Clinging on to a Frienship

Just the other day, I was wondering, since I had nothing important to do, 'are the ones who I consider to be my true friends are really my true friends??' This question really troubled me. I know I love them a lot and have always considered them to be my best friends. Yet this thought was troubling me. I took a walk down my memory lane, I walked through the times when we were at school. Carefree and having fun. We just didn't care about anything else. No matter what happened, the five of us always stuck around together to face whichever the obstacle (these obstacles most of the time were dumb conspiracies between girls in our class ;P) that came in our way. 

An unforgettable moment with my best friends comes into my mind,
It was when one of my friends was relating us the story of her drunkard father beating her mother, she was crying as she picked up words. it was only a moment later that we realized, the rest of us were also crying, we shared her pain and we cried for her. That is the moment among many happy and cheerful moments, I will forever remember and cherish. 

What happened to those five people? the ones who cried in each others' pain and laughed in each others' happiness? We have changed. We have become so busy in our own work that we hardly care about giving a call or at least sending a text message to our best friends. I haven't called them in months or nor we have gone out together. Makes me sad to think that may be our friendship too has an expiration date. I don't want to lose them. I just lament over the fact that neither have they called me, nor have I called them. May be it is just a matter of making a phone call, but I no more know what I should speak with them if I call them. I remember how we used to speak about keeping in touch and going out at least once a month when we were working. May the past ourselves did not realize the fact that we will be caught up in the hectic race of working and earning and that there will hardly be any time for group gatherings.

I should not let this happen! I should call them! at least for the sake of our 5 year old friendship. They say that friendship is in the heart and not in hanging out or getting together all the time. But I guess we need an occasional gathering or two to remind ourselves the value of the friendship we share with our friends. I mean how can you convey how much you care about them if you don't even meet them. It is now or never. the decision is yours to make.......