I've known Peter for seven years. We went to the same Junior High School together and were pretty good friends until we entered 11th grade. That's when things suddenly changed and I became Peter's girlfriend. My name is Jenny and I've needed to write about what happened to our relationship as it grew and changed in ways I'd never imagine possible. For our last two years of High School we were seen everywhere together. I knew Peter was someone special and I loved being his girlfriend. I didn't have any brothers or sisters but Peter had two younger brothers. I laughed the first time I met Jeff, one of his brothers. Jeff was two years younger then Peter but WOW did they look a lot alike. Jeff had a lot more outgoing personality then my boyfriend did. He always found a way to make me laugh. The more I got to know Jeff the more I saw how much the two brothers really enjoyed each others company. Jeff was a lot like his older brother Peter, but his personality was off the chart. Everyone liked him, and I do mean everyone. Peter was so protective of his younger brother too. It made me wish I had a younger sister to watch after and talk to.
It was during our last year of High School that we actually started to double date with Jeff and his girlfriend. I really liked Jeff's girlfriend and even though we were two grades ahead of them they sort of became our best friends. Everywhere I went with Peter I knew sooner or later Jeff and his girlfriend would show up soon there after. When we finally graduated from High School both myself and Peter decided to go to the same small college. We signed up for the fall semester and headed off to college. We didn't have a clue what being out on our own would be like. My parents paid for a dorm room for me but Peter shared a small two bedroom apartment with a friend he knew. I ended up spending more time at my boyfriend's apartment then I did at my own dorm room. Of course my parents didn't know that and I made sure they would never find out. I would spend one or two nights at week at the dorm and the other nights over at Peter's apartment. I always made sure to call my parents from my dorm room on the night I stayed in my room. I didn't want them to get any clues of what was really going on with Peter and myself. I knew after just a few months I really loved my life here at college. The freedom was amazing and I got to make every single decision about what happened in my life. It was a freedom I knew I'd never want to give up again. We usually were in class for about six hours on the days we had classes then we would go out and party with all our classmates and friends. Like most the other students at our school, booze, drugs, and a lot of late night parties was a big part of college life. I wanted to experience it all and I did!
The first couple years just flew by and somehow I kept my grades up which made my parents not really bother me all that much. I noticed the second year how much my boyfriend seemed to miss being around his younger brother. He talked about it very little but I could see right thru him and knew he sort of wished that Jeff was here with us so they could hang around together. It wasn't until our third year at the school that things would really start to change and my life would spiral out of control. My boyfriend was really pumped up because his brother had decided to come to the same college we were at. I should have known that would happen but it did sort of take me by surprise when I first found out about it. Peter somehow worked it out with his roommate so that his brother could actually have the other room in their small two bedroom apartment. I don't know where Peter's first roommate was going to move to but just like that Peter's brother Jeff was moving in with him. It took just a couple days for Jeff and his girlfriend to become our best friends again. They had grown and matured so much. I barely recognized either of them.
The one thing that didn't change was Jeff's personality. He was still so much fun to be around. It wasn't long before Peter was taking his brother just about everywhere that we went. If Jeff was with us, so was his very cute girlfriend. We all went to so many parties and dances together. I really did like being around Peter's brother and girlfriend but at times I wished I had more private time with Peter. I finally just gave in and enjoyed Peter's brother as much as Peter did. I was always laughing because of Jeff and I knew how much this meant to Peter. I let Peter know I was a little jealous that he had such a great relationship with his brother. I never had a sister or brother so I didn't know what that felt like. I could again see how Jeff was just about exactly like his older brother. Jeff's girlfriend was cute and really nice too. For the next two semesters everything was fine. It was at the start of fall classes where Jeff got some very bad news. His girlfriend was leaving, not because she wanted to but because her parents were pulling her out of our college. I didn't know how bad her grades had become. She was failing more of her classes then she was passing. She wasn't even trying anymore, she was only there for one reason now, TO PARTY with all of us!
Jeff was devastated. Once his girlfriend left he just wasn't the same guy. He called and talked every night with his girlfriend but like most relationships, time apart and the distance apart can take a toll on relationships. It was about three and a half months after Jeff's girlfriend left that he got the dreaded "LETS JUST BE FRIENDS" phone call. I knew when that happened that Jeff's Ex had found another guy. I hated seeing Jeff as down and out as he was. It didn't take long for Jeff to actually bring our fun lives down with his. My boyfriend tried to cheer his brother up but Jeff really missed his girlfriend. He had been with her about three years so this was a big breakup that Jeff just wasn't ready to get over. I tried like Peter did to cheer Jeff up but it just wasn't happening. I wanted things to get back to the way they use to be. We weren't going out as often or doing as many fun things as we use to. I felt bad for everyone involved including myself. It had been the worse three or four months since we first got to the college.