The Contingency Plan

as i mentioned in my last post, i've been quite nostalgic lately and this has caused me to seek out people i was close with in the past.

i've been particularly tracking down two people:
1. carlos
2. scott

carlos.
carlos and i have known each other since we were eleven and developed a particularly close friendship once school had ended. we were always in the same classes, both nerds, both from a christian background, both played the piano, etc.

far from the egg head he was deemed in our junior years, carlos developed into quite a catch - south american, jet black curls, clear green eyes, olive skin and a perfect physique that all the girls adored. he actually had a small fan club of girls a couple years younger than us. it's your classic ugly duckling case. and it's then the intelligence became a major bonus as unlike most of the guys at our school, carlos would actually get a job.

carlos and i spoke about everything - our families, religion, spirituality, relationships, sex, friends, careers, books, music and martial arts - he became an absolute martial arts addict and i could relate as it's something that still dominates my dad's life. i was pretty passionate about dancing back then so i could relate to the dedication.

people from our parents to our english teacher wanted us to date but it never happened. i guess we never made the move from being good friends to something more. there was chemistry but i could never see him more than a childhood friend, so i set him up with nearly all of my girlfriends instead. he used to joke and say we would've worked out if things with luc didn't gell, ah, who knows...

the last time carlos and i spoke was when i told him i was pregnant. i think he was sceptical about me and luc being back together and earlier in that conversation we discussed an issue we'd faced a few years back involving money.

luc and i were oh so broke when luc first came to australia and carlos offered us a small loan, which we foolishly accepted thinking we'd be able to quickly repay it. it unfortunately took a couple years. we had obviously moved on but carlos, for the record wanted to let me know that he felt used. i felt horrible, even though we did all we could to repay him quickly, luc even built him a computer he needed afterwards for free as a thank you. i wished we never went through with it. it was the last and only time i've borrowed money since.

and the conversation ended in the middle of nowhere. i was in a cab and had reached the office so i said that i'd call him back. it was friendly. there was no issue. i never called back.

anyway, i've totally lost contact with him. he's changed his home address, phone numbers, email addresses - everything. i managed to track down the home number of his parents and spoke to his brother (who remembers me) but they didn't have any details.

there was something about the story that didn't add up though so i called back again today and spoke to carlos' brother once more.

it turns out carlos' business went into liquidation and although he's going ok, he moved interstate last month and his family claim never to contact him and don't give his details to anyone.

apparently carlos was in touch on the weekend though and has my home number.

i hope he calls.

Ughh...I have three such friends that I avoid due to weird money transaction situations from the past. I hope to God I never need to borrow money from any friends ever again.

He's probably embarrassed his business didn't work out.