They were all laughing and making sex jokes, and Susan was doing her best to laugh along with them.
When she saw me approaching the group, her face went “ashen.” It was almost like she didn’t want to remember what she was like twelve months ago,
and she certainly didn’t want the boys to know that she knew me and used to be my friend.
The whole group got quiet and stared at me, but I didn’t even notice them. I just looked at Susan, and all I said was, “Do you ever miss him?”
I didn’t say it mean or accusingly. I just wanted to know if anybody else remembered Michael.
To tell you the truth, I was stoned in a bad way, and I couldn’t get the question out of my mind.
Susan was at a loss. She didn’t know what to do. These were the first words we had spoken since the end of last year.
I guess it wasn’t fair of me to ask her in a group like that, but I never see her by herself anymore, and I really needed to know.
At first, I thought her blank expression was the result of surprise, but after it didn’t go away for a long while, I knew that it wasn’t.
It suddenly dawned on me that if Michael were still around, Susan probably wouldn’t be “going out” with him anymore.
Not because she’s a bad person or shallow or mean. But because things change.
And friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody. “I’m sorry I bothered you, Susan.
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