Prudence and Madness

And they say good things coming unexpectedly become twice better. I would say so, too.

Last night, I was logged on to Yahoo! Messenger while blogging when I saw that my ex went online. It’s been a long, long while since we’ve been online at the same time, and even a longer while since we’ve had a decent talk.

To those who don’t know, my ex and I were not in good terms since the breakup.

I felt a lingering pang of pain at the memory of the cause of our separation. But I brushed the feeling aside, swallowed my awful pride, and sent him a YM message.

I expected that he would cybersnob me and go invisible (thanks to Yahoo! stealth settings, if he even knows how to use it).

Surprisingly, he responded and soon we were exchanging how-are-you’s and very-well-thank-you’s. Or something sterile like that. The conversation was very much different than what we had several months back when my cellphone was almost smoldering, not because of passionate messages or prolonged usage, but because of the heat generated by anger exchanged via SMS.

The YM chat was short. But it was refreshing. Like the scent of water.

Today I was at the gym, taking a breather from an hour long treadmill workout, when I saw I got a text message. It was an hour old and I thought twice before responding because it was an unfamiliar number. But like the proverbial cat, curiosity got me. I didn’t get killed though. I just found out that I received a text message from my ex, the one whom I had the YM chat the night before.

We texted a little more, always sticking to that sterile topic of work and USMLE. It’s the safest way to go at it and so, it went well. After all, I’m tired of fights and arguments.

So, this is how it looks after the dust has settled. And it’s looking good. Perhaps water will flow soon to wash all the clingy pain away and a life less hurting would spring forth for both of us.

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