Small World

She was waiting at the cafe, sitting didn’t order but told the girl at the counter. She was waiting for someone. Mouthed she’s coming when the barista looked at her again. It was probably fine wasn’t that busy. Her old friend used to invite her over for sleep overs. She has met almost her whole extended family, and even once bought her a Christmas present. But the pace of life moved quickly after high school. She liked faraway places and her friend got pregnant. Lost the baby. Pregnant again, the girl didn’t understand why she posted so much about the baby. To make her feel bad. But her friend didn’t really care. She made her world small. Not in a mean way. Just decided after the first baby she would only focus on the important things. That’s why she was late, the baby now toddler didn’t want her to leave him. School was scary, until he saw his friends. The friend was now driving, five minutes away. A silence in her car. She just breathed in and out in and out. All the while the girl was waiting in the cafe. Staring at the guy in the corner. Kyle is that you?