Banded Reunion

Part 5

Jordi Palacios walked along the sidewalk, on the way back to his apartment. After his cancer had gone away, well for the most part, he had gotten the okay to leave Ocean Park, it was then that he felt he needed to be closer to the only family he truly had and moved back to Mexico to spend time with his Grandma. It felt right at the moment and his relationship with her only grew stronger by each day.

His mom tried to come back into his life, yet again surprise surprise, when he was 18 and heading off to college. Which didn't really work out. He refused to see his mom and on top of that realized college wasn't for him so he dropped out halfway through his freshman year. What a waste of money and time that was.

Hearing the familiar beep of his phone, he pulled it out from his pocket as he walked into the building. He scanned the few messages he had from a couple of old friends before seeing the notification for a few e-mail and immediately opening it up and reading it over. It was from Leo, nothing too rant-ful but still getting to the point rather quick. And the point was that they were all planning on meeting up at Ocean Park Hospital for a Christmas Party and his presence was requested. His fingers moved towards the keys to type a reply but he couldn't think of anything to say. Did he want to go? He wasn't too sure.

Sure he missed everyone but they hardly made an effort to keep in touch with him. Besides they were all doing valuable things with their lives, important things. What was Jordi doing all this time? Working at some restaurant he could care less about and just now living on his own. They would think he was absolutely pathetic and he didn't blame them if they did think that. He knew he should have stuck with music and tried to make a career out of it. But it was too little too late.

He hastily put his phone back away. He wasn't ready to face everyone.

Not now.