What I was thinking when Jay and I reunited after five long years

There he was staring at me from across the room, soaking wet from the rain. Even though five years had passed us by, it was as if I was meeting Jay for the first time all over again. I couldn’t help but think about how we first met. We met for the first time in Louisville, where he was stationed at Camp Taylor. I knew that he was going to war very soon, but we made the most of the one month we had together. Even though our time together was brief, I remember thinking five years earlier that I would wait for him because I loved him and he loved me. But Jay never came back for me, and I forced myself to move on. On the day of my wedding to Tom, I received a letter from Jay, and as I read the words in the letter I began crying and screaming telling anyone to call off the wedding with Tom, but no one would listen to me. My mother forced me to clean myself up and I went down the aisle with Jay’s words still weighing on my mind. When I was saying my vows, it was as if I left my own body and was watching myself make one of the biggest mistake of my life. At this very moment, my heart was pounding in my ears and it was as if time froze. Both of us were unsure of what to do, so we just stared. Eventually, the only words I could utter were, “I’m certainly glad to see you again,” and Jay replied, “I’m certainly glad to see you as well.” Both of us were unable to speak the words neither of us could say. For the first few moments, we were embarrassed and awkward around each other, not really sure how to act or what to say. Jay ended up running outside with Nick, and the moment they were gone, I kept thinking, “After all this time, he’s really here…” Soon Jay returned without my cousin. I thought, “I suppose Nicky finally talked some sense into Jay.” He was acting like the Jay I remembered and we picked up where we left off. We got so wrapped up in our conversation we didn’t even realize when Nicky had returned. Neither of us were ready to talk about what had happened in the five years since we parted way. I suppose that was a conversation we would just put on hold for now.