Madilyn still remembers the pain of finding that her best friend and neighbor, Jack, had moved away.
"He didn't even say goodbye," she whispered to herself as she sat crying and alone in her room. "I thought he cared."
She wanted desperately to reach out to him on twitter or Instagram or any form of social media, however, she was afraid of being rejected. She missed Jack, and it was like a piece of her had been taken when she had found of his departure.
Deep down she knew that after all the memories they had shared, she had subconsciously gathered feelings for him over the years. But now that he was gone, how was she to approach this crisis of the one she loved leaving her so suddenly?
So Madilyn sat there alone with her blinds drawn and door shut. She sat in solitude and she cried.
Madilyn cried for way that things once were, the things that could've been, and the things that almost were.
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Her Marine
Short StoryMadelyn and Jack have been inseparable since their childhood. As neighbors, they spent everyday growing up together, and they were very close. However, Jack moves away to join the marines - without even telling Madelyn goodbye. Broken and confused...
