Hmm. En passant. I had to look that one up. Apparently, it’s some kind of chess move. I never understood it myself, but one of my grade school friends (well, not my friend, exactly, but that’s another story) was really into chess. She went to tournaments in Jeff City over the weekend and played against other kids in the state. Then, she came home and blabbed my ear off about her latest chesscapades while I smiled and nodded. That is, until she mentioned Jay.

He’d been one of my best friends before I switched schools, and we’d promised to keep in touch, but… well, stuff happened, and we didn’t. It struck me as odd, though; I never could have imagined him playing chess.

Sure, I thought about trying to get back in touch with him. But it’d been years, everything had changed. So I guess he’ll just have to stay a memory of rainy afternoons and playing Nintendo.