We've all been there at some point. You go out with a group of friends, and end up at a location that was not in the plans at all. A lot of times, those can lead to some really good memories. But, just like with me, it can also lead to something that brings a huge change to your life.
My 3 best friends since childhood were all back in town. This was the first time we were all home at the same time in forever. We all decided to meet up and have a night out to celebrate.
There was me, Kevin. 43 years old, married to my beautiful wife, Katy, for 20 years. We have a daughter, Veronica, who is 19, and we live a pretty basic life.
Scott was Katy's brother. He was married to his wife, Rebecca, and had 2 kids. He had much more of a wild side than I did, but he managed to calm down a lot over the years.
Trevor had just recently retired from the army. He went in as soon as we finished high school, and served 20 years. Now he lived a few states away with his wife, Ashley, and their 4 kids.
Dave was always like the brains of the group. He had definitely put some pounds on since high school, but he was still the same ole Dave. He had just recently gotten a divorce from his wife and was now living by himself in the next state over. He had 2 sons who were off to college.
We all met up at Dave's brother's house and ended up going to Jamboree Street, the local street with all the bars. We sat at the table and talked and laughed for a while. I stopped at one point to text Katy.
-4 shots in! I sent to her
-Don't let my brother and Trevor give you alcohol poisoning. Ronica is staying with Anna tonight, so she'll be gone when you make it back
-Gotcha. Love you
-Love you too. Be safe. Tell Scott I said eat a dick!
Haha. Good old sibling rivalry.
We continued talking and laughing when all of a sudden Trevor went into his pocket and showed us a small clear sack with some green grass in it.
"You guys want to party like we used to, right?" he asked.
"You're serious right now?" I asked. "Dude it's been years since I touched the stuff."
"I'm down," hiccupped Scott. "What's wrong, Kev? Scared Katy will scold you? She'll just blame me, anyway."
"It's not that, I doubt she really cares," I said. "But guys, we're not 18 anymore. These 40-year-old bodies can't take what they used to."
"Scared, Kevy?" laughed Trevor
"Fuck it, why not," I laughed. I still can't figure out how these guys still manage to talk me into this stuff even now.
"C'mon Dave. You haven't lost that sense of adventure have you?" Said Trevor.
Dave sat silent for a minute with a look of deep thinking.
"If I say no, you guys are going to find some kind of bullshit to justify us doing it, I'm going to argue it, then you're going to keep piling on more bullshit until I finally just say fuck it. So let's just save some time here. Fuck it, let's go," Dave said as he threw his hands up.
"See I knew you fuckers still had just a little bit of fun left in you! Are we heading to our old spot in the back of the park?" Trevor asked.
"Can't," I said. "They put up a camera back there because of crime. It's been on the news lately. But our old spot by the lake....."
