A loud ring echoed throughout the house and cleared my hazy mind as I lay sprawled out on the couch. My thoughts slowly cleared and I remembered the messages from my phone. Yet another ring awakened me as I realized I had invited company. “Here” the text read. My plans for the night hit me like a sledgehammer to a nail and I sprang from the couch to grab the door. In came Emma followed by Devan and Curtis. We all exchanged a silent glance, for we all knew the routine - and headed upstairs. The rough asphalt shingles stung my bare feet as I slipped out of the window. The others followed quietly with a mock sense of deviousness. “The sky sure is clear tonight,” Devan whispered. “That’s why we picked tonight, stupid,” Emma replied with a feigned
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I looked over at Emma, who had ventured everywhere with me for the past three months. From camping, to roaming the streets at three AM, to Manitowoc and to who knows where else. We had spent nearly every day of the summer together. Then, my eyes scanned over to the guys. Both intently gazing up at the night sky, it hit me at that exact moment. They were my best friends. They were always there for me and were always right by my side when I needed them. They biked around town and went on adventures with me. We may have not considered each other as “best friends” but they were certainly the ones who were closest to me, and in the end, that’s what counts.
Devan broke the silence by rambling about high school. “It’s just all going to be so different. None of you are in any of my classes, I don’t know if we even have lunch together.”
We exchanged schedules to confirm that none of us had classes together. Soft, fake smiles suddenly crept onto our faces. The awkward ones that you give strangers when passing by in a hallway. Miles of concrete seemed to pile between us with this thought, confining ourselves to our own helpless jail cell. Within seconds we had all understood and accepted that after today, we would probably begin to slowly drift apart. Most likely ending up as just people we used to know, silly childhood friends that had no importance
I looked over at Emma, who had ventured everywhere with me for the past three months. From camping, to roaming the streets at three AM, to Manitowoc and to who knows where else. We had spent nearly every day of the summer together. Then, my eyes scanned over to the guys. Both intently gazing up at the night sky, it hit me at that exact moment. They were my best friends. They were always there for me and were always right by my side when I needed them. They biked around town and went on adventures with me. We may have not considered each other as “best friends” but they were certainly the ones who were closest to me, and in the end, that’s what counts.
Devan broke the silence by rambling about high school. “It’s just all going to be so different. None of you are in any of my classes, I don’t know if we even have lunch together.”
We exchanged schedules to confirm that none of us had classes together. Soft, fake smiles suddenly crept onto our faces. The awkward ones that you give strangers when passing by in a hallway. Miles of concrete seemed to pile between us with this thought, confining ourselves to our own helpless jail cell. Within seconds we had all understood and accepted that after today, we would probably begin to slowly drift apart. Most likely ending up as just people we used to know, silly childhood friends that had no importance