Cannot send imessages to my contact anymore

am currently using iphone 5s with latest updates.
I was sending imessages to my contact till now. I was in a different city 2 days ago and was having trouble sending imessages so when the error message was provided to me saying "message not delivered" I checked the option of send the message as "text message". Now I am back in my home town and would like to communicate via imessage and my iphone will not allow me to send imessages to my contact anymore. The message I send goes like a text message which is in green.
please help I like Imessage

No. That was the first thing we checked. I am not blocked. And we can call each other without a problem.
But like I said... if I RESEND the text and check "send as text message" (it will show up green on my iPhone instead of blue), he will receive it then. But on his phone, when he receives it, it still reads as a blue iMessage.

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