[ RF ] Years after their divorce & with little contact since , a former couple meets for dinner with their new partners

We were standing outside the restaurant where I'd meet her new boyfriend. And she would meet mine. 
 
 I tried not to look at her hands. The ones I used to hold that one year earlier had given me the key for what used to be *our* apartment. I tried not to look at the lips I used to kiss that one year earlier would tell me she was n't in love with me anymore. I understand. Things change. People change. I've changed. I hope she understands how much I've changed... 
 
 `` Listen, Tanner...'' she looked down at her feet, `` it's good to see you again. I hope this is n't going to be too weird. You were my best friend... I never wanted to lose you. I miss you.'' 
 
 I paused. She was my best friend too. Things got so hairy after she left, I wished I still had her to rely on when my family alienated me and I was forced to leave my church. But I did n't. I had no one, and it was her fault. She could never understand what I went through after she left me, and I hated her for it. But instead of saying all that, I simply said, `` I miss you too. Shall we?'' 
 
 We left the cold winter air into the humid, stuffy Italian restaurant. Ella approached the hostess and gave her name, and we both were led to our table. The walk felt like a million years. What would she think? Would she even stay? I remember her constantly talking about how she did n't approve of this kind of lifestyle and could n't fathom how anyone could live in such great sin. God, I hated it. Even then I hated it. But, it's in the past. What matters now is that she sees Logan and we have a peaceful dinner as two people who have moved on. 
 
 We rounded the final corner to our table and when I saw Logan I hardly noticed the woman sitting across from him. Both Logan and the woman stood up, and Ella went and put her arm around her. 
 
 `` Tanner, this is Dom. My girlfriend,'' she said, with a smile on her face glancing over to Logan. I looked to Logan, shocked. He was smiling. That piece of shit, he knew the whole time. I love him. 
 
 With a sigh of relief, I sit down and say, `` people change.''
