iRunStories / Season 1, Episode 8
The Reunion
The first invitation arrived in March. WESTBROOK HIGH CLASS OF 2006 20-YEAR REUNION You're Invited! Maya Chen threw it in the trash. She'd hated high school. Four years of being invisible, eating lunch alone, counting the days until she could leave Westbrook and never look back. And she hadn't looked back. Moved to Portland. Built a career. A life. Forgot about the small Ohio town where she'd grown up. Why would she go to a reunion? --- The second invitation arrived in April. And May. And June. Every week, another envelope, same design, same message. We can't wait to see you, Maya! It won't be the same without you! Please come home. She hadn't RSVP'd. She hadn't given anyone her address. How did they keep finding her? In July, the phone calls started. "Maya! It's Brittany Cooper—well, Brittany Morrison now. I'm on the reunion committee and I just wanted to personally invite you!" "I appreciate that, but I'm not interested—" "We have so many great things planned. A tour of the old school, a memorial service for classmates we've lost, a dance just like prom. Please say you'll come." "I wasn't planning—" "Everyone's asking about you. Everyone remembers you." Maya froze. "Remembers me? I wasn't exactly popular." Brittany laughed. "Oh Maya, we ALL remember you. You were so special. Please...