Jackie: Hello.
Wren: Hey.
Jackie:Do you remember me?
Wren: Yes, I do.
Jackie:
Wren: Soccer Practice. Summer; two years before.
Jackie: Yeah, you do.
Wren: So... You are in which Grade now?
Jackie: I am a junior right now.
Wren: Must be having a tough year. Either that, or the best year of your life.
Jackie: I agree with the first part.
Wren: :) I understand. I am currently working as an animator.
Jackie: Yes, I scrolled throw them your pics. You have got your own bike!
Wren: Maybe that is a part of growing up.You were the best soccer player among the girls.
Jackie: Thank You.
Wren: How come this happens?
Jackie: What happens?
Wren: We find each other after two years. It freaks me out. Instances like this freaks me out.
Jackie: Well... I found you out.
Wren: We're you stalking for me, these two years? LOL.
Jackie: I just came across your profile. I hardly thought if you would have still remembered me, let alone accept my friend request.
Wren: I do remember you, Jackie. You have changed so much. You remember you used to wear a dungaree every time I would meet you outside of the practice sessions? Well, now look at you. I am currently scrolling through some of your pictures and you seem to transform, still in the process of being a beautiful butterfly day by day.
Jackie: Even you have changed, in that matter. I got shocked when I saw your stubble. I mean, I never thought you would grow it. You have changed far more than me. I could hardly recognize you first.
Wren: Well... That stubble even came as a surprise to me. But then I though it suited me so, I kept it the way it was. That takes a maintenance every third Sunday of the month in the barber's shop.
Jackie: Lol.
Wren: You have grown your hair longer. It makes you look beautiful.
Jackie: I think of cutting them off sometimes.
Wren: Dare you do that.
Jackie: I don't know what else to say.
Wren: Say anything.
Jackie: That is a good 90's movie. I loved that one.
Wren: Good reference.
Jackie: Say...
Wren: I have nothing to say. I am waiting for you to speak first.
Jackie: You mean, 'type' first?
Wren: -___-
Jackie: -________________________________________-
Wren: :)
Jackie: :(
Wren: ;)
Jackie: :O
Wren: Are we going to talk! Jeez! You are stubborn.
Jackie:
Wren: Jackie?
Jackie: Wren?
Wren: Yeah. Let's know about each other.
Jackie: How come we never talked in reality, in person, but we chat so amazingly in the virtual world?
Wren: I don't know.
Jackie: You always talked to me indirectly, but never .. You know what I am talking about right?
Wren: Yes. Maybe because I thought... I thought .... I was an introvert back then.
Jackie: I was too, but despite of me catching you looking at me many times, you trying to broach up a conversation byes illy remark everytime, how did we never talked?
Wren: Seems like a mystery to me.
Jackie: Well, you don't have an answer, or you don't wanna reveal it.
Wren: I don't quite know.
Jackie:
Wren: But now, we have come across each other once more, so let us make use of this opportunity. What is your favorite color?
Jackie: Grey.
Wren: Blue. Favorite Ice Cream?
Jackie: Butter Scotch.
Wren: Choco chips.
Jackie: Favorite movie?
Wren: Iron Man series, maybe?
Jackie: Just My Luck. I can't do this anymore. Do you have nothing to say apart form this?
Wren: Apart form what? Are you mad at me? Why are you mad at me?
Jackie: Do you have anything to say?
Wren: Anything what?
Jackie: Anything?
Wren: No.
Jackie: Good Bye.
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Jackie's Point of view:
I went to his account, and blocked him right then. He has nothing to say now. Everything was just in vain. I had seen him two years ago,got me heart linked to him, in my dreams, waited to meet him for the next two years, went through all kinds of signs universe had been showing me... And I get this?!
My favorite color is grey. Because he used to wear it often.
My favorite ice cream is Butter Scotch because he caught me candidly eating it, when I was trying it apart from chocolate for the first time.
I considered him to be lucky for me. My life had changed. I got a scholarship, I won for the team, my life had changed.... It was surely just my luck.
Doesn't he realizes all this? How can't he?
I had been searching for him since two years. Finally yesterday, I found him. My heart had skipped a beat. Then it was beating so fast till I came upon the conclusion that it was surely his account.
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Wren's Point of View:
Where is she? Did she just block me? Why did she do it? What did she want? I had met her after such a long time, only to be blocked by her? Okay I liked her, but I didn't tell her pest she would be offended and get angry. She always had a high temper, as I remember. Even though I left the soccer club, I still missed her Eveyrday. I had dreamt of her for a few initial nights after my return form her town. She might be four years younger than me, and I thought this is not the right time to let her know about my feelings. What if she freaks out? I thought that since she is my friend now, I can let her know about this, my feelings, after she graduates senior year...
Maybe I screwed it.
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Two months later.
Jackie's POV
Why did I block him. I could have been subtle in being angry with him.
Will he accept my friend request once again?
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