i.e. Soul Friends (Monologue)

ANNE: This necklace? Oh, it’s nothing... and everything. You know what I mean? I don’t know why I still wear it. See, my best friend gave it to me. My ex-best friend. Here look at it, it says, “I’m so thankful our paths crossed.” But that’s all it was, a crossing, you know. A hello, a goodbye, and we’re on our own again. I met her my junior year of high school. I was new at the school and couldn’t get my locker open. She offered to help. Well, we went from athletics class partners to eternal soul sisters in two years flat. Then graduation came, and heck, I still don’t even know what all went wrong. I do know that it took me a whole semester of college to forget. I mean, it still hurts to think about, but at least I stopped waking up hoping today would be the day she’d call, today would be the day we could be best friends again. I remember the last time I saw her before we both moved to school. She didn’t even say goodbye, just walked away. Ran, actually. And didn’t even look back. I guess everybody has their own road. She had to follow hers, and I had to follow mine. Maybe it’s better that way. But you know, as much as I wish I could hate her for how much she hurt me... “I’m so thankful her path crossed mine.” I guess that’s why I still wear it. It’s life, you know, you just have to keep walking and don’t look back. Cara taught me that.


(This is a monologue that goes with the "Scene" I will be posting soon. They're both, in theory, from a more developed play that I hope to eventually complete. Feedback on both is greatly appreciated, since I will eventually be trying to complete the work as a whole!)