Angela was caught up in some mess without even realising it. She also loved Vince and she knew that the guy loved her too. She loved him more than anything, at least that’s what she told me when I asked her about how she felt for Vince. At the same time, she did not want to betray her friend, she valued her friendship with Ann.

Ann started feeding her with hateful stuff towards my friend and damn, she fell for it.

Vince stopped going to school because of the rumours started by Ann. He was so ashamed of himself as if he had done something wrong. He would spend the entire afternoon with his grandfather who used to beg him to go back to school. Vince would come up with excuses about his torn uniform as if he was not wearing it for the past years.

I used to beg the man to come back to school as I missed him, but to tell the truth he was no longer the Vince I knew. The Vince I knew would never miss a day of school even if he was not feeling well. He would drag himself to make it to the class.

One day he decided to go back to school. You can just imagine how delighted I was. He did everything everyone knew he was the best at, minding his own business and passing his tests and exams.

It was in our final year at high school when he decided to talk to Angela.

Angela was still very much upset at the way things had turned out between the two of them. My friend wanted nothing more than to apologise but Angela, being herself, started insulting Vince and reminding him of what had occurred with Ann. That was her biggest mistake and I’m pretty sure wherever she is, she regrets it. After that disappointment, Vince went to his home and he wrote a message for Angela.

Dear Angela

I, Vince, have got a huge problem. I keep falling in love with people who treat me like a piece of shit. I can’t accept it that people only love when they’re in need of my services. I always fall in love with ideas that bring nothing but pain to my inner soul.

Angela, believe me when I say this, I love you to the extent that I would sacrifice it all for you. The heated conversations I had with you may be nothing to you but that is all I treasure, just to think about what we could have had.

I have wronged you and that is why I ask for your forgiveness. I hope and pray that one day you will find someone who is not a scumbag as I am. I hope you will find someone who will treasure your heart. I hope you will find the one who will treat you as if you are the only one on earth.

Lastly, I hope you will live a happy and a successful life without a nuisance like me.
Right now I assure you this, I’m leaving you to have a joyful life. Please don’t waste your tears for an idiot like me.

Goodbye, Angela.

So that was it for Vince. That evening he ran up to the unknown to start his new life without a useless friend like me or like any girl who shattered his life.

Sometimes I ask myself how much Vince loved Angela and whether I truly valued our friendship. Did Vince care that much for Angela to the point that he would live everything behind even though the journey hadn’t started?

Is it safe to say that our journey died before it started? I guess I will never find out since I’m the one who failed my friend. I shouldn’t have given up on him even though love had thrown him to the wolves. I can’t undo what’s been done and as a result of that our journey has died before it even began.

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