It ended, thud!
I will never know why. For several years we spent hours together, especially during the summer, daily. We built a tree house, “golf course,” bowling alley in the basement, slept outside (summer and winter), went swimming in a neighbor’s pool, drove his parent’s car, illegally, and much more. Then one day playing 1 on 1 basketball I made a comment, “my knee had been hurting.”
He, unexpectedly, threw the ball in my face; to say the least I was stunned. I retrieved the ball. Beat him with a miracle shot and...
...we never spoke or interacted again.