NESTO QUITTED (A Short Story of Friendship) by FDG I saw the coffee shop near the James’ Hardware. I got no hesitations. I walked my wandering feet trod dried leaves of the alluring summer. Neither rush nor worry carved on my emotions. I know I was early. Indeed I still have fifteen minutes ahead of the appointed time. All I foresaw was I am too close to knowing everything. A coffee shop became the hangout of best friends Brendan and Nesto. They used to sit on the chairs on the right corner table. Brendan was three days ahead of Nesto when their mother brought them into this world. Growing up together was a normal part of them. I was a part of their eating, brushing, bathing, and even sleeping. They grew up with the revolutionizing world as any other organisms do. They went to school together. They played together in the school quadrangle with their classmates. Brendan would draw squares on Nesto’s jaw while the latter would lock up his long arms. Brendan ran ahead of Nesto leaving Nesto struggling at the middle of the court. They shared homework, peeped through small windows, and smacked gang’s faces while their faces were being spanked. The close bond was disturbed when Nesto failed in third year. Close to letting go and reasons unknown to his chum, he quitted. Brendan was not enough to bring him back. He refused to go back to school! His best friend Brendan succeeded getting his attention back to school without Nesto after a long time of moving on. Before Brendan’s graduation was the time that things went in ways. Nesto was never seen in school again while Brendan forwarded his dream pursuance through entering college. In the times before Brendan’s graduation, the friends made an agreement to meet after fifteen years. Yes, they were separating their ways. But after fifteen years, at four o’clock in the afternoon of the first Saturday, they’ll be meeting each other and realize how they spent their fifteen years away from each other. No one could beat the bond the chums had. They made that accord before Nesto quitted. Fifteen year after ... CONTINUE READING ( Click on the link )
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