Broken String Of Fate

Just The Way You Are

*Ramon's POV*

-With extended version-

The name's Ramon and I'm just your typical average boy. I love gaming, playing sports, watch action movies .. you name it. But there's one problem. I did those things alone. I watched my favourite movies in my room... My kind of sport was only running, jogging or sometimes roller-skating... I do have friends to play my games with but I wouldn't invite them to my house. I just hangout with them at school. You might be thinking. What an introvert. Yes, yes I was. Though luckily me, I wasn't treated like an outcast just because I'm quiet. We're in a different society now. People should know better. Anyway, despite being an introvert, I have something that I was very passionate about.

Photography. I couldn't live without it. Ever since how I see my dad taking pictures of my mom during her photoshoot years ago, I started growing an interest to it. And I loved it. Oh my parents? They worked under a film industry. My mom was a model for as long as she could remember and my dad, well, he's a photographer, an editor, a director and many other roles. My dad's a 'superdad' to me.

Because my mom was a model, I avoided talking about her to anyone. Even my friends. They will go crazy about it and will kept asking me how my mom is. Except to this very specific person.

Alicia. One of the most recognized girl in school, in other words, the popular one. I get it, why her? Don't worry, she's not your stereotypical mean girl from those chick-flick movies. She's actually very sweet and friendly once you get to know her but maybe too annoyingly friendly. She's very chatty with her friends and quite optimistic. She would never tell anyone secrets that weren't suppose to be told. Her kindness made her popular. I guess you could say I observed her and well, yes.

She was my best friend. I know, unexpected right? How could a guy like me, a quiet and sometimes nerdy, can be best friends with an outgoing and cheerful girl like her? Hey, anyone can be friends with anyone. And to answer that question, we're both each other's first friend in our freshman year in high school. We both got lost together on the first day of school and the rest was history. Eventually, we both just grew up to be different people with totally different interests. But that doesn't mean our friendships broken. We told each other everything through thick and thin.

Remember about me having the passion for photography? Guess what, so does she! Maybe that was what brought us closer together. We would take pictures of sceneries and sometimes us. We were inseparable.

Until last year that is.

This year was already our graduating year and honestly, I miss talking to her. And no, we weren't friends not because of being friendzoned, bro-zoned or time zone whatever you want to call it. It was actually because of me.

I broke it off. Without telling her.

I couldn't stand seeing myself being by her side and yet I don't know why. She has been there for me and I was there for her but I felt something so strange. I sense a change but not through me but through her. She became more .. like me. She wasn't herself anymore back then.

I remember a year ago when she started being less chatty around her friends and became more reserved than the usual. She started reading books and did I tell you she hates reading? Her outfit style changed too but instead of wearing bright colours, I've seen her wearing monotone colours to school and it shocked everyone including me. She wore flats instead of heels! My friends even asked me about her.

"Yo dude, what's up with her?" one of them asked.

"I have no idea.." I answered him.

"Hey, go talk to her," another advised me and so I did.