Reuniting with my high school crush, Jason, at a posh restaurant felt like a rom-com. But as the evening unfolded, his charming facade cracked, revealing a shocking secret. The boy I’d idolized was gone.
Back in high school, I was the quiet, bookish girl with a crush on Jason, the golden boy. “Emma, come on, you have to at least try talking to him,” my friend Sarah urged, but I always felt h
At an upscale restaurant, Jason reminisced about high school. But something felt off. Midway through the meal, he placed a hair on my plate and called the waitress, demanding a free meal. “You should never have to pay for a bad experience,” he said, grinning.
As we left, I was shocked. Jason was still pulling cheap tricks, stuck in his high school glory days. I blocked his number and felt a sense of closure. I had grown, and he hadn’t. It was a valuable lesson: people change, and sometimes not for the better.
e was out of my league.
Years later, I had blossomed into a successful woman. One evening at the grocery store, I ran into Jason. “Emma? Is that you?” he asked, surprised. We decided to catch up over dinner.
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