Summer Changes

It was the last week of summer, and everything felt different. Leah and I had been

best friends for years, but this summer, things changed. She started hanging

out with new people, canceling plans, and when we did hang out, she’d be glued to

her phone. I tried not to mind at first, but it stung. We’d always been

inseparable, so it felt like I was losing something I couldn't put into words.

One afternoon, she texted me she was at a party, and I just sat at the park alone,

wondering what had happened to us. I almost texted her, telling her I missed

her, but I stopped myself. The night before school started, Leah showed up at