“Ummm hey. Are you good? What happ-“

Her voice drowned out as the sound of the crowd around me became muffled. My vision became blurry, eyes shifting in and out of focus. I could see her mouth still moving, but it didn’t matter. There was nothing she could say to fix what she just unknowingly broke.

I know it’s not her fault. She can’t control what she thinks. But knowing this didn’t lessen the pain in my chest, the ache in my heart.

I thought she was my friend. But no true friend would think that about me. Even unconsciously.

Is this how everyone sees me? An insensitive monster that goes around hurting everyone around them? A girl with no regard for anyone’s feelings? A selfish, petty, irresponsible bitch?

Hands clamp down on my shoulders and shake me, pulling my vision back into focus and my resuming the world around me.

“Woah, you totally zoned out. What are you thinking about?”

I plaster on a fake smile and shake my head. “Nothing. Sorry, I’m just tired. Anyways, what were you saying?”

She smiles at me before linking our arms together and stepping forwards, a subtle signal to keep walking through the crowd. Words start to fly out of her mouth once more, and once more, I am not listening.

I could have confronted her. But that would ruin everything that we have. Our memories together, our dreams, our future plans. So this is for the best. I should just forget about what I heard. But I can’t. Her words were still ringing in my head. Words that I will never forget. Words that I wish I hadn’t heard.