I thought I'd met you before. Of course, I couldn't place you. I'm not very good with names and places. Still, the thought of you lingered on that very cold day in January.
Maybe it was a class we had, or you were a friend of a friend of mine. No. That couldn't be it.
Oh, it was you. You took long walks. Usually, ahead of me. Yes, I liked to go out too. Not very far. Just for a stretch, during those mundane revisions. Perhaps, we were on the same wave length. Only, you were ahead of me..a bit. Smarter. Decisive. Yes, I thought you knew everything.
Then I saw you with the fat girl. Somehow, I even liked you better.
I suppose I was jealous. I mean, why couldn't it be me.
But I was nice to her..because you were nice to her. And then I got to know her. And she became my friend.
But she never spoke of you. I wonder why.
Maybe it was a class we had, or you were a friend of a friend of mine. No. That couldn't be it.
Oh, it was you. You took long walks. Usually, ahead of me. Yes, I liked to go out too. Not very far. Just for a stretch, during those mundane revisions. Perhaps, we were on the same wave length. Only, you were ahead of me..a bit. Smarter. Decisive. Yes, I thought you knew everything.
Then I saw you with the fat girl. Somehow, I even liked you better.
I suppose I was jealous. I mean, why couldn't it be me.
But I was nice to her..because you were nice to her. And then I got to know her. And she became my friend.
But she never spoke of you. I wonder why.
I love the way this was written - like a letter from an old friend.
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