ARTIST: theconfusedartist (Art is available on the 365daysofusuk tumblr)
AUTHOR: lachokolade
14th of November, 2014
As I got on the plane, I couldn't stop thinking about my past four years.
I had just graduated from university a day ago, and was on my way home to England. I had been excited to graduate, but after it was over, the memories kept flooding in.
I thought of my first day when I was so excited, I arrived to my first class one hour early to find that the teacher was wrapping up his third-year multivariable calculus class. I thought of my roommate Gilbert, who shared countless drunk adventures with. I even thought of Francis, my overly flirtatious art history TA, who took every chance he could to make fun of my "bland" fashion taste and my thick eyebrows.
But the one I thought of the most was Alfred F. Jones, my next door neighbor. We were never particularly close, but we got along well enough to occasionally hang out as friends.
As I thought of him, my heart began to ache. I told myself, "This is because you miss everybody, not just him!" After all, it's not like I even talked to him much while I was there.
But then night after night, I would find myself gazing at the photo that we took together after the graduation ceremony, wishing that I got to know him better.
And that's when I realized that I was in love with Alfred F. Jones, but was too stupid to realize it back then.