Dear My Sunflower Babe

It was in that moment that my heart sank deeper than the ocean. I tried to keep my tears in, but that obviously never works. To be honest, it wasn't the fact that I had just found out that my best friend's mother had passed, but it was the fact that my best friend had just lost her mother that made me a dreaded mess. Guilt and shame washed over me. I kept thinking that I should've known. I should've been a better friend. I should've been there for her. I should've comforted her. I should've told her that I'm always here for her. I should've stayed for her. I shouldn't have left her.

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This is just a draft, so apologies in advanced if everything's hard to read or follow through with. Once this draft is finished, I'll post the final good copy of the story, and hopefully that will flow better.