I was really excited to be reunited with him after all these years. I told him everything about my university, introduced him to my friend Celia and invited him to my home to have a dinner with me and my family. He told me that he also got admitted into the same university. We talked for about two hours and then went our separate ways after exchanging numbers.
On my way back home, I started thinking and it occurred to me that the guy who I saw in my dream last night was Luke Warren. It was an interesting coincidence that he cropped up in my life after a long time on the very next day after my weird, happy dream. Luke was my childhood friend who lived in our neighbourhood. He was a white, brown haired kid with adorable blue eyes. Luke was my closest and only real friend throughout elementary school. His family was mine, and my family was his. When I felt down, he was the only person I could go to and share my troubles with, we were always there for each other each other. When I think back of the time we spent together, I realise that it was one the happiest times of my life
WE got separated because my father got promoted and with a good raise, he got transferred to another city. My family migrated with him and unfortunately, Luke and I lost all contact. Time flies and leaves its shadow. It’s amazing how fast time goes, and things constantly and you just go with the flow. True friendships never really changes with times and distances., and I was glad to have bumped into Luke.
I came home with a huge smile on my face. The next day me and Celia went shopping with some friends. While we were shopping Luke called and asked me to join him for coffee if I had the time. I automatically said yes! shopping can always wait. I excused myself from my friends and went to the coffee shop. When I entered the shop I saw him sitting by the window waiting for me, I walked towards him, he had a warm smile and looked so hot. We placed our orders and started talking about the random things. He was very chatty, outgoing and funny, we talked for hours and had such a pleasant time together. It felt like nothing had changed in the years we have been apart.
A few days later during my microbiology class, he texted me to join him at the cafeteria for lunch. I decided to sneaked out of my class and join him. He was wearing the same red jacket like the one I saw in my dream, I was having a déjà vu moment. I quickly composed myself and walked towards him. I wanted to blurt out and tell him about how I had started developing feelings for him, but I couldn’t. I didn’t want to ruin our friendship, we had just found each other again after years. We started meeting more regularly over the next couple of weeks and even established a routine.
One day he texted me, “Hey! My friends and I are going to watch a movie tonight. Would you like to join us?” I said, I agreed to the movie night, it would be a chance for us to hang out even if we would not be alone. I dressed up and drove to his place. When I got there, I entered his house, greeted him mum who let me in and went straight to his room. I opened the door and saw his friends sitting there. It was not the first time I was meeting them so it was already a relaxed atmosphere. After some time of small talking, someone knocked on his door, Luke opened the door, and there was a girl standing there. I had never seen her before. She was a pretty, blond girl with a beautiful smile.
“Hey everyone, this is Julia my friend”, he said.
“We are doing a new project together.” Luke explained.
I felt a pang of jealousy, seeing him with other girl. I turned to Luke and said, ” Hey! I have just remembered that I have to do an important assignment due tomorrow, I will call you later ”
I left his house in a hurry, I couldn’t believed he had been seeing someone else all this time and he didn’t tell me. But in all honesty, he also had no clue that I was falling for him. I felt miserable and mad at myself for falling for him. I didn’t tell anyone about my situation, not even Celia. I felt lost, but I still had the urge to talk to him, but I didn’t want to sound desperate and hopeless. It took me sometime, a couple of days days to compose myself and try to get him out of my mind. I didn’t answer his calls or replied to his texts during this time. I didn’t want to talk to him, I was feeling confused and sad and I never wanted to appear a vulnerable and pathetic person in front of him.
One evening, I was sitting on my couch trying to watch a TV show because I wanted to divert my thoughts from the whole incident, when the doorbell rang. No one was home except me. I opened the door and Luke was standing there. He had a sad look on his face. We stood there staring at each other for a minute.