The month my dad died she planned to move…she had two months to tell me and not one word spoken about it, and she’s gone now…how can love be such a fragile thing when it can turn into hate so quickly. I guess the question now was…can I ever forgive her?

So, how was that? Hard to read, I know…trust me I know. We broke up in the first place because nothing seemed to work out anymore. And with time we became friends, best friends actually…she was with me when I got the call about my dad. She stayed with me even after I fell asleep from crying, but then she just left.

I can’t even begin to describe what I felt the day I found out she was gone. I don’t know if it were my heart that were stabbed or whether then pain was from investing years into fixing a friendship.

All I ever wanted in life just disappeared.

“hey you…” Aiden said answering his phone

“hey Aiden…” I replied

“what’s goin on?” he asked

“um…just sitting realizing how much my life sucks…”

“yep…I know the feeling…” he told me

“I mean, how did our worlds just flip like this?” I asked him

“I don’t know…it’s like one day we had everything and now we have nothing…” he said

“what happened to us Aiden? You know? I don’t know who I am anymore or how I got here. I miss who I used to be…I wanna have a home again you know? And real friends, like the kind of friendships we used to believe in…I miss that. And I miss you…I guess I just miss all of it…does any of that make any sense?” I told him starting to cry a little

“it makes all the sense in the world actually…” he told me “…four years ago it all seemed so clear didn’t it? Conquer the world, save the world, live happily ever after…” he explained

“are you happy Aiden? Out in New York city…” I asked him

“sometimes…not always…are you?” he asked

“no…” I said through my tears

“then let me ask you this…what is going to make you happy Ashley? Is it how you look? Or the people you know? Or the car you drive? Is it money or celebrity? Is it power or accomplishments? Because I have all of those things and I don’t think it’s enough…” he told me