Sixth Scene- Surprise
Durwin scrolled through this FriendFest feed. He hadn’t been on in a while so he decided it was time to check up on some people he hadn’t heard from a while. He glanced up when the waitress placed a glass of water and a cup of hot coffee in front of him.
“Thanks.” He picked up the coffee and took a sip. “I’ve decided to have the bacon, mushroom, and swiss omelet with hash browns and what toast, please.”
Durwin handed the waitress his menu and went back to scrolling. His eyebrows shot up when he saw that two people he had thought were his friends, had posted they were getting married.
Neither friend had called him and from what he saw, they had made the announcement nearly two months ago. Durwin was shocked they hadn’t called him to tell him, but he mostly felt hurt. They hadn’t even told him they had been dating.
He left a quick congrats on the page, even though he wanted to tell them how he really felt. Durwin contacted another friend about the whole situation, to see what they had to say. He read the response and couldn’t help but glare at the phone. Supposedly they had tried to tell him, but they didn’t know how to, even though he would have been happy for all parties.
Durwin put the couple and his other friend in a group chat where he told them how disappointed he was in them over the whole situation. He wished them all the best in their future but said because they continuously do this to him where they exclude him in important conversations or not allow to join them, it was best they went their separate ways.
Durwin saw them all scramble in their responses to make things right, but he had had enough. He knew he shouldn’t have been shocked being left out again but it still hurt every time they did it. Durwin said one last good bye to the, before he blocked their numbers, deleted them, and then blocked them on his FriendFest account. He hated to block them, but he was done dealing with their toxic friendship. Even a few of his other friends had told him to be rid of them whenever he would complain about the on going issues, but he kept giving them chances he knew now they never deserved. Durwin kicked himself for not listening to the others for all of those years.
Durwin locked his phone and put it down when his food was delivered to his table. He rubbed his hands together, grabbed his fork, and dug in. He smiled at the waitress to let he know he was enjoying the food very much. The waitress left the hungry Durwin. Durwin sent a quick message on FriendFest to those who told him to get rid of the toxic three and apologized for being so pig-headed. He told them what had happened and how he had blocked them. Durwin bit into his toast and closed his FriendFest, pulling up his blog page to work on some blogs he had left in the draft folder. Durwin was ready to get back to work.