Freshman year my buddy and I almost shit
ourselves laughing numerous times. Almost got kicked out of summer school for it
too. Why were we laughing? The story wouldn't make sense to anyone, not even
myself. But we were 14 and 15 during that time. We were young teenagers. The age
between leaving the end of childhood (skateboards, magazines, pipedreams) and
becoming a young adult, discovering yourself in an older world. We all went
through something similar in Jr.High. We developed a strong friendship during 12
and 13 and now we had to go through the motions all over again at a new
school.
The pressure weighed down on us when we became freshman so we stuck together like brothers. Joined the Football team like everybody else. I fell in love from a distance with a girl in one of my classes. I was always looking at her and trying to find an excuse to talk to her. Just trying to get those scraps that a Freshman can to feel visible to those around him.
Social groups were already forming and we didn't know what to do. But we both tried our best to keep our spirits up. If anyone had problems with him, they had problems with me. And vice-versa. Even made another brother from such display of loyalty. The laughter during these years was the best I'll ever have. Because the laughter then still had a flicker of the children we use to be combined with a mind that knew its juvenile rebelliousness was on its death bed. We laughed to burn what was remaining of that child fuel as much we could before a new school completely transformed us all over again.
We're still friends even though we are very different. We took seperate paths after Sophomore year. I was one of his only friends that visited him when he got locked up even though we hadn't talked much before then. Our friendship goes in spurts because such are things when you're older. I'm going to his moms house this Friday actually for his sisters birthday. I'm hoping he's there. It's like rewinding time when we hangout, except we're drinking beer and have our own stories now. Sometimes we even break out the skateboards searching for where those laughs escaped to. Hoping we'll find just one left inside, because just one would make all the difference.
If you look back at your friendships during these times and you aren't a little bit sad when thinking about it, then you missed out. Friendships like that are few and far between.
Gonna take a shot of whiskey for it.
The pressure weighed down on us when we became freshman so we stuck together like brothers. Joined the Football team like everybody else. I fell in love from a distance with a girl in one of my classes. I was always looking at her and trying to find an excuse to talk to her. Just trying to get those scraps that a Freshman can to feel visible to those around him.
Social groups were already forming and we didn't know what to do. But we both tried our best to keep our spirits up. If anyone had problems with him, they had problems with me. And vice-versa. Even made another brother from such display of loyalty. The laughter during these years was the best I'll ever have. Because the laughter then still had a flicker of the children we use to be combined with a mind that knew its juvenile rebelliousness was on its death bed. We laughed to burn what was remaining of that child fuel as much we could before a new school completely transformed us all over again.
We're still friends even though we are very different. We took seperate paths after Sophomore year. I was one of his only friends that visited him when he got locked up even though we hadn't talked much before then. Our friendship goes in spurts because such are things when you're older. I'm going to his moms house this Friday actually for his sisters birthday. I'm hoping he's there. It's like rewinding time when we hangout, except we're drinking beer and have our own stories now. Sometimes we even break out the skateboards searching for where those laughs escaped to. Hoping we'll find just one left inside, because just one would make all the difference.
If you look back at your friendships during these times and you aren't a little bit sad when thinking about it, then you missed out. Friendships like that are few and far between.
Gonna take a shot of whiskey for it.
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