OS

"Once upon a time there was a girl.  We'll call her Ana for now.  Ana knew a girl – her name is Kaitlyn – whom she idolized in every way.  Ana loved Kaitlyn with all her heart and just wanted Kaitlyn to feel the same.  Ana and Kaitlyn also knew a boy named James, but Kaitlyn hated him, for whatever reason. Ana, being so enamored with Kaitlyn, knew that Kaitlyn would never truly accept her unless she too was mean to James all the time.  So Ana was.  And Kaitlyn later abandoned Ana, but still, perhaps in some hope of regaining Kaitlyn's friendship, was a royal B-word to James."

This part of the story was told to me last night.  I feel the need to add my own part.

When Ana and James first met, Ana seemed to really like James.  However, after about a year of knowing each other, Ana met a boy, we'll call him Gary for now.  However, James and Ana continued to talk, and were probably closer friends at this point than they had ever been before.

However, Ana started to change.  When Kaitlyn left her, you could tell that she was willing to open herself to other friends, but still was not as happy as she was with Kaitlyn as her best friend.  

Ana is one of the only people who ever judged James.  If it weren't for her, he would have gone through life thinking everything he did was completely normal.  And James liked Ana.  She was nice, and the two had a lot of the same interests.  They were good friends.  James liked that.

Last night, Wednesday, Ana texted James.  She said she wanted to tell him the reason that she's been "insulting and not taking to [him] much for years now".  

Frankly, there was no reason for such.  If Ana had tried to be a "royal B-word" to James, then she hadn't done a very good job.  Ana was one of James's best friends, and hoped to remain that way.

Tonight, Thursday, the two saw each other.  They shared one of the nicest hugs there ever was.  It was a hug of true friendship.

-NM