Can We Be Strangers Again?
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She thought their bond was unbreakable. They had shared everything, secrets, laughter, dreams. Until one day, without warning, her best friend walked away as if she had never mattered. The sudden abandonment shatters her, sending her into a spiral of self-doubt and heartbreak.
A month later, as if nothing happened, the friend reappears. No apologies. No explanations. Just requests for favors, notes, and emotional support. And she helps-because that's who she is. But something has changed. The friendship that once meant everything is now just a collection of memories she can't seem to forget.
As she navigates the pain of betrayal, the struggle of pretending, and the ache of nostalgia, she asks herself a single question: Can we be strangers again? Because, just maybe, it would hurt less.
A raw and poignant story about learning to let go of someone who has already let go of you.
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"You won't choke me when you come out, right?" She smiles, what a tease. "Stop it," I warn her. "That's a bad habit I can't seem to get rid of, and your neck looks pretty with my hand around it anyways," I smirk and she rolls her eyes. "It's okay, I know I can take it." She challenges. Oh, right here she is. I've missed her so much. My little pink. "I know you can too, I know you love it when I touch you." ... ❀ Montana Lowren ❀ Shy, sweet, smart, a book lover, energetic. Blond hair, pretty bright blue eyes, 5'5, the sweetest person to everyone no matter what they do to her. Her whole life she's only had one friend and that friend was the person that kept her down all the time, that wasn't a friend but she didn't have anyone else so she has no choice but to stick to her. Trying to make people the one person that 'hates' her and bullies her all the time, understand that she's also a human and she can never do harm to him or his friends. ⋆Landon Kate ⋆ Schools biggest bully, arrogant, pushy, prankster, grumpy. Brown fluffy hair, grey-ish blue eyes, 6'1, doesn't like long conversations with anyone, is going through that phase where he just ignores every question asked to him. He likes Montana, he's liked her since 15 but he's never had the heart to ask her if she felt the same. He was determined to make her his and keep everyone away from her. But he bullied her, he hurt her feelings all the time, how would he be able to make her his if he's only pushing her away? Read to find out I guess.
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