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fiRst LOVE

I spent the night with Megha, giggling
about the day and talking excitedly about the summer ahead and our college plans.

When Diya called me, I automatically answered.

"This is Ashley," the voice on the other end said.

My face burned hot at the thought of them hanging out together without me.

       "Why did you ignore Diya after graduation?" she asked.

I was confused and hurt.

Why was Ashley calling instead of  her ?

Did she really care so little about me that she didn't even feel the need to do her own fighting?

"I will end you," Ashley threatened.

    I heard diya laughing in the background.

My chest ached and I felt like I was going to cry and scream at the same time.

       "If she wants to talk to me, she knows my number," I said before hanging up.

But she never called back.

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That summer I tried to put diya out of my mind. I'd lost best friends in the past, but I never felt like this, and we always remained friendly enough that if we saw each other, we'd at least say "hi."

  With her , everything was different. I found myself avoiding her if I saw her in public. If I saw anything that reminded me of her, my stomach would instantly knot up, and I'd try desperately not to cry.

I never felt this devastated over a faded friendship .

To get over it, I started spending all my time with Megha, who joked that it seemed like ending my friendship with Diya was more like breaking up with someone I had been dating.

I laughed at the thought. It seemed absurd at the time. I hadn't yet gone through a real breakup, but it was much more...

Megha tried to distract me from her thoughts by introducing me to her friends group..

We started hanging out with them all the time, and I started making out with one of the boys. Ironically he played baseball. It was like I couldn't totally get away from Diya, no matter how hard I tried.