Lyrical Love

Alexia

        I woke up this morning full of regret and pride. Proud of myself because I'm now a college graduate. Regret because apparently we partied a little too hard last night and I am now experiencing the worst hangover in the history of mankind. Hangover or not, it is still packing day for my best friend, Victoria, and I.

We have spent the last four and a half years at the University of Oklahoma. I finally have a double major in English and Business under my belt. I can finally have my dream job, getting paid to read. Victoria already has her dream job as an RN in the NICU at the local hospital. Well she had her dream job. I had been working as an administration assistant at a local radio station. We both quit our jobs last week. We figured we should have a week off before we took off and moved halfway across the country. We are packing up and moving to California to pursue our dreams. We always wanted to move to California after growing up in Oklahoma. We dreamed of sunshine, sand, beaches.

As excited as I am about this transition, I'm almost heartbroken. This has been our home for years and have experienced so much here. We grew from young and immature 18 year olds to the adults we are today. I'm going to miss it a lot. I keep having to remember that i can take the memories with me. It just feels like I'm leaving a huge chunk of who i am behind. It's probably just my hangover and anxiety talking. It's off to the real world now.

Victoria breaks me from my thoughts when I hear her screaming and cursing from the living room. I decide to be a good friend and make sure she's okay. I find her behind a stack of boxes, jumping like a kangaroo.

"What are you yelling about in here Tori?"

"The table tried to kill me! It jumped over here and bit my toe. That's what Im yelling about in here.

She glances up at me with a look of disgust. "Why aren't you dressed? The guys are on their way over. Corbin is pissed because of how off schedule we are. Something about how his alarm didn't go off and he's tired from babysitting everyone last night. You know the usual. He's in a bad mood and its everyone's fault. "

"Well we wouldn't be off schedule if he didn't forget to reserve the truck like he said he would. Its his fault. We could have already been loading it up by now. Besides, pj pants and a tank are a perfectly acceptable wardrobe choice for packing and loading a truck," I tell her as I find a spot on the floor to lay down in the warm sunshine and let my mind wander.

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                                                                             (flashback)

The guys that Tori is referring to are another part of our close circle of friends that we have had since we were kids, or 'the gang' as we always called ourselves. We all met during junior high. Tori and I were paired up in homeroom and we have been inseparable since then. We became like sisters.

We brought Corbin into our group a few weeks into the school year. He had the bright idea to sign up in our Home Economics class to meet chicks. Turns out, he was the only guy in the entire school taking the class. Some girls gave him a hard time about it. His brilliant plan totally backfired and we felt sorry for him. So we decided to give him a chance and take him under our wings. Plus he was such a cutie. Turned out he was a pretty cool kid. We got along great and he was fun to flirt with. Tori and I had a big crush on him those first few months, but for our friendship's sake we decided it would be best if we didn't act on those crushes. And we didn't, until after high school, but thats for another day.

Next we brought in his buddy Miles. Miles is the greatest guy ever. He is the big brother I never had. He is so sweet and easy to get along with. Everyone always thought that we should get together and eventually get married, but we never felt those sparks. He has always just been the best guy friend I could ever ask for. To him i had always been his little sister that he was super protective about.

I had Tori and two cute guys as my best friends. We were always hanging out and doing crazy things together. Life couldn't get better, or so i thought. The guys started actually seeing other girls for more than just girls. Their hormones took over their brains and put a small rift between us. Tori and I stuck together while the guys went off and did guy things with their friends. Then they introduced Tori and I to their new buddies, Liam and Ethan. It was love at first sight. Liam was the absolutely hottest guy i have ever laid eyes on. The most gorgeous bluish green eyes and the sexiest dimples when he smiled. I was a goner. Tori thought it was pretty funny until she met Ethan. She fell just as hard as I did. The bad thing about it was that we had no idea what to do about these feelings. Sure, we knew how to flirt but flirting with Miles and Corbin's friends? They kind of seemed like off limits. We could only imagine the drama that would cause. So we just kept our feelings to ourselves and dreamt about our fictional weddings and kids.

By the time we made it to high school, everyone knew not to mess with us. We were a close bunch and if you messed with one, then you messed with all six of us. The first week of our freshman year, a new guy decided to mess with Tori and I. He made bad attempts at flirting with us, playing with our hair, or picking on us. We got fed up and told Corbin to take care of it for us. One day after school Corbin found him playing basketball with some guys in the gym. Words were exchanged and they started throwing punches. The new guy finally backed up with his hands in surrender and was begging Corbin not to hurt his fingers because he wouldn't be able to play his guitar. Corbin stepped back and started grinning like an idiot. We thought Corbin had finally lost his mind. He ended up shaking the guys hand and talking to him. Turns out Corbin had always wanted to play guitar and asked if the new guy would teach him. Conner apologized and the rest was history. Turned out, Connor was a pretty cool guy, and he played the guitar pretty good. That's how Conner joined our group.

With how close we had all grown, some things started to change when we got to high school. Liam and I tried to hide our attraction to each other but it was undeniable and everyone knew it. It was like an invisible force kept pushing us together. When we finally gave in to our feelings, it was like everything felt right in the world. We were quickly known as the 'it' couple. Every couple wanted to be us. It was sickenly sweet how perfect we were together. The best thing about it was that our relationship never changed the dynamic of the gang. It was just meant to be. Of course, our relationship didn't come without flaws. Girls couldn't accept that Liam only had eyes for me and made it their mission to come in between us. It caused drama for our relationship but we always came back together stronger than ever.