It all started on a late summer night
She made a post and he found it funny
One comment
Then two
And they were immediately friends
On her next post he commented again
And she was happy
For so long she had wanted friends here
She always saw other people talking
Saying how much they loved their friends
But not real life friends
No, everyone else had "internet friends"
And she wanted some too
And she got what she wanted
After a while they exchanged three words
And that made her happy.
But a month later she was a little sad
Sure, she had him
But everyone else had a group
Up to twelve people that they all talked to
And she wanted that
So badly
She needed the human interaction
She wasn't getting that anywhere else
So she searched around, but to no avail
As soon as she stopped searching, however
Someone came to her
He seemed crazy (Literally)
And a bit dirty-minded
But that was okay
...right?
She accepted him
She introduced him to her older friend
At first she regretted it
But then, all three of them became close.
But it still felt small and strange.
There were no other girls for her to talk to.
There was no older "parent friend"
They were a bunch of rowdy young people.
So she began to search again
Soon she found someone
This other girl was older
Wiser
The "mom friend"
She was christened the leader
Everyone was okay with that
But soon it got weird.
The second girl had feelings for the second guy
The first girl had feelings for the first guy
This all may seem strange, but let me explain
When you talk to someone
Every day or night
Usually for hours
It doesn't matter if you've never really met
All that matters is your love for that person
Not always romantic
But love
It doesn't matter.
So the second girl and guy started dating.
It was a long distance relationship.
It was hard.
But they made it seem easy
And one night
When the "mom" wasn't online
The second guy convinced the first two
After a month of talking about it
He asked her
"Do you wanna... maybe try it?"
And she said yes.
After all, they were so close already
If they decided it wasn't working
They could go back
Go back to just talking
To being normal
Only slightly less "I love yous"
And a lot more single
But they didn't
They talked
Talked
Talked
Talked
They texted
Video chatted
Called
Snapped
They used every type of communication
Just to hear each other's voices
They helped each other through things
He talked her through panic
She told him to stop doing dangerous hobbies
And they were better off.
But the problem was parents.
Hers didn't accept him.
They didn't approve.
Now, two years later, she knows.
Parental approval is very important.
Not always necessary
But important
However, back then she was angsty
She was rebellious
And worst of all
She thought she was in love.
And maybe she was.
She hasn't completely figured that out yet.
They've talked since the break up
They both said they felt...
Something.
But was it just teens?
Teens talking?
Teens being hormonal and sad?
Even now
She still wonders
She used to wonder
If he cried
She now knows, two years later
That he did.
She used to wonder
If he missed her at all
She now knows, two years later
That he does.
She used to wonder
If he was as devastated as she was
She now knows he was.
She used to wonder what life would be like
If they had ended up together
In real life
Not just talking
But talking
Like normal partners do
And now she knows
Two whole, long years later
It would've ended up being hell
That concludes the story
Of two people
Connected by a post on social media
Whose lives were changed by each other
Forever
Even though
They have never met
(Oh, and one last thing
The second boy and girl had to end things too.
She is much happier now
And he was/is a compulsive liar.
None of us talk to him anymore
Probably for the better.)
