We woke up the next morning around 9:40, which was way too early considering how late we had stayed up. Joe called us, and by the way he sounded, he was pretty much still asleep as well. I didn't actually talk to him, because I was groggily trying to figure out where I was and why I was waking up in a strange and unusual atmosphere. The ringing of the phone scared us both to death, as we were each having strange dreams. We got up a little bit after that and proceeded to get dressed and at least wash our faces in order to look presentable. I think I even put on makeup, but if I did, I wasn't even awake and concious. It was totally fun anyway, just because I am so incredibly happy to spend time with my best friend. She's so much fun, and we just laugh constantly whenever where together. We can always tell what the other one is feeling, and why. We even get zits at the same time. She had one on her chin today, and so did I, exactly in the same spot. I just hope that we never grow distant. I won't let it happen.
We treked to Joe's house after this, which was about a thirty minute walk. We sat around and watched 'The Price is Right' while he cooked pancakes for us. It was good, because I was really hungry. We were all not very awake. After that, we got up to go down to Harvard Sqaure to do shopping. Joe needed to get new shoes, and Kathleen and I enjoyed dragging him into every store that sold clothes that were the total opposite of what he wears, such as a&f, the gap, and other really preppie stores. It was quite funny. Kathleen and I went into Pac Sun, because she told me that there was a gorgeous guy in there that looked like Tom Cruise and was very young and nice. To our disappointment, he was not there, though we did meet an exceptionally fine boy when we went into one of the shoe stores. We wanted to get numbers, but we just didn't. I think we should have. We might go back during the weekend to see what's up and look for our guys.
Around four o'clock or so, we went back to Davis and walked around for a while. We walked down to Porter after that in search of Derrek, but he was at his dad's house. Then we decided that we were going to kidnap two of our other friends, Keith and Havovi. We brought them down to Davis with us and ate Chinese food. That was not too enjoyable, because everyone was really mellow and didn't really want to talk. I often find that the two don't really respond to others all that much and are off in their own world a lot of the time. It's kind of weird. After paying the check, we made anoter executive decision. We were going to visit Chris, Kathleen's boyfriend. He's leaving for college tomorrow in upstate New York, so we're going to be seeing very little of him.
We walked to the house, and got poured on as we were walking there, because it was raining an awful lot. This girl that I don't really like was there with him, saying her goodbyes to him as well. (This girl was a real loser and told people that I was a whore when she found out I was going to the senior prom, which I guess was only supposed to be for seniors...whatever, stupid girl). Anyway, we all went in to find the room a mess and not nearly enough packing done at all. When I am talking a mess, I mean a MESS. That room probably hadn't been vaccummed for at least fifteen years. Still, I felt bad because he's leaving tomorrow, and his parents aren't even home. They're off in Florida, and he's left to himself. We were just joking around for a while and trying not to be too much in the way, but after a while he took Kathleen out to the kitchen. After waiting around ten minutes, we ventured out there to see what was going on. They were both crying because he was leaving tomorrow. I mean, they broke up because he thought that a long distance relationship wouldn't work, which I knew had to be the truth. She couldn't trust him when he went away to college. He is not faithful enough to wait four years for her, even though they appear to be totally crazy about each other. I thought it was a bad idea going there in the first place, since goodbyes are never easy. I told her it would be better to not go at all, to wait until tomorrow and have him stop by her house for a few minutes before he leaves for New York. Even when we were in the house, I urged her to just keep it in and try not to cry until we left. She couldn't do it. She told me she didn't want to give him the satisfaction to see that she was crying; she wanted him to see that she could be stable without him...I guess it just didn't work. It was getting really awkward when they were crying and such, so we opted to leave. It wasn't really our place to all be there if it was going to be crazy like that. I had to go to Kathleen's and pick up my stuff...I was opting to just go home since I was so close, and pick up my stuff later, but Chris insisted that he give everyone a ride to home.
So, we all piled in the Explorer. Keith and Havovi wanted to go to Davis to get ice cream, so he dropped them off. After that we went to Kathleen's house so that I could get my stuff. We ended up staying there for an hour, Chris, Kat, Joe, and I, just playing around and talking. It got awkward again at times when Chris started crying. I mean, what do you say, what do you do? They're broken up, and he's going to college the next day. There's not must concellation that can be given. That hour was fun though, and I won't regret it ever, really. I could see that Chris was worn though. He was worried, anxious, and just miserable about leaving. I don't even remember what was talked about, and I can't remember all of the stupid things I did to try to make them laugh. It's hard to lighten up the mood when you're feeling sort of crappy yourself. It's not easy for me at all so see anyone sad and know that there's nothing that I can do about it. What makes it worse is that I always complained about Chris and how I couldn't stand him always being around and everything. I got my wish; he's going to leave tomorrow. Yet, I feel sort of bad about how I always thought of him as being an annoyance. He's not a bad person at all. I will not miss his strong affectation for competition and winning, or the fact that he thinks he's always right. Still, I'm going to feel bad for him because he'll be missing Kathleen. I can guarentee that he's never going to find another girl as wonderful as her. At times it makes me mad that he didn't have more faith to keep the relationship going. I know that in his heart he really does love her. Maybe that's why he decided to break up with her, then. He doesn't want to hurt her by finding another girl while he's at college and not breaking up with her first. I can see this, but I just wish that he was so comitted that he wanted to stay with her. I feel bad for Kathleen too, because it makes me sad to know that she's not happy about anything. After all of the joking and crying, they were going to take everyone home, and Kathleen was going to go help him pack up the rest of his stuff. Joe went home first, and then me.
I before I got out of the car, I hugged Kathleen and thanked her for the fun time that I had at her house. Then I hugged Chris, which I have never done before. I wished him good luck, and told him to pack all of the things that he was going to need for college. He just sort of held on for a minute, and then I thanked him again for the ride and got out of the car. I noticed that he was starting to cry again. It must be so hard to leave everything familiar behind and move into a brand new place knowing any one at all. I know he'll make it though. He has ambition. So let's move on everyone...move on but don't forget what has happened. I only wish that my going away to college is not so very painful. I know in time, and surely once school starts, everything is going to be alright.