At age thirteen he was your best friend but now he pretends you've never met...

"I know you remember me. Quit acting as if you don't." U tell him

He flashes a cold grin "Oh, I get it. We got crazy at a party or something, right?"

For a minute you are shocked into silence. Your cheeks feel hot with anger and embarrassment There's no way he could forget that summer

The two of you spent every minute together and shared all your secrets

At the end something terrible happened between your families And then hedisappeared with no trace

But you've always wondered what happened to him You sure never expected to find him here in your college town Living right next door with a different name

"Please” you plead "Just stop pretending we're strangers."

" don't care enough to pretend. Now you're gonna make a scene aren't you?"

" just want you to admit the truth."

You cross your arms and glare so that you don't burst into tears He stares at you for a long time without showing a shred of emotion

"Look, I.don't know you and I don't want to. But you seem Tike a lot of crazy trouble so I'm out."

You cannot believe this is happening.. He was the boy who used to buy you ice cream with his meager allowance

Once he even ripped up his shirt to clean your scraped knee

Yet now he won't even look back at you as he walks away...