hi zay. years ago i said i wouldn't talk to you anymore as i was probably annoying you, even though you're gone. still, i have some glimmer of hope left in me that maybe, just maybe, you're still here. maybe im being foolish. maybe im delusion. maybe i just miss you and wished we could have been better friends. you were so nice to me, even when i wasn't nice to myself. i was so obnoxious back then. if only you could see what has become of me. would you be pleased? disappointed? my mind won't stop racing when i think of you and thalia, who i no longer know is dead or alive. talking to you was my outlet, even once you were gone. we weren't too close because i was far too hesitant of the internet, but if we were to have met later, maybe i could have let you in. maybe you would have let me help you. maybe i would have made it on time to just say goodbye. i have never forgotten you, as you always are with me. your death shaped me. for better or worse, i have no clue. all i know is that i can never forgive myself for being too late. it has gotten easier with time, but never easy. never okay. i miss you zay, and i wish you were here to help me through my darkest moments. i find myself wondering if you have met thalia wherever you are, or kaila. you didn't know kaila, but she took her life two years after you. i wasn't too close to her either, but knowing her in real life broke me even more. knowing that i saw her cries for help and ignored them destroys me to this day. if you have met her, please say hi for me. i've been rambling. im sorry. this isn't a final goodbye. this is just a conversation between a delusional girl and her dead online friend. i hope i may talk to you soon.