Five Years Later

14 | Blink of an eye

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It was the same night after having that important conversation with my two best friends. Peyton, Tristan and I created the new group chat, from the three of us, I was the one who added Calvin and Samuel to the group chat because I had their phone numbers. Before any of them could send a text message, I set my phone down on the desk of my room. It took me a while to pick up my phone and to start reading their text messages from the group chat. Seeing their text messages took me back in time to the first time we created a group chat with them.

Believe it or not, it was one day after Tristan, Peyton and I really clicked with Calvin and Samuel at a welcome party right at the beginning of our freshmen year of high school.

After that our little trio transformed to a quintet. During our high school years, our friendship group spent a lot of time together creating memories with each other. When our senior year of high school had come, all five of us had developed a very close friendship.

my breakup with Calvin sadly happened towards the end of our last summer together before starting following our long life dreams. In a blink of an eye, our former friendship group slipped into two. Peyton, Tristan and I returned to our trio. Calvin and Samuel became a duo.

Soon after that dreadful day, I never heard anything from Calvin and Samuel. My breakup with Calvin didn't only affect myself, unfortunately it ended up affecting two people that I love with my whole heart. It's true that a break up affects the people who surround you. It took me months to get used to being a trio again on top of healing and moving on from my first breakup.

I am going to be super careful about letting both my ex boyfriend and Samuel back into my life after five years. It took me a lot of time to get to the direction that I am in my life. I don't want anything to mess up or hurt my two best friends and myself for a second time.

But there is a small part of me that is wondering if there is a special reason why both Calvin and Samuel reappeared back into my life five years later. That small part of me reminds me a lot of my younger self.

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I exited my bedroom, holding my hamper in my hand, I walked downstairs and I entered the laundry room. I opened up the washer and threw my dirty clothes inside and I closed it. I placed the washing soap and detergent in their respective spots then I started the cycle before I walked out from the laundry room.

I entered the living room, I saw Peyton and Tristan sitting on the couch, watching a tv show on the television.

"Hey Bree, do you want to join us?" Tristan asked me, reaching for the tv remote and he paused the TV show.

"Yes, I would like to join you guys." I answered his question, taking a seat on the couch, right beside Peyton. "By the way, Tristan, you know that my answer is always going to be yes."

"That's my best friend." Peyton said, showing me a smile as she picked up her phone from the coffee table. "Do you guys want to order some food?"

"Yes, please, I am starting to get hungry." I answered her question, returning her smile.

"I vote yes." Tristan answered his girlfriend's question as he leaned his head down on her shoulder.

"Okay then which place should I order the food from?" Peyton asked another question, not looking up from her phone's screen. "The options are Taco Bell, Chipotle and Olive Garden?"

"I am feeling Chipotle, today." Tristan replied to her question, looking at her phone's screen as well. "What about you girls?"

"I want Chipotle as well." I answered his question, agreeing with Tristan."

"We are in sync today, guys." Peyton said, looking up from her phone. "Our usual orders, correct?"

"Yes, our order is going to be the same. Pey, can you order cookies from Crumbl Cookies as well?" I asked my best friend, looking at her.

"Of course, I can Bree, I will place an order for you." My best friend replied as she looked back at me.

"Thank you Pey, you are the best."

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To this day, I still remember the last time I was in the same place as Calvin and Samuel. It was the day we graduated from high school, we were at a party celebrating the end of our high school experience. Now, five years later, we are going to be catching up like old friends at a local restaurant   we used to go to when we were younger before going to watch a movie.

"Bree, how are you feeling?" Peyton asked me as she and I walked out from our house.

"Being honest with you, currently I feel okay. I think it's going to hit me when I'm at the restaurant with them." I replied to her question, seeing my best friend locking up our house before we walked toward her car.

"Okay, Bree you are starting to feel like it's too much for you, please tell me or my boyfriend and we will come up with something so we can leave." Peyton told me, sounding serious as we approached her car.

"Peyton, I love that you always ask me about my feelings. But I will promise that I put my feelings aside so Tristan, you and I can have a good night catching up with both Calvin and Samuel. I know that you're excited to catch up with them." I told her, opening the passenger's door and hopping inside of her car.

"Aubree, you have been my best friend for more than a decade. I know that you love to put on a brave face when you're starting to feel uncomfortable because you don't want to ruin anything. This is going to be a huge night for all five of us. For that reason, if I sense any topic of conservation is difficult I will have your back and try my best to change the topic of conversation. Yeah, Bree, I am excited to catch up with them, I want to hear about their adventures."  Peyton told me as she got inside of her car.

"Peyton, I am lucky to have you as one of my best friends, I don't want to imagine what my life would look like without you, I just know that it would look very different." I told her,wrapping my arms around her shoulders and pulled into a hug. "I know some about Calvin's adventures, I know that you are going to love to hear them, Pey."

"Aubree, you are going to make me cry. I will be wondering forever what I did to deserve to have an amazing best friend like you. My life is so much brighter with you in it." My best friend told me, accepting my hug. "Well, I am looking forward to hearing it from Calvin's point of view."

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I have said this before, but Peyton is an amazing friend to Aubree, everyone deserves to have a best friend like her.