Back when I first started talking to my other half, I was in a faltering relationship with my old SO, James. I'd watched him spiral downward into depression, after a girl he met in Florida 5 years previously (they'd been in a relationship for awhile before he met me, although it ended when he had to come back to England and they'd stayed friends all through our relationship, though it didn't bother me) died in the summer of 2010 from cancer. She was extremely young, too young. He tried to suicide several times though fortunately each attempt failed, and I managed to drag him back to reality but we were never the same after. After a series of events that spanned a few months, he fell out with me and we didn't speak for a year. We parted on bad terms. A year later, he got back in touch with me and apologised for the way he spoke to me when we'd last spoken. We resumed a sort of friendship, we were much better as friends than anything else, although we didn't speak all that often. The occasional Facebook conversation, nothing huge. It was nice to know he was on the mend though. He was an aspiring musician, the lead guitarist and singer in a band that was due to go on the road within due time. He'd graduated from college and was doing well. He was engaged to his girlfriend, and was due to move to the states in 2013 to be with her.
Then I found out the other day he'd been killed in a road accident. He'd been on his bike in town when a bus knocked him down. Needless to say, I'm devastated. Despite what happened during the summer of 2010 and how things changed between us, although we weren't close as we once had been, I still miss him. I can only hope where he is now is a better place than here.
Then I found out the other day he'd been killed in a road accident. He'd been on his bike in town when a bus knocked him down. Needless to say, I'm devastated. Despite what happened during the summer of 2010 and how things changed between us, although we weren't close as we once had been, I still miss him. I can only hope where he is now is a better place than here.
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