Monologue: Once Upon a Time

Once upon a time, I was the happiest I would ever be, though at the time I didn’t know it. I had three of the best friends in the world: Alex, Lauren, and Kristin. I also had the best boyfriend I could have hoped for. His name was Kevin. Life was pretty magical that last year of high school. I had friends I wanted to be friends with for the rest of my life, I had a boyfriend girls would have given anything for, and it seemed almost certain that life would continue to be incredible for years to come. Life had other plans though, and it changed abruptly when I started college.

I broke up with Kevin in a daze of insanity when I first got to college. To this day, I couldn’t tell you exactly why. All I remember is feeling lost and alone, and there was this boy there at school who seemed like he really wanted to be with me. Turned out he didn’t, and Kevin ended up moving on, and I ended up throwing away something wonderful.

Kristin… has changed in these first couple of years I’ve been in college. She’s sort of lost her self in a way and become well, kind of a slut actually, and a liar, and really depressed, and has lied and cheated and stabbed all of us in the back, and we should all be sooo mad at her, but we can’t be. We’re just… scared for her, for what might happen if her dreams go up in flames like they’re about to.

Lauren is still pretty much Lauren. I’ve tried to stay in touch with her the best I can, but she’s always been sort of a social butterfly, and she’s moved on quickly, made a lot of new friends, and having a blast in college. I guess I should be having fun, too. She keeps telling me I need to go to some parties and meet some new people, but I’d rather just be sitting in the Avon High School dressing room with her again, braiding people’s hair.

Alex lives right down the hall from me: Park Hall, Second Floor. She’s changed a lot too, but I’d say for the better. I mean, she’s a little wilder than she was in high school, but let’s be honest, her parents kept pretty tight reigns on her at home. But she’s also more confident and willing to stand up for herself, more mature and focused… most of the time. I’m glad she’s here. I don’t know what I would do if she wasn’t.

As for me, well, I’ve changed since high school, though perhaps not so drastically that anyone except my best friends would notice it. I guess the biggest thing that has changed is my focus in life: I want to be a teacher, a theatre teacher actually, and everything I endure now in college is for the good of my future students. I’ve also realized that I’m quite introverted, or at least more than I previously thought I was. I think I always thought I was so outgoing because Al, LuLu, and Kris were, but I never really was. I’m going to Ireland next year! That will be another great chapter to add to this adventure, but for now these are the only pages that have been written.

And they all lived happily ever after? I guess we’ll see.