A Simple Hello

Looking back, I cannot believe how naive I once was. Trusting everyone that came close. No one could possibly hurt me, those things only happened in the stories, or so I thought. People can change, take you by surprise. They can become a completely different person than the one you only thought you knew; but I suppose, when you fly too close to the sun, you become blinded by its beauty and end up burned.

We hadn’t spoken in days. Holding back a sob, I searched my mind, attempting to fathom why this had happened to me. As hard as I tried, I just could not understand. So much had changed in so little time; Best friends one day, the next, not so much. The moment Amanda walked out, everyone else followed in her footsteps. My mind buzzed with questions. What had I done to deserve this? Was it something I said? Was it something I did? She had left too much unanswered, and I needed to know.

I ran in an attempt to catch up with Amanda as she sped down the hall to avoid me. “What the hell is happening? Did I do something to you?” I had never cursed like that before, but there was nothing more for me to lose. She stared at me blankly before resuming to her speedy pace, ignoring my existence. Her mind was set on silence, but mine was set on obtaining answers. I sat next to Amanda in every class we had together. I silently ate lunch next to her with my, now, “old” friends, just like the old days, only now, not a word was spoken to me. As if I were a ghost haunting those that had hurt me.

I bend over backwards, doing this for days with no avail. I had failed and given up.

The months of summer to come were the worst yet. Before I knew it, I would be going to an enormous, terrifying high school. Even thinking of it shook me with fear. One ...

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...care about what she thought or why. I did not care. She was no longer of my concern.

When the first day of school rolled around, I was still completely terrified to go. I felt that I had lost the ability to make new friends and my few friends couldn’t possibly have any classes with me. Little did I know, my friends showed up all along the way, and I was able to meet and make many new friends.

If I had never gone onto Facebook that day, never gotten that message, who knows if I would be here today, living the best days of my life. No matter what else had happened, everyday I am thankful for the single person that took a single second to say a simple hello. It just might have saved me.

To this day, I miss my memories with Amanda, but I will never miss her. I will never allow a person to hurt me like she did. I have found who I can trust, and that is all that matters