Blast From The Past

Do you ever get a "blast from the past" and wish they would have stayed in the past?

I was friends with this girl, Heather, a long time ago. For whatever reason, we stopped being friends. Well, a couple times in the past 12 years (if i remember correctly, it was around 1995 and 2000), a former roommate of hers that I also knew, called me looking for her. She owed him money (like $1000) and he needed help finding her. Both times, I helped him out. Or I tried. I called her mom's house, said "This is Kari. I'm looking for Heather. Oh, I can't have her number? Well, can you tell her to call me?" And she did. Both times. I really had no reason whatsoever to talk to her except to help this guy out. But she took the bait. Believe me, she was hesitant. But I guess I seemed innocent and trustworthy enough.

Last week, at work, I get a phone call. "I need help with a song. I don't know the name, but I want to hear it!" So I figured it out and played it, all along thinking it must be her. Low and behold, tonight, she calls again. "You're Kari ___ aren't you?" and I said "Used to be" and she said "This is Heather ___." She was nice enough about it, so I took the bait this time. I said "What's going on?" She said "You didn't have to do that to me, you know. I was looking for him, too." I just told her I wasn't going to talk about that at work. Yeah, I know what I did wasn't nice. But guess what? YOU DESERVED IT. And I'd do it again.