On a High, with Five

My adolescence started with them, my formative years to be exact. I learned the basics, giggled about my crushes, played indoors (and outdoors even), attended parties, developed my hobbies, competed, studied, prayed, laughed, sanged, cried, ate -- with them. I had most, if not all, of the wonderful experiences with them. But like every chapter, ours closed, and off we went to see the world go on proportions.

And here we are, after eleven long years, our chapter re-opened.

I missed them all. I missed how I usually start the day seeing them, and end it by bidding them goodbye. It was a routine, if I may state it that way -- a routine I never thought I'll miss all these years.

We laughed, ate, talked, whacked, and to sum it all up, we made up for the lost time. And yes, it was the time of my life. And alas, I found the missing link.

When I was younger, I thought that when you have a career, and you have someone to love who loves you back, everything's alright. Well, it is. But I happen to neglect the fact that, sometimes, you need friends who you open to, be frank with, play stupid with, and still love you for the person you've become.

Seeing them after such a long time gave me back the joy of having friends -- a bunch of friends. I cannot recall how long has it been since I've gone to a group date with friends. It was always just me and EJ, me and my best friend, never a group. You may well be wondering how someone like me could not have friends to go out with? To tell you frankly, I don't know. I just don't have it.

That's what made last night such a high -- I'm on a high, with us five. ^_^