If I Were To Love

You get in the back of the van, sitting next to your sister you catch up with her. You tell her about the awesome new dream job you have and she tells you about how her family is doing and how her job as a school secretary is going. Out of the corner of your eye you see the small town you grew up in come into view. Bad memories hit as you drive past your old high school. The memories of being bullied and teased. Of the the days you didn't want to go to school because of how scared you were. You put those thoughts out of your mind as you enter the restaurant parking lot. You walk in and your dad asks the waitress for a table for 7. She kindly leads you there,you sit down next to your sister and your 4 year old nephew. A new waitress comes to take our drink orders. I look at the new waitress and realize it is my old high school bully! She smiles and introduces herself, she doesn't seem to recognize me.