Ya know it's interesting how people change in the matter of a few months. Yesterday I got a call from a good friend of mine asking if my brother was going to the basketball tournament my high school team was playing in. He of course was because his girlfriend was cheering, and so they decided to go. I went just to get out of my house, and because I hadn't seen her or even really talked to her in awhile. I found that my friend, one I thought that I knew a lot about, was ever changing. It was incredibly invigorating! I mean most people would shy away, but I felt like I was meeting my best friend again for the first time.
After the game was over and she met her boyfriend (one of the players on the team), the five of us (my friend, her boyfriend, my brother, his girlfriend, and myself) proceeded to her house to play a game of Monopoly Lord of the Rings style that I had gotten for Christmas. As I watched the two couples I realized how much I had missed in their lives. It was the first time I had actually seen my brother and my friend truely happy in the whole time I have known them. I mean, yea I felt left out because I wasn't a part of their special teams, but at the same time it felt good to know that the girl who told me she didn't know how she was going to get through the school year without me was actually happy.
When my brother's gf and my friend's bf had to leave, the three of us were just standing around talking when my friend asked if I wanted to sleepover. The question came completely out of left field because I had never been allowed to stay the night before. When her parents said it was alright, my brother went home and my friend and I proceeded to her room.
In her room I could see the glow on her face from the evening events and the worry when she realized her bf might not get home on time. He did get home on time, but it is good to know that she has someone to talk to now that I'm not there all the time. I could tell that this newly budding romance is going to go a long way. I looked into her eyes and saw the stars as she showed me the Christmas gift she recieved from him. It's a beautiful jewelry case in the shape of a heart with an ingravement on the cover.
All in all I guess it was a successful evening. I had the chance to get to know my best friend all over again in a new light and it made me happy.
Tiffany
Posted by Tiffany Brattina at December 30, 2003 10:27 PMIt is weird to come home and relearn things about the friends you thought you knew.
Posted by: Diana at December 30, 2003 10:33 PM