Friendship Has No Goodbye

Chapter 11

The group used to spend the rest of their summer days at either Jack's or Alisha's place, playing games, and then evenings used to be at the church ground, playing badminton, cycling. It seemed like a good calm summer. As the heat began to lessen and a few drizzles started, the group was reminded that summer was ending and their 12th standard was going to begin. It was moments of happiness and sadness.

There was the sadness of the summer ending but the happiness of the new college year. But it's a good start, new academic year, new friends; guys have new pretty girls to look at while the girls had hot guys to ogle at. Ash, Leo, and Jack were sadly in a junior college without a degree college. So they shamelessly only got to look at their juniors while the rest of the group were in colleges which included degree college.

Everyone got settled down into their respective college lives. There was a long break from birthdays till now and so three birthdays came up collectively. First was Naisha's birthday in July. They had a fun time cutting cake at her place and making plans for a movie. They played around at her place and took pictures together. The gang, later on, went for the movie Sanju. The movie was really good and they all really enjoyed it.

This is to give a little insight into Jack's romance life. During the summer, conversations began between Jack and his school crush. He had been behind her for a long time but had never been able to confess it well. Along the way, they started gaining feelings for each other but weren't yet ready to name their bond until August, when they finally went official as it seemed to make sense. And this is how it all began with Nayo. Nayo, the beautiful and cute high school crush, who was finally Jack's girlfriend, always managed to put a smile on his face.

Just as Jack's relationship was going well, John and Myra's relationship was blooming and growing. But her bond with Naisha and Alisha was weakening. They would fight on the matter that she would visit Sahar to meet John but not them, even though they were her school best friends. The pair felt a bit neglected and they were growing distant with her. Understanding her point of view, she was in a new relationship with him and it was difficult to give attention to both sides. But it's also tough to see your best friend drift apart from you. It could be said that no one was at fault. They each had their own perspectives on the situation. John and Jack tried sorting their problems and getting them back together but to no avail. And as time passed, Naisha and Alisha's bond with Myra just faded away.

Back to our gang and their adventures (More like their regular life and antics). Gary's birthday which was exactly a month away and was on Friendship Day went really well too. Jack and Ash went to Gary's place in the afternoon with his gifts. The shirts were unfortunately a little too small for him and the guys never managed to get it exchanged for a bigger size. Gary decided to give the group his treat at Annaleela. After lunch, they all headed to Phoenix Mall and played at the arcade for a while. They played some fun games, won loads of tickets, and then finally headed home.