A Part of My Memory

Zara

I was surprised we hadn't lost our voices yet with how loud we were singing along to the music blasting on the car speakers.

Ally had the best taste in music by far, followed by Faizah, then Serena, and then me. Apparently, my music was sad and depressing, which was ironic because I had never once been depressed in my life. But if I ever was I knew I wouldn't need to go to therapy, not with my kind of friends, they would be therapy enough.

After an hour on the road, we settled on playing the music in the background. We all had our windows down, relishing the cool breeze as it cooled down our hot bodies.

"So how did you find this destination this time?" I asked Faizah, sticking my head back in the car.

"Actually, Ally recommended it," she told me.

"Ally recommended a destination and you actually agreed to it?" Serena asked, surprised. "We're not going to lose our lives on this trip, are we?"

"Oh come on, I'm not that bad," Ally said.

"Last time you recommended a destination, we got food poisoning and almost got kidnapped," Serena recalled.

"That was not my fault," Ally argued. "Plus, despite that, at least we got to go zip-lining."

"The cord looked about ready to snap," Serena stated.

"But it didn't."

"My life was still on the line."

I chuckled, "literally."

Serena huffed a laugh, "shut up, Zara."

"If it makes you feel any better," Faizah began. "I thoroughly researched the place this time. And also, we got a massive discount because the destination is owned by the relatives of one of her friends."

"Relatives of which friend?" I asked.

"Jonah," Ally said casually.

"Ah, your boyfriend," Serena hummed.

"He's not my boyfriend," Ally stated, but her blush said otherwise.

"You've only met him in person once, right?" I asked.

"Yeah, when he came to the city," she told us.

"And he met your expectations?"

"Oh yeah, he's hot."

"But, is he a nice person?"

Ally looked back at me, "I mean, he's hot."

"That's it?"

Ally sighed, "you see, this is why you're single, Zara. If you look for a good guy you're going to die lonely, good guys only exist in movies and books."

Faizah dramatically cleared her throat.

"Okay, I guess they aren't all bad," Ally conceded. "You can find yourself a nice guy. He'll just be ugly."

"Harriet's not ugly!" Faizah stated.

"No, Harriet's not ugly in your eyes," Ally corrected.

Faizah shot her a glare before smacking her arm.

"Hey!" Ally exclaimed, laughing. "Eyes on the road."

In terms of relationships, Ally was the least diligent when it came to picking guys. With her delicate yet beautiful figure and wild personality, she was a guy magnet, but she always seemed to end up with the bastards. Her longest relationship lasted three months, and her shortest lasted less than a week.

Faizah, however, was more conservative and cautious. She only considered diving into a relationship if she's known the guy for at least six months, which was why she had never gotten her heart broken, unlike Ally who had cried over far too many guys to count. Faizah and Harriet had been together for three years and counting.