Confession #3 - I was the replacement.

I had a messy crush on my best friend, let’s call her Lauren.

We got really close, but she was the type to love-bomb and then vanish. Eventually, our friendship faded, and I became her personal homework hotline, only for her to say I was wasting her time. I snapped and told her to just copy my work. Silence followed for 3 months.

Then came prom. I felt invisible while she had her “main character” moment. It broke me.

The monday after, I confronted her and asked if she still liked our mutual friend. She panicked. We talked. I told her how I felt about everything. And I admitted I had feelings for her.

She said she could never like me…because she liked Hailey, our friend who moved away. The same friend I’d bonded with over both of us crushing on Lauren. Then she dropped the real bomb :  She only got close to me because I reminded her of Hailey. I was a replacement.

And yet… I still stayed friends with her for a bit.Even when my gut screamed leave. She eventually ghosted all of us after graduation.Dropped off a box of goodbye letters. Mine said:“Thank you for being kind to me.”

It was all I ever wanted.

We don’t talk anymore. But she still haunts the narrative.

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XOXO