Written by: Krituka Sapkota - 25005, Grade X
Posted on: 03 June, 2022
From being best friends of 13 years to being total strangers in each other’s life. This is a short story about Paxton and Maya. They were best friends for more than 13 years, were very close with each other and shared everything with each other. They would share every little thing with each other, things that are very close to us too. They were always there for each other, from helping each other even if it was midnight, they would sit there talking to each other or helping each other.
Soon they realized that they liked each other. Paxton confessed to Maya and soon they were both in a relationship. Paxton hated lies, everyone does but he extremely hated it. One day Maya lied to Paxton knowing that he hated it. It was not a small lie Maya told Paxton that her grandmother had stage three cancer and would not live. Reading this, people might think that it was Maya’s life. Why did Paxton even care? But lying about someone’s death would make anyone mad. Paxton figured it out through Maya’s friend and confronted Maya about it. When he confessed to her, she suddenly vanished. Paxton started worrying about Maya. Even if Paxton was mad at Maya he didn't want things to end. He still loved and cared about her. Maya came back after a week and talked about how he felt about him confessing to her and blaming him. Paxton was trying to fix things with her and Maya told him that she would never be able to see him the same way as how she used to but told him that she would try to make it as normal as before. And both of them decided to meet together in a park and sort things out but when they met it was all awkward between them and didn’t talk at all. And they went together without sorting out anything at all. But in the end, before leaving Maya made Paxton promise that he would not text her and she would text him but she never did. She was gone from her life completely and the bond they had was gone. Paxton started getting depressed and started smoking and taking drugs. He started getting happiness through it. Paxton wrote a letter for Maya to apologize for his mistakes and wanted to give it to him but didn’t know-how. Maya also had one other best friend named Riya but Maya never shared the same bond with her as she did with Paxton. Maya’s best friend Riya also didn’t know about her relationship with Paxton but knew they were best friends. So Paxton decided to talk to Riya about everything but he did not mention their relationship and they decided to go meet her. Paxton was hiding where Maya couldn’t see her but Paxton could see Maya. While Riya and Maya caught up Riya asked about Paxton and Maya said “ Please don’t talk about him in front of him. I don’t want to hear his name. I don’t care about his existence.” Hearing this Paxton was completely heartbroken. Right after saying that Maya saw Paxton and she was completely shocked and ran back home. Paxton returned home. He was struggling but in the end, he moved on slowly but surely he did but it took him years for him to truly move on. One day Paxton got his acceptance letter to a university abroad. He went to continue his studies there and was the happiest again. Whereas Maya moved on easily and found a new boyfriend.
Paxton now believed in the old saying “Best friends are always meant to be friends.” Now she was just a chapter in his life that had a great beginning but the worst ending in his life.
