Hatchback Hangs
The girl wore a rain coat.
The boy wore a hockey jersey.
They met on a rainy Monday morning, three years after their last time meeting. He forgot her coffee. Typical.
They both had gained weight, in a healthy way. When they used to know each other their nights were filled with an unhealthy amount of partying and surviving on a college student diet. Their nights of popping pills, ripping lines, and drinking bottles were behind them.
They had grown into the adults they were supposed to. Without each other. Neither of them wanted to leave the other behind but the girl knew she would never move on if she didn't let go completely. The boy had a hard time understanding that. He was unsure why they haven't been friends the last year. He wanted answers. She wanted closure. Their laughs were familiar. They rarely made direct eye contact. They must have felt it was too much. Each one tried desperately to not over compliment the other but their aging gracefully did not go unnoticed. Cold droplets of rain would blow in an ocean breeze as they stuck their feet outside of the hatchback. They sat close together but never facing each other with their bodies. When they walked down to the beach the girl started to feel sad and knew the conversation had to transition into something deeper than just catching up. The girl had to tell the boy what she felt all those years ago. Explaining her heartbreak while the boy stared off into the dark sky attempting to throw together words that felt appropriate in this situation. He couldn't come up with much. He was never good with his emotions let alone anyone else's. The girl cried. All he could offer was a hug. Part of the girl still had a tiny glimmer of hope that he would say something profound. That maybe after all these years he grew into the man she always hoped he would be. His lack of response to her words proved that he wasn't capable of fulfilling her hearts desire. Yet still she kept spewing statements to give him more chances to say something, anything comforting. It dawned on her that he was never going to live up to her expectations just as she knew deep down. He was never capable of giving her what she needed.