that kid

he's a kid from my childhood.
we were never really friends,
we never really talked,
in fact, i wasn't quite fond of him.
i didn't even want to be associated with him.
he was kind of a jerk.

sometime in our middle school years,
attending different schools now,
we had our first conversation.
it happened to be on the phone.
how in the world did that even happen?
i don't remember.
anyway, we still weren't friends
but he called.. to ask me to come to his church on friday night.
he bribed me, said he'd give me something if i came.
so i went on a friday night. it was praise night.
i saw him. he came up to me. we said hi.
and that was it.
he called that very night.
i asked him, "where was my gift?"
he said he didn't have it because he didn't think i would really come...
i got jipped.

that was our last time we spoke with each other.
more than 10 years ago.
i forgot all about him.
but last year, he popped up in my mind.
why?? i have no clue.
tried to find him on facebook.
he doesn't have one but his cousin does.
(i'm fb friends with his cousin, except she doesn't really remember me, haha)
i tried to see if there were any pictures of him.
it was like he didn't exist anymore.
it troubled me a lot. i got worried, too
because i had a feeling that he'd hang with the "bad" crowd...
that he, himself, would turn away from God...
because you see, he was "that kind of boy."

a few months ago, my mom called.
she ran into his mom
who only talked about her daughter and not her son
my mom felt like his mom was hiding something
she didn't seem to want to talk about her own son
when i heard this, i began to worry even more.

but today, i came across his picture on his cousin's fb.
he's not laughing, not really smiling,
who knows what he's been up to...
kinda looks like the azn wanksta that i had pictured him to be, haha
anyway, i am so relieved
to see him alive.