warning: this is not a love story
>be 14yo
>love Sonic
>world sucks, can't make friends IRL
>start using internet
>find a site all about Sonic
>learn what a forum is
>see people in there are creating their own characters
>create mine too
>we all have a great time, everyone is fun
>meet a girl that's 3 years older than me
>she teaches me to not use xD, or "u", and type correctly
>we become best friends
>always talk on aim
>she lives in another state
>she comes to my state twice, because she has family here
>we have a great time
>I promise her I'll to go her state whenever I have the money
>never go
>time passes
>we lose touch
>10 years later
>she finds and adds me on facebook out of NOWHERE
>"HEY! I'm getting married, you're coming, right??"
>YES!!!
>save up, buy a plane ticket
>go there by myself
>no one knows who I am but her and her fiancé, maybe a couple friends who have heard of me
>sitting in a chair waiting for the wedding to start
>she appears dressed as a bride
>she looks directly at me and gives the biggest smile, and her mouth goes like "you came..!"
>after some time get to talk to her
>cry like a bitch, I missed her so much and was so happy for her
>she cries too
>can't be there for too long, I have a ride and can't lose it
>tell her goodbye and thanks for inviting me
>she says "how could I have not invited you, you and I were through so much at that time"
>we really did
>I helped her through depression and a failure of a boyfriend
>she helped my with my bipolar girlfriend at the time and wrote letters all the time
>leave the party
All this because of a fucking Sonic forum in 2001..