It's too late now.
Joel's heart skipped a beat when he saw Lindsey after all these years. She was just as stunning as he had remembered. He thought back to himself when he was 13 years old, a bashful youngster who struggled to articulate his emotions. He enjoyed her. They were too youthful and preoccupied to stop living the life they once believed would end very soon. Both of them believed they had only their friendship to save at the time.