JORDAN
As a kid, Samantha was always around me, always so close, and we attended the same school. We were inseparable and that bond grew till I started crushing on her, she was beautiful and I knew her more than she knew herself. Yet, I found her flawless and perfect. She let her guard down in front of me and showed me sides that no one saw. And everytime she did, I wanted to protect her. When her parents were going through a divorce, when her only brother died, when her father became abusive, when she slowly disappeared and no one noticed. She became mean, rude, different, yet with me, she was still Sam because it was all a cover for the gem within. And somehow, that gem had turned into something cold and different. Was she pretending all this while or did I not just notice?
I walked ba
