Madeline had not seen her best friend Julie since high school and it was quickly approaching their twenty-year high school reunion. While she was responding to the invitation she wondered how on earth the past twenty years could have gone by without their seeing each other. Of course a great deal had happened in both of the their lives, but still, they were best friends after all, and best friends don’t just disappear from each other’s lives. As she put the RSVP in the mailbox, Madeline hoped greatly that Julie would be at the reunion. She had tried in the past to locate her, but could not find a phone number of email address and she never pursued it more than that.
The evening of the reunion finally arrived and Madeline asked at the welcoming table if Julie was expected to be there. Her hopes for the evening quickly vanished when she found out that her friend would not be attending. At that point Madeline considered leaving before it really even began. Suddenly Jeff tapped her on the shoulder and then embraced her with a big hug. Jeff had been a good friend to both of them and was hoping to find Madeline there. He told her that a few of the people from their circle of friends couldn’t make the reunion but were trying to schedule a trip to one of Spain’s Balearic Islands instead. He told her that Julie was one of those people and she was trying to find Madeline to invite her along.
Madeline couldn’t believe her ears. Not only was she going to reconnect with her best friend from high school, as well as some other close friends, but she was going to be able to do it on a beautiful island. Jeff took Madeline’s contact information and was soon called her to let her know they were getting reservations in one of the top Mallorca hotels. Madeline was ecstatic, the trip was getting set and she would soon be whisked away to a beautiful island in the Mediterranean Sea as well as to a place in her life she had nearly forgotten. The group spent a great deal of their time in Palma and Julie and Madeline reminisced over the old days as they strolled along the Old Town streets. Then they caught up with current events as they learned how to scuba dive at one of the near by marinas. Just as the island of Mallorca is itself, their reunion was a beautiful blend of the past and present.
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