Katherine and I were usually bus buddies on game days. Katherine was quiet, but fun. I identified with that. With Katherine I could be just myself; I didn't have to try to impress her. She would say the most outrageous things to me and I'd be shocked into laughter. We shared a hotel room with Megan and Raeann when we were in New York for the band trip. We didn't sleep a lot that weekend. I think the curfew was 11 or 12, but we'd stay up hours later giggling and having Megan and Raeann hiss at us to go to sleep.
It's funny as I write about these people I got to know Freshmen year, but didn't really stay friends with. Mostly, I can't remember specific events that made us fall apart. It's not as if we walked passed each other in the halls without a smile, nod or hello. It's not as if we talked bad about each other. We just stopped making plans or calling each other, or confiding, giggling and venting together. I'm not sure what that's about. I'm finally beginning to understand that friendships are fragile relationships. Honestly, there is never any concrete thing keeping you tied into the contract. You have to work at it, continuously re-commit yourself to the friendship. Right?
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