Waking up early on Friday morning, although he had a very busy week, he decided to go out alone to have breakfast. Acting elegant, he hits one of the rich restaurants that offer early breakfast. Omelette, toast, butter, olives and jam he ate them all, having a cup of tea, and he starts to think deeply, to evaluate what he did during the past years. Was he right? Was he really hurt? What shall he do?
His memory grabbed him back years ago, to collage; he remembered how they both first met, how they both find many common things between them and how they decided to be friends. Going to college everyday together even if there were no classes. Sharing many activities, talking, laughing a lot and trying to share secrets which were against his nature as he is used to keep his secrets. But he felt that he finally find a true friend who he can trust and care for. Years ran quickly and they graduated. Each one of them got his own career and life but they kept the close friendship, more over they got many common friends from their jobs, creating a common community for both of them, they went together in many trips and kept always close. For him he always felt that it is secured and strong friendship.
Till it was that day when he got shocked, his best friend or what he thought his friend was a big lie. This friend was spreading gossips about him for a long time to his folks, taking the advantage that all the people know they are best friends telling fake stories about him basing these stories of real incidents but converting the reality. His friend used all the double meaning words that could be used to prove the fake stories true.
It was a phone call from a common friend that made him wake-up, as a cold shower in December, he took the shock. Now many facts began to pop-up in his mind. Many strange words that were mentioned in front of him and how he normally reacted by surprising, and denying those strange things. He never imagined that his friend was roaming the globe with lies; he never expected that the one whom he trusted will stab him in the back. It took him a while till he believed what happened then his shock turned to anger, and he decided to face his friend with all what he got, collecting proves for all what he discovered. He called his friend and they set a date for meeting.
He came on time to find his friend came earlier and waiting for him, he saluted his friend in a cold way, which makes his friend asks him "What's Wrong?". As water falls, he said all what he heard, what he knows from people and his guessing, he faced his friend with all the gossips and roamers he heard, reading his friend's face impression and eye contacting his friend while talking. Everything thing was true, but his friend defence was amazing, his friend thought he knows about it, his friend accused him of being lazy for not noticing all what people knows. His friend turned the situation from defending to accusing, he found himself guilty and defending himself. "How clever you are" he said to his friend.
It was the earthquake that changes a lot of things in him; it was the sword that stabbed him deeply in chest. His friend never denies it or even shows regression, but was proving to him that what said was true, and he has to know himself better, his friend told him that he suffered a lot from his way dealing with people and he has to change himself to be a better person. His friend told him a lot of things that he couldn't even memorize, his friend told him how people reacts with him giving him the plastic face in order not to offend him, his friend told him how he should be a better person again and again, not being the one he is, his friend confessed it all, his friend …his friend … his friend… Is he?
For a while he couldn't react, deep inside himself he knows that all what his friend just told him is nonsense, and none of it is true. He knows he is not that bad or even not that person his friend just analyze. He knows himself well, none of that bullshit was true, and he tried to tell his friend that but his friend was stone minded, never believed him or chose never to.
He figured out that this discussion is going no where so he decided to end it by leaving what so called "his friend" alone and never to contact this person again. He is not running away, as he is not a weak guy but he memorizes the lesson well this time and decided to keep it for himself. One question kept popping in his mind for a while "does this person ever know me?"
He is not going to argue this person or even his folks to convince them how they misunderstand him all these years, he is not going to prove how this person mislead them, he is not going to prove how they were wrong, he is not going to make anything. The only thing he is going to do is to work a lot on him in order not to be misunderstood again. He will stop giving many advices to all the surrounding in order not to think he's acting showy. He should know that his advice is precious, only precious people should get it
