The Distance Between Us
My name’s Jayden, I’m eighteen, and right now I’m just another high school senior trying to make it through the last stretch. I play football, I’m pretty well known around school, and yeah… I’ve got a girlfriend — her name’s Aiko. On paper, life’s good. I laugh, I hang with my friends, I act like everything’s fine. But it’s not. Because no matter how much time passes… I still can’t forget her. We met years ago in Japan, back when life was simple — just two kids who couldn’t stop laughing, running around the neighborhood until the sun went down. Everyone used to tease us, saying we looked like a couple. We’d just blush and laugh it off, pretending it didn’t mean anything. But maybe it did. When my family moved to the U.S., we promised to stay in touch. For a while, we did. Then one day… her messages just stopped coming. No reason. No goodbye. Just silence. Now, years later, I still text her sometimes — even though I know she won’t reply. I tell myself to move on, to forget. But som
About The Distance Between Us
My name’s Jayden, I’m eighteen, and right now I’m just another high school senior trying to make it through the last stretch. I play football, I’m pretty well known around school, and yeah… I’ve got a girlfriend — her name’s Aiko. On paper, life’s good. I laugh, I hang with my friends, I act like everything’s fine. But it’s not. Because no mat...Read more