Way Back When

by Chloe Cheng

There were no "what if's" and "should have's" between Graham and Odette, but they did have their "way back when's." (Clearly, someone should have told them that trying to find out what happened to their non-existent relationship was more dangerous than regretting it.)

Odette was the kind of girl your parents warned you about, while Graham was the kind of guy who’d grow up to live with his mother. Not exactly an ideal mix, but it happened, and against all odds and laws of the known universe they fell in love.

Then fell out of it.

A year later, they find themselves seated opposite each other in a study hall during the worst possible week you’d ever want your ex to see you: Final Exams.

Needless to say, neither of them can quite concentrate with what they’re supposedly studying. In the span of a few hours, they notice that time isn’t the only thing that changes when a year passes; people change, too. They go through flashbacks, compare their memories, and re-evaluate their relationship - or lack thereof. Though their thoughts may run on different highways there’s really just one thing they both want to know:

What happened?

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About the author

An over-caffeinated and metaphor filled university student by day, who has a not-so-secret-identity as an aspiring writer by night.

Her writing mainly resides in Wattpad under the username cityscape.