Lost and Found

Do you ever get to thinking about someone you knew years ago? And as you remember them fondly you wonder, what the heck happened to them? I read some old letters from this guy I was crushing on in High school and couldn't stop myself from thinking about what he'd be like now. He was a really sweet guy but he did drugs and lived a very fast life, it makes me wonder if he's even still alive. Has he been to jail? Did he get some chick pregnant? or did he turn out to be a really decent guy? Is he happily married with 2.5 kids, a white picket fence and a dog/cat? I remember how much I loved seeing him everyday. He was such a huge flirt, he'd tell me how beautiful I was and I'd swoon. I was such a dork, still am but I'm definitely a little less likely to fall for that now. He may have been super sweet but I've always thought he had ulterior motives.
There are other people I think about that I've misplaced, this guy Jeremy... I have no idea where he ended up. He reminds me of Max from that show Roswell. Although, I knew him long before the show came on so this is a recent association I've made. And my friend Tyler. He's a more recent misplaced friend. We were in field school together at Western and we became really good friends for a long time and I'm not sure what happened but he disappeared and I don't know how to find him again.

I really wonder if it's better that we don't know those people now or where they ended up. I look back and have sweet memories of Trevor and how nice he was and how good he always made me feel... and I think, what if I saw him now and he was an awful person? Would that mar my memories of him from the past? Is it better to hold on to a memory of what someone used to be, instead of finding out who they turned into?