Strangers again

Today is my ex best friend's birthday. It's so crazy how a two letter word changes the whole mood of that sentence. Two years ago, she just walked away from my life. No words. No explanations. No goodbye hug. After all those secrets we shared, the yearly roadtrips to LA, and all those exciting weekend hangouts, one of the most important people in my life just decides to erase me.

These two years have been so rough without her. I told her everything. What my next show would be.. Which girl I had fallen in love with now.. Which shows to watch this season.. The list goes on. I've never had a friend as close as her.

Earlier today, I decided to man up and greet her happy birthday and hoped all was going well with her. She thanked me and that was that. No other exchanges made. It made me happy that she actually responded to me but where do we go now? Will this rekindle the friendship we had for almost 10 years? Or, will we just have the annual birthday greeting and nothing else? It really hurts just thinking about the latter. How could two people, after years and years of an amazing friendship, end up as strangers again? :/