People are like rubber bands. They seem perfect. They help put things in place, they hold them there, and they fix problems that were previously there. They can be stretched out, and tightened. But there comes a point, after it's been pulled out too far, that it breaks. It's not helpful to you anymore. It betrayed you. Much like a snapped rubber band, about half of the people in your life right now, won't be there in five years. You never know, they could be gone tomorrow. For Melinda, from the book Speak, this was the case. But it just wasn't friends; it was boy friends and even family. No matter how hard she tried, Melinda ended up losing the people she cared about most in her life, all to trust issues.
They had hundreds of pictures together. They had thousands of matching items. They had millions of memories. Melinda and Rachel were the stereotypical best friends. They could tell each other anything, yet when Melinda tells Rachel that she was the one that called the cops on a party with minors drinking alcohol, Rachel leaves her. She says...nothing. She just leaves. Melinda had to tell somebody, and she trusted Rachel, but Rachel just left her. She put her words on the line, and they were left there.
Aside from her "ex- best friend" leaving her, her saving grace did also. Heather. Everyone deserves a second chance. We all deserve a friend, so when a new girl moves in, she tries to be friends with Melinda. It was perfect. She was the prince charming riding in on her horse to make everything okay. Melinda trusted her to be there for her. She needed a friend, someone to talk to. Then, for no reason, Heather doesn’t want to be friends. She says that Melinda was the most depressed person ever, and didn't want to be friends. She was trusted, but failed to follow through.
Not only did Rachel and Heather fail to stay in Melinda's life after being trusted, so did IT. Andy Evans. One summer night, when Melinda was heavily drinking, Andy was there for her. He told her that he would take hr outside and get some fresh air. The things he did to her were heartbreaking. Melinda -- maybe not being completely there..but still had consciousness -- trusted him. He took advantage of her, and then left.
Trust. It's something that we all do. We trust others with secrets and lies, with stories, and with goodbyes. Whenever we put trust on an issue, we know that there's a chance that we will be played, or blind-sided. That the people will leave. Sometimes, even when you least expect it, the rubber band snaps, and people that we trust disappoint us.
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