Dear Scott
Again, I find you in my life
Forever on my mind
My thoughts and dreams
So full of you
So apart of me
When I back away
Leaving you to go
It seems you always stay
Dear Scott, my friend
What is it you want
Because right here
In this time and place
In my heart
I hold you dear
But maybe then
Once time moves on
Of me you will care not
My heart is confused
My brain aches at night
For her you still pine
And for me all you do is flirt
So please move on
Leave her behind
Before she’s gone away
Come into my heart
Don’t come and go
Like you’ve done
Right from the start
I jumped as my phone began to vibrate on my chest where I had set it after sending my lasts text to Silvia. She was responding pretty slowly, except for this last text. Looking down, Scott’s name appeared above an envelope on the screen. Scott? I thought to myself. I bit my lip, the calm that had fallen over me as I sat in my bed suddenly replaced by nervousness. What was he doing texting me so late? What was he doing texting me at all? Taking a deep breath, I waited for a second before opening it as I held it close to my face.
I had a ton of fun tonight! Did you? I read it over and over again, my brain hardly processing what was going on. A text from Scott Sharpe. Maybe I was on his mind. The thought sent my limbs into shock, my toes and fingers forgetting how to move properly. How was I suppose to respond? Play it cool and act casual? Tell him I liked him? No no, too much. My brain beet against the inside of my skull, For God's sake send something, Idiot! It screamed at my frozen fingers. I held my breath, a casual response flowing through my stubby fingers.
Of course I had fun! It’s been a while since we’ve hung out. I hit send and then dropped my phone on my chest, letting out the deep breath I had held in while typing. I missed talking to Scott. I really did. We just weren’t who we used to be anymore. We had this friendship that just started up like an explosion and before long fizzled into nothing. A loud bang like a firework that no one can ignore that disappeared as fast as it had come. I had fallen pretty hard for him before, but in all honesty, we never really had the time to become more. We “knew” each other in the span of a month and then were suddenly just acquaintances. It really shouldn’t have been such a surprise to me that things fell apart the way they did, but I really felt from the moment I first talked to him that we’d be different. That somehow we were meant to meet and change each other’s lives.
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Dear Scott
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