Yesterday Once More

 He must have been surprised as I was when I bump into him  at the reunion party earlier in the evening. He was an older version of the young Nick I knew then.  He gained weight and definitely, looked  maturely.  Who would not be after twenty years? We talked for awhile, updating ourselves with our prevailing lives, and laughing at each other's adventures and misadventures.  It was later in the evening when we said our goodbyes.  We shook hands and he pressed his card into mine. There was a hint of edginess in his voice when he said "Keep in touch". And my heart kept pounding as he took off.

 Was it really twenty years? Time seems to fly so past and memories then came flooding back. Twenty  years earlier we have been a " couple".  We had plans of getting married, having children, building our own home and staying together until we are old. Suddenly, our plans vanished into thin air, he was just not ready. His plans were not our plans and we had to part ways.  I was angry and disappointed for years blaming myself for the breakup.

 As days went into weeks, months into years, the pain of bitterness slowly ceases. I, gradually, moved on with my life, finishing my studies, finding a good job and finally meeting a wonderful guy who turned later became my husband.

 It was Karen Carpenter's song "Yesterday Once More" being played by the DJ that brought me back  to my senses and I started blaming the aura of the evening for letting myself indulged in the past.

 I looked once again at the card in my hand and remembered my loving husband waiting for me at home.

 Tears were running when I tore the card into pieces.  Not tears of regret, I said to myself but tears   of triumph.