It had been a year since that day; and when I think back on it, I remember it as if it was yesterday. A year has gone by and life went on. I haven't even seen her since that day. Sometimes I think I do, but it always ends up as another girl. So when I saw her today; walking towards me in the aisle of the grocery store, I froze.
She was ten feet away when she looked up, seeing me, and stopped. We only stood there, staring at each other. I kept my eyes only on hers, looking for something. Maybe fear, hate, happiness, or love. Any of those I would have been fine with. The one I wanted most though, was the one I didn't want to see. A look of moving on, where I saw nothing in her eyes.
She was the same as when I first met her that night outside the car wash. If someone saw her now, they would never think she went through what she went through. What I had put her through.
She kept her eyes on mine, and suddenly they closed. I wanted to know what she was thinking of most then as a slight smile came across her face. A smile so small, that if you didn't look closely, you would never notice.
When she opened them, and her eyes met mine again, I saw relief in them. Something I wasn't expecting. She took a few steps forward, closing the space. Only a foot stood between us now.
The smile was still on her face as she opened her mouth.
"Good bye Rogerson." She said and walked around me and away.
I was still frozen in my place as I tried to take in what she just said. She had moved on. It was what I didn't want to know. And yet I was glad. She was better, and I wasn't going to affect her life anymore. I was gone from it.
"Good bye Caitlin." I said. I didn't know if she heard it or not, but I didn't care. It was also time for me to let her go from my life.
AN: Something I came up with while in class when the teacher said we had to be doing something. I just re-read Dreamland, and thought 'What if they meet again?' This chapter of course is from Rogerson's POV. The next will be from Caitlin's.