On the way to Rhea's house I listen to the song screen by twenty one pilots, the song is very special to me because the lyrics "we're broken people." to me it means that we are all broken in different ways, so we need to accept eachother and ourselves.
When I pull up in the drive way I can see Rhea and Grace already in the living room taking a picture together. "Gee am I gonna miss those two nerds." I think to myself.
When I enter the door they stop and look at me, Rhea even starts to cry, she's always emotional, especially when she menstruating.
"What, is it the cramps again?" I tease
"Oh, whatever, I'm just going to miss you, it's not going to be the same."
This makes me feel better, I atleast know I'm going to be missed.
She's lying, they're gonna forget about you. They are probably already in the process of replacing you, with a better, more good looking friend.
Great, not you, please go away. I wanna say goodbye to them.
Whatever you say, I'll be back soon though. Don't forget, I'm always here and always will be.
Yeah, alright.
"So Athena, I made you a CD for your car ride, there's a surprise on track 6." Grace says.
"Oh, what is it?" I ask.
"What's the point of a surprise if I tell you dork."
"Oh and I made you a little travel kit... it has a couple snacks, some books, notes from us, a map, and I even slipped in some money." Rhea adds.
"You know I'm just going to Columbus, not Colombia, right?" I ask jokingly.
"Well yeah, but we want you to be ready and safe you know?"
"Aw you guys are to pure. I'm gonna miss you guys, promise me you'll visit me every break and weekend." I say.
We all twist out pinkys together, and say "pinky promise."
"Well I should be getting on the road, don't want to be driving to late."
"Yeah, call us when you get a chance please. Love you." Grace says.
We group together and hug, the hug feels like a lifetime. I never want to leave it... I feel safe with them.
I start to head towards the door and look back and wave one last goodbye.
I'm able to hold myself together until I get into my car and start backing up.
I can see them waving out the window all I think about its the many memories we have together.
"Next stop, Columbus, Ohio."
I say to myself.
