After 13 years

School time was the best time of my life till now and the ones that I met in school will always hold a special place in my heart. Be it even 30 years from now, I'm still gonna have the same longing for meeting my school friends as if it was just yesterday that I had come to Mumbai leaving Jabalpur.
I never ever thought of meeting my school friends anytime soon. I searched for them on social media websites, and luckily I found a few, some are still missing. I connected with them, made some plans to meet soon, but I knew on the inside how tough things are as of now and it won't be possible anytime soon for me to travel to Jabalpur.
While searching and connecting to everyone online, I found this girl, with no name on her profile. No mention of anything related to our school, just that we had mutual friends and her face. That face reminded me of things, of mornings, of assemblies, of annual days, of recess, and what not. I followed her, and she followed me back too. We had a conversation after that and then I came to know who she actually was. Now I was actually able to remember, who she is.

Fast forward to some months ahead, and she was here in Mumbai. At first I didn't really knew what to feel, how to react when she reached out to me and asked me if I was free to meet. I didn't feel anything special at first, which was strange. We planned and we met. I showed her around some place in Mumbai, still I wasn't feeling things, I should've. Although I was very happy the moment I saw her. It was a flashback into dreams and memories and what not. The day ended and as I was heading back home, that is when it actually hit me, what had just actually happened.
I had actually met one of my friends from school time after 13 long years, and so much  has changed and yet our talks and stories remained the same. How magical it was to think of it.
I met her the other day too, and this time I didn't really show, but I was the happiest :)
And this time, I didn't miss a moment of realizing whatever that was happening was once a dream for me.
I'm thankful.
Priyanka, or any of my school friends if you're reading this, you may see this, or question this as to why it has to be so hyped.
But I feel, that is how actually things went for me.
That is how a part of me was taken away from me, forever, when I left that place and never got filled again, I just learned to live with it.
Dreaming. Wishing.
Now, thanking, when it is actually happening :)