maybe time will heal

Since 6th grade, me, 'A' and 'V' have been the closest friends. Learning from each other and being stupid together. We changed schools last year but still kept in touch every day. At first, 'A' felt left out at her new school but then started talking to this guy in her class. They exchanged ig accounts and jokingly flirted. A's dad found out and scolded her, not too harshly, saying that he trusted her enough that she'll realize it's better to focus on studies.

A few days later, V told me that A hadn't stopped talking to the boy. We tried to persuade her to stop cuz it wasn't good to break her dad's trust over a boy and if she was feeling lonely then maybe she could try to talk to the other students in her class. But she started crying and saying that "Why are you being like this? Why shouldn't I talk to him? Pls don't say that. He's my friend." We felt bad so we stopped talking about him altogether. I thought that maybe cuz we're all separated now, she must be feeling so alone that she just got attached to the boy, cuz he was the only one who talked to her in school.

For a few months, we couldn't call each other cuz of exams. In february, I suddenly got a call from V early morning. She told me A's dad called her dad to go over to A's house to discuss some things. They somehow logged into A's ig and read all the chats b/w A and the boy, and also V. I wasn't involved cuz I didn't use ig for a long time. Many things happened. A's parents blamed V for "ruining their daughter's life" and forbade us from talking to A ever again. Her mom literally said to me, "From now on, don't ever talk to V and A, it'll be good for you." as if this bond of 6 years never existed.

I cried so much that day, trying to explain things to her mom on the phone and defending V. Then I felt anger towards A. how could she let her mom say all those things about V? And how could she risk our friendship for a boy she met 4 months ago? But then I thought maybe she did in vain. Me and V haven't been in contact with A since then and I miss her. I just hope that once we're a bit grown up, maybe in like 2-3 years, I would get to meet her and hug her again.