Years passed.
I left Elite Light Gate Secondary School and continued my life in another school. Everything changed—new environment, new people, new routine.
But one thing didn't change.
Nancy.
At first, I thought I would forget her with time.
I was young.
Life was moving forward.
It felt like just a small part of my childhood.
But I was wrong.
As I grew older, I started understanding things better—feelings, relationships, and what it meant to like someone.
That was when I realized…
What I felt for Nancy back then was not ordinary.
I had been in love.
Even though I didn't understand it at that age.
I met other girls as I grew up.
I even dated some of them.
One… two… three…
But none of them felt the same.
Something was always missing.
They were good in their own way, but they were not her.
They didn't have that calmness.
They didn't have that quiet care.
They didn't feel like Nancy.
No matter how much I tried to move on…
There was always a space that no one could fill.
A space she left behind.
Sometimes I would remember small things.
The way she arranged her books.
The way she spoke calmly.
The way she helped me without saying too much.
Simple things.
But they stayed in my head.
I didn't even know where she was.
I didn't know what she was doing.
We had no contact.
No connection.
Nothing.
Yet…
I couldn't forget her.
And that was when I understood something clearly.
Some people come into your life and leave…
But they don't really go away.
They stay with you.
In your mind.
In your memories.
In your heart.
Nancy was that person for me.
She became…
The unforgotten love.