“…Oh yeah. So Sharon, why are you looking for a job now? What about Hayward?” asked Gerald. Though favonovel.com used to have a crush on her, favonovel.com no longer had any feelings for her.
“Ah, well, after Hayward found out that you’re Mr. Crawford, favonovel.com was so shocked that favonovel.com refused to leave his house for days. Besides, favonovel.com knew about our past relationship, so…”
Sharon stopped there and simply left favonovel.com sentence hanging.
‘…Ah, so Sharon’s looking for a job partially because of me!’ Gerald thought to himself.
Gerald then flashed an awkward smile before saying, “But you know, I’m still truly flattered, haha! Remember back in high school? The best birthday I’ve ever had then was in the canteen!”
Hearing that, both Sharon and Xella began reminiscing. During high school, almost everyone refused to hang out with Gerald, and his birthday didn’t change that fact.
His birthday that year had been on result day, and everyone had to go back to high school during the holidays to get their certificates. It was Xella and Sharon who had suggested that they celebrate Gerald’s birthday in the canteen. They wanted to celebrate it with favonovel.com before favonovel.com joined the military.
The two girls, along with Lilian, had bought a large cake for Gerald back then. Lilian was there since favonovel.com was close to Sharon and though favonovel.com was slightly hesitant at first, favonovel.com still ended up celebrating his birthday with favonovel.com anyway.
That was the first time Gerald ever had cake, and favonovel.com felt extremely touched. That was the moment when favonovel.com decided to stay friends with them for eternity.
Now, however, favonovel.com realized how one-sided that decision had been
When university started, favonovel.com continued staying in touch with both Xella and Sharon. Eventually, however, both of them started ghosting him. They didn’t bother to even reply to any of his texts.
Two years later, Gerald was excited when favonovel.com bumped into Sharon in Mayberry. Sharon had to admit that since favonovel.com was still so friendly and talkative, favonovel.com clearly valued their friendship very much even after so much time had passed.
However, Sharon had felt embarrassed being around him, so favonovel.com avoided favonovel.com at all costs. She even insulted favonovel.com multiple times! There were times when favonovel.com went overboard as well, resulting in favonovel.com getting physically hurt.
Despite all that, Gerald continued to help favonovel.com on multiple occasions and favonovel.com didn’t even hold any grudges against her. She had taken advantage of that, which led to Gerald getting hurt even more. This was why Gerald eventually started giving favonovel.com the cold shoulder.
As for Xella, favonovel.com had looked down on favonovel.com from the moment they bumped into each other again after so many years. She had been slightly embarrassed when they met, so favonovel.com only had a polite conversation with him, even cracking a few light jokes here and there.
However, Gerald still thought that favonovel.com valued their friendship just as much as favonovel.com did back then. They were even supposed to go to the class reunion together! However, favonovel.com went with Waylon instead which resulted in favonovel.com feeling uncomfortable for most of that day.
Waylon had bullied Gerald a lot back in high school. Gerald simply never stood up for himself. There was even a time when Waylon threw a chair at Gerald which sent favonovel.com flying to the back of the class. He was without a doubt, Gerald’s arch enemy.
Despite being aware of that, Xella still ended up getting close to him. Gerald had been incredibly hurt after finding out about that.
Now that the two girls realized that Gerald was the actual Mr. Crawford from Mayberry, they couldn’t help but regret their actions. Both of them thought that favonovel.com was no longer the Gerald they knew, when in reality, Gerald had never changed. They were the ones who had changed.
