One of the benefits of not going to Logan this Thanksgiving was the opportunity to see some old friends of mine who were in Denver for a couple days. Corban and Libby are both students at Johns Hopkins and are therefore way too far to visit whenever I'd feel like it, so this short weekend during which they were home was my only chance. They might not even be returning for Christmas, so who knows when I'll be seeing them next. The good news is that the night that we hung out was kind of like a flashback from when I was 17. I swear I practically lived at Corban and Libby's house every weekend that year. I think that, had stuff happened differently, they probably would've built an addition to the house especially designed for me and my stays there. But anyways, I had great fun being with them again because we all just picked up where we left off, careful to ignore certain details of each of our pasts which may have stilted an otherwise warm reunion. Hanging out with them felt like when I was 17 because when I was almost 18 everything started to change. Being a little candid here, Libby turned the dreaded age of 16, which utterly doomed me from that day onward. And it went pretty much downhill from there. I don't think the fact that Libby fell in love with me was the exclusive reason for the slight separation between me and my former best-friend, Corban, but it was certainly the catalyst that started all the tension between us. Me leaving for Idaho and him to the Air Force Academy couldn't have done much to help matters, either.
However, shoving all trivial matters to the side, hanging out with them again made everything awesome. Corban suddenly felt like my best-friend again, and it made me happy that he didn't cringe or give any looks of disapproval when Libby and I were hopelessly flirty with each other. It's like he accepts that we're adults now, relatively more responsibible and mature, and therefore capable of handling adult relationships without him having to burst out with his overly-zealous protectiveness. He felt like my best-friend again from when we were 17.
3 comments:
that is a cool picture. libby is gorgeous. and i'm glad things were comfortable and back to normal with you all.
i should hope that corban had gorwn up a bit from being the overzealous big borther to libby...that truly is a great picture of the three of you...and libby does look great ;)
i'm glad that you had as much fun as it looks like you did.
Ahh... what a one-sided tale of teenage romance.
P.S. Thanks Tamie and Aubrey, you flatter me almost as much as Taylor =D
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