on the hallway, I released a loud "hey" to make her stop. By the time she turned around, I was already behind her, and now I was able to get a good look on her face. I stood in front of her like an idiot trying to decipher who that face belonged to, for over two minutes. Rarely, she did the same thing as soon as she saw my face. After that, she opened her mouth and whispered "this can't be true, Richard?", Damn it, she remembered my name, and by this time I was the one who had to go to the bathroom, cuz I couldn't remember her name. So i took the easy way out, and said "hey, long time no see" (isn't it obvious since I can't even remember your name? -_- (sorry I took that expression from you deidarasama, but I like it)). She told me that I hadn't change at all in these 6 years, and that's when my brain started working again. 6 years, she was my childhood friend who I hadn't seen for 6 years. She was Stephanie.
We had been friends since we were 5 at alemetary school, and study up to the end of 8th grade in middle school. months before finishing middle school, she had told me her parents were planning on moving to Manchester, England, but I never took that seriously. Later on after middle school had ended, my parents took me to Spain because of my father's job, and I was suppose to come back in 6 months, so it was only a "see you soon" with Steph. What I hadn't realized, is that by the time I was in Spain, her parents were already moving to the UK, and by the time I came back, I had no phone number, or e-mail address where to contact her ( I never e-mailed her since she used to live one block ahead of mine). So, that was how without any idea of how to contact her, our friendship was over ( I also had a crush on her, but never told her). I would think about her everyday, until time started skipping days, and her memory would come back every once in a while, until it just stopped coming back around 2 years ago.
I just couldn't believe I actually got to see her again, and she couldn't believe it either. She has grown up so much, and I realized I was doing something I had never done with her before. I was checking her out (and she looks more than fine). My sight would go once in a while from looking at her face, to dropping some inches down, and going back up again. Hopefully she didn't notice this. We chatted for what was about a little more than an hour (and what's weirder, its that she didn't go to the bathroom :shock: ), until her parents started looking for her in the hallways, and saw us there (what kind of parents decides to go look for you an hour later after you've gone to the bathroom?). After I saw her dad, and mother, I was able to recognize them immediatly, and I even knew their name. I was just too shocked by who this girl was, that I never checked to see if I could recognize their parents, what a fool.
She has moved back to Connecticut, in the same city where I live (I moved from the city and state we used to live in, a year after she left. what are the chances?) And I already have her phone number and e-mail address., and we promised to go together somewhere to gain those lost years.
Its always good to have your childhood friend (kind of like a sister) back again. but that just tells you how big and small this world can be at the same time. Anyway, I'm happy and confused at the same time. becuase of things like this, you can't sleep at night because you really can't believe it actually happened. Hopefully I might be wrong about the sleeping part, but I doubt I'll be able to close an eye today.
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