Vignette VII

I'm worried about my little brother.

I think he's upset.  Have I upset him?  I'm puzzled.  He had a suggestion, which I urged him to reconsider.  He wants to see them again.  You know, them.  

See, I'm not sure if he grasps what happened.  We were all friends then, but that's because there were couples (see, you know what I'm talking about now), but when all the couples broke up, we didn't speak to each other again.  That's kind of how it goes.  While we might have been kids back then, we sure gave pretending to be adults our best shot at the time.  So it was all very serious, and now we don't talk to each other anymore.

And he wants to see them again.

He said, "I don't have a group of friends who..." and he sort of ground to a halt...so I said, "Who what?"

Have we failed him?  Have we let him down?  Have I let him down?  

I said I was game to go though.  I mean, why should I not be?  Seriously, a part of me would like to see them all again as well, but I am more than conscious of the reasons why we don't, or maybe shouldn't.  I used to be in touch with her for a while after, but that sort of trailed off to what might be considered a natural end.   And you know, I respect that we've all moved on in our own special and distinct ways.

But maybe he hasn't?  Because of one thing or another, he never went through the same mangler that the others did, so of course he won't know.  Maybe I upset him by asking him to reconsider.  I didn't say it was a bad idea, I just said maybe you should think about it.  There are reasons.  You must respect these reasons just as much as you respect the people involved.

I hope he's ok.  I am worried though.  He's still my little brother, and I love him like we all love our little brothers.  I won't let him down.  I won't let any of them down.