You were a very close friend of Joe. You had recently begun a band with a couple of dorm friends, and that limited your time with him in college. Soon enough, you left college to do the band full time. You had kept going. You missed him, sure, but you were okay on your own.

Over time, you got more and more work done. Whenever you had to go on tour, your eyes shot to where he should be. But he wasn't there. It was someone else. You missed him too much. It almost hurt.

From what he heard around the friends you made, mutual to you, the band was going very well. It was getting a lot of features in the town, and it were getting put on a label sooner than later. Good for you. I wonder... did you forget him?..

After a few years of the immense work and effort he put into the school, he was finally graduating with his degree in whatever he went for. He stayed and stood in the line for a while when being called up and sat back down after. He sat and waited for his own name to be called. It was like years had passed. It is longer than the school time itself. When his name was called, he walked up and claimed his diploma. He heard a few yells from parents and friends. But...one stuck out. That voice yelled yet again. They yelled-

It...was you.