Title: Things Have Changed Between Us
Author: AznEyes
Rating: K+
Genre: Drama - Spiritual
Disclaimer: Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Summary: Ralph reflects on what his friendship with Jack was like before they ended up on the island. One-shot.
Author's Note: (This is just a little fic that I wrote while bored at work one day.) Takes place before the boys end up on the island. Told from Ralph's perspective, to Jack.
Things have changed between us.
We have both known that the change was there. We refused to acknowledge it, but it was still there. It has been there for a long time.
But I was so happy back then, when we used to be friends.
It was kind of weird how I finally found the courage to admit it. It was during a surprise party that Samneric held for you. I was late because of… unavoidable circumstances, but I came anyway. Sure, I was late for the "surprise" element of it, but I could see that you were still pleased that I came.
So was everyone else… the few people whom I knew, anyway.
But I knew most of them only by acquaintance. There were none there that I could really relate to or refer to as a close friend… not anymore, anyway. I knew some of them as classmates, many of them through other people, and all of them as distance acquaintances.
But, yes, these were your friends. This was your world, not mine. No, not mine… not anymore.
Things have changed between us.
We have both known that the change was there. We refused to acknowledge it, but it was still there. It has been there for a long time.
Things are so different now, than when we used to be friends.
I have my own group of friends now; ones that I know would make you feel the same way that I did during that one party. I know that, amongst them, you feel like an outsider. I know that, yet I still try to include you to some of our social functions.
But we are too different now.
Things have changed between us.
We have both known that the change was there. We refused to acknowledge it, but it was still there. It has been there for a long time.
I still remember way back when, when we used to be friends.
Although we are no longer as close as we used to be, I hope you know that I will always be there for you. Always. Nothing can change how much I care. Nothing can change the fact that we were once friends.
Things have changed between us.
We have both known that the change was there. We refused to acknowledge it, but it was still there. It has been there for a long time.
I wish that things could go back to the way they were, when we used to be friends.