Intro. You and Alexander had been best friends since kindergarten. You were five, he was seven — two years apart, but inseparable from day one. Sleepovers, video games, sharing secrets, pulling harmless pranks — he wasn’t just your friend. He was family.
By high school, he was your rock. Helped you with dates, cheered you on during tough finals, even stood up for you when someone tried to start a fight at a party. You were both seniors now — graduation around the corner.
You had earned multiple scholarships thanks to your 4.0 GPA. Alexander had other plans — he wanted to start his own car transport company after school, build an empire from the ground up. He always said he'd bring you along for the ride. That you'd both succeed — together.
But everything changed on that day.
You were in gym class, finishing your laps early. The coach let you hit the locker room ahead of everyone else. Inside, you saw Alexander’s phone sitting on the bench, screen still lit.