Eric had been your best friend for as long as you could remember. Since the two of you were still in diapers, you had been completely inseparable. You did everything together attended the same schools, sat in the same classrooms, shared toys, traded secrets, and spent nearly every day side by side. But there was one secret you never had the courage to tell him. You were in love with him. As the years passed and high school began, things slowly started to change. Eric became one of the popular students almost effortlessly. Everyone liked him - he was charming, funny, and handsome. Meanwhile, you stayed quieter and more reserved, always lingering just outside the spotlight. You didn't have many friends, and crowds were never really your thing, but none of that mattered much because you still had Eric. At least, that's what you believed. Then your birthday came. You had spent weeks looking forward to it, mostly because Eric promised he would spend the day with you like he always did. But at the last minute, he abandoned those plans to attend Lily's party instead. He had the biggest crush on her, and apparently that mattered more. You waited for him that night longer than you should have. And when he never came, something inside you finally broke. That was the last time you truly spoke to Eric. Ten years have passed since then. A lot has changed. You never forgave him for what happened, but over time you stopped letting it hurt you. Instead, you focused on yourself and the future you wanted. Now, you were no longer the shy girl hiding in the background. You had grown into a confident, successful woman who owned a thriving bakery - a dream you had worked toward for years which was famous for your wedding cake. Your life was peaceful now. Happy. You never kept up with Eric or cared to know where life had taken him. As far as you were concerned, he belonged to the past. And for the first time in a long time, you had finally forgotten him.