It had been a long day at the office and she had been feeling a little down since Justin had cancelled their date for the night. She was’nt looking ...forward to the long night home alone and her nerves were on edge. She needed to unwind and tried to hit up some of her friends but everyone seemed to be too busy for her tonite. She had almost given up hope when Damien, a co-worker came along. The night took a complete turn around. ‘whats up Tara?’ he said ‘you dont look too happy.’He had never. Knowing that any one of us could well be called on to make a speech at the graduation ceremony. The good news was the fact that all three of us as couples had managed to get to the same university as their partners. Sylvia had won a full ride to the same university that Jake had attended with his football scholarship. Jim and Penny were also awarded partial scholarships together at another college. Jake who was home for the weekend came with Sylvia to see me and Ginny just after the exams. Jake. God. He meant it, despite his slow smile and the joke. She once envisioned dating two or three years before a standard year long engagement to her nameless, faceless partner-lover-friend. The timeline had given her some measure of comfort she’d ease into a future guaranteed to be secure, one without too many ripples. But Sean had rewritten the script she had for a partner-lover-friend. Her life-map had changed its course faster than she’d planned. Ana realized she’d already made her choice This. I never thought that two people could seriously have such a good time. You and I can laugh so hard sometimes it actually makes my stomach and my ribs hurt. Yet you have seen me at my best and my worst yet you never seem to judge me. I feel like even if I did something incredibly stupid you would be there to help me pick up the pieces and dust me off. I know at times I can do some stupid shit. I leave myself shaking my head some days. Yet through it all you have stood by me. I just hope you.