I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well.

Like it takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well.

But wasn't that always the way. It's never something huge that changes everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the universe while you're busy focusing on the big picture.

I would miss Colby, but it wasn't going anywhere. All the more reason why I should.

We would probably never be the way we had been again, but at least we were all together.