Would you be able to forgive someone for this?

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Okay, so here is my story. When I was in 7th grade, I met this boy. He rode the bus with me and lived in my neighborhood, and we quickly became friends. I almost immediately developed feelings for him, and although we never were anything more than close friends, I basically fell more and more in love with him over the course of the next five years. We both dated other people, but I always had some sort of feelings for him and we were always close friends throughout that time period. Even though he was one of my closest friends though, he was pretty mean to me most of the time. He would call me names, make fun of me, and do all sorts of horrible things, but I never stood up to him because I cared about him too much. Then, when I was a junior and he was a senior, he admitted to me that he had feelings for me, even though he had been dating another girl for over a year by this point. I was obviously elated, and we started messing around a little behind her back. Then one day, shortly before the end of school when he would graduate and leave me behind, he just stopped talking to me. Just like that. Never explained himself or anything. I was crushed. It has been two and a half years since then, and I have long since put it behind me, but just recently he got in contact with me again! He says that he wants to apologize for how thing ended up and he knows I never deserved to be treated that way. The thing is, I don't know if I can trust him now because he was always a deceitful and manipulative person, and he always treated me like crap. I'm afraid to let my guard down and let him in again, because I think he will probably hurt me again. But another part of me really wants to resolve the stuff that happened between us and maybe even resurrect the friendship. I just don't know what to do. Should I forgive him and give him a chance to make it up to me, or should I tell him he blew his only chance? What would you do?