I’m Good

I always get a feeling when they want to say goodbye.

It is always the fact that they text differently.

"How are you?"

"I'm good!!!"

But I know it is just for show. They never use that many exclamation points.

They never lie.

Usually they tell me straight out how their day went or that they had a weird dream. But they never just say "I'm good".

It's always about the text. I can always see right through them even with just a simple text.

With Micah it was a text.

With K.D. it was a text.

With Alex it was a text.

I just hope I won't get that text from Hayden. Hayden promised forever.

But so did the rest of them.

After the text I always ask what is going on. "You can't hide it from me." I always say the same thing.

But they just say we need to talk in person.

Like I don't already know exactly what they will tell me.

"I'm sorry, but I don't want forever with you."

Sorry? Yeah right. Try tired.

They always get tired of me. But you know what?

I'm tired.

I'm tired of the same text every time. The same words from the person I thought would never leave.

I'm tired of it always being me who gets left behind.

So the next time I get that text?

I'm turning off my phone. I don't want to know that Hayden is leaving me too.

And then? I will say goodbye first.

"I'm good!!!"