The Pudding Kid

The kid I was best friends with in kindergarten,
The kid I was best friends with in 2nd grade.
The kids I was best friends with in 3rd grade.
I could tell you their first names. I cannot, however, tell you their last names.
You have to wonder what happened to those people. If they turned out like you always thought they would. If maybe you would still be best friends.
See, that's the weird thing about life. We're totally aware in 2nd grade that a person is our best friend, but then we lose contact with them.
And we're okay with that.

But, I started to think about some people I used to best friends with. Kids that were just like me. The one I probably regret losing contact with the most was Sean.
We were best friends in 2nd grade, and yeah, okay, I might've had a crush on him. But, that's beside the point.
The point is, we liked talking to each other. I cannot tell you how many times we got in trouble for talking in the "reading corner". "No talking in the reading corner"... whatever... that's just a suggestion...
We used to eat lunch at the same table (remember when I said I laughed when a kid said "pudding"? Yeah, that's him.)
I got all the girls at the table to laugh every time Sean said pudding, and when the other guys said it we just stared at them.
They were so frustrated.
Anyway, I wish I still knew him. He could have been one of my best friends now. It sucks that we don't think about this stuff when we're little.
"Oh, hey when I'm older I'm probably going to wonder what happened to them... maybe we should stay in touch..."
I wish I had.
(I'm still trying to dig up my old yearbook to find his last name... in case you were wondering).