Through Glass

Aria was Caleb's best friend growing up, the two did everything together, regardless of what it was.

She sat by his side through all the bullshit in his life early on, she watched him grow.

But, she also had to watch him go through all that he did, good and horrible.

Eventually, the friends drifted apart when he got famous, but it wasn't his fault, it was hers. She was unbelievably proud of him, which is why she left just as his band was taking off; she didn't want to drag him down in any way.

But now she's 28, and the guilt of leaving her best friend when he needed her the most was eating her up, so she bought a ticket for a show, where they first met, she didn't know if he would recognize her, but it didn't really matter, she was always very persistent, so one way or another, she'd get her best friend back.

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As for Caleb, as soon as he saw Aria, anywhere, he would recognize her, for she was the only thing that kept him going, she was the reason he was famous, her, no one else pushed him to his limits, picked him up every time he was down, knocked sense into him when he was being stupid or reckless, and for that, he owed her his life. Because she was the reason he was still here. Still alive. Still with us.