William and I were best friends and then...we weren't.
We didn't really talk during our Senior Year. At graduation all the students had to go to certain classrooms to pick up their real diplomma. As I walked out of my classroom, William walked out of the one right across the hall from me. We stood staring at each other for a moment. I felt a wave of grief come over me because it was the end and we hadn't spoken the entire year. I ran over to him and he opened his arms...and I cried for what felt like an eternity. I can picture it like it was yesterday.
Over the next 19 years we have been in touch and not in touch. We saw each other at our 5 and 15 year reunions and a few other times in between.
Last night was the first time we've been together in four years...and I still adore him. I can't help it. He will always make me feel like we are still 14 and best friends. And that's a comforting feeling in this world I live in.
There are certain people in our lives we were meant to know...and William is one of mine.
Here we are in November of 1995 at our 5 year reunion. His name tag reads "Kato Kaelin"...that's how old we are! And please overlook my "I drank too much" eyes.
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