As a student, the most comforting words you’ll ever hear are “i haven’t started either”
walking barefoot in the locker room of a public pool like

My ex contacted me the other day. She told me to meet her up. I was really excited and happy to see her, i thought she never wanted to see me again. She tells me to meet her somewhere away from her house, because she didn’t want anyone to know… (shady.. I know.) We met up by a red mango on Austin street. I can’t lie, she looked beautiful… I was really happy to see her. We walked back to my car and she wasted no time and started talking about the dude she’s dating. And she went on saying that there was no real chemistry between them, and that she didn’t even consider him her boyfriend; Which to me didn’t make much sense. After she stopped talking about her fuck boy “boyfriend” she told me she wanted to go back to my place to see my cats. We drove back to my house and she goes on to tell me that she likes hanging out around my neighborhood because of all the nice memories. We’re sitting in my room and i bring out some old photos that i took of her and she asked to see more but i didnt really want her to see that i still had all the photos of us, so i told her that it was in a box nd it was really hard to get em out.(it was such a bullshit excuse) Then we had some pizza and we shared an avacado just like we used too. The whole time im just really happy to have her with me. After we ate we decided to go somewhere else to hang out, so we head out to a spot around her “boyfriends” house so she could get her nails done(pretty ballsy of her). When shes done we head back to my neighborhood,again.. to a nice park with a beautiful view to the whitestone bridge and the whole time shes playing some oldschool r&b jams in the car.(whyyyyy???) When we get to the park we start walking around, just reminiscing and she lets me photograph her.(whyyyyyyyyyyy?) After a while it started getting kind of late so we decide to leave. We made a pit stop by a deli around my house to get some snacks then we head out back to her place. So im driving her back home and she tells me to please deny the fact that we had seen each other that day if her “boyfriend” ever asks me, i told her i would, but that she probably should tell him and not lie to him… whatever. We’re finally around her neighborhood and she tells me she doesnt want to go home yet, but it was already kind of late and i had work early the next day. So she tells me to leave her a couple of blocks away from her house and i do. I head home really happy… when i get home she dms me and asks for the photos i took. She has the audacity to upload them right away.(she deletes them days later) A couple of days later i buy her a bunch of flowers and a corny card for her birthday and leave them at her doorstep. She dms me later just saying “thanks ben.” I was pretty bummed out for a couple of days then i realized that she’s such a shady fucking person and that she’s messing with me. I burried her in my mind. Just like that…dead to me. She finally gave me the closure i needed. Im over her shady ass and i wont ever again allow my self to see her or let her hear from me. The girl i once loved is dead, and I’m finally at peace.