Their friendship was based on these quick comings and goings. Passing through each other's lives, checking in, passing the time, before taking off in supposedly more exciting situations and lives. Except her life was fairly quiet. She didn't hang out at all hours, never was the type, and was just as comfortable being home reading a book. As time went on, she noticed he wasn't exactly hanging out every night either, and if he was not at work, he was trying to be in bed asleep by 10 pm, sometimes 9 if he could help it.
Could it be simply time, that they were getting older, and sleep and being homebodies was becoming more attractive, more desirable to them? Except for her, it wasn't about that. While she experienced restlessness and dreamed of just picking up and going with nothing more than a passport, some cash and a toothbrush, she would only occasionally get to actually do that, especially due to her financial situation. She took a pay cut to take an office job that wasn't exactly her cup of tea but she needed to pay her bills.
Her goal of getting back to acting would be put on hold for yet another year. Until she could take some acting classes, see the dentist with that health insurance that came with the job, save some money, work out her gym membership and go union, the world of acting would have to wait. Plus she had met some like-minded people about some issues she was passionate about, mostly community outreach, and she enjoyed volunteering and getting the word out to help her neighbors.
She had her eye on the prize. It would be there, she thought. She felt that confident, she just simply knew. Meanwhile, she also continued to wonder about him. What was he doing, what did he want in life? She was concerned, she was interested.
When she met her friend Lily, her friend had a different take. "He's a bit too self-involved, I don't trust him." she said simply. She was used to hearing Lily give her critical take on things, and he was not an off-limits topic. She welcomed a diverse point of view and would give Lily the floor to expound on her opinions...most of the time. "If he decided to go travel half-way around the world, would you follow him?" Lily asked when she visited her over the weekend.
"If we travelled together, I think he'd be an interesting person to travel with." she answered. "Ok. Do you trust him?" asked Lily. "He's well travelled and yes, I do trust him. I trust him with my life." At that Lily grimly shook her head, "He's flaky, he's unreliable even to meet up with you for an event. He doesn't seem dependable, and if something should happen to you halfway around the world, I don't see him coming to the rescue." "Well, I'm not expecting to get rescued. But if we are together travelling, I know he'd look out for me, he's not that crude, his mom raised him right." she replied, half-laughing. "I think you give him a lot more credit than he deserves, he has yet to prove that," Lily fired back.
At that, she quieted her laughter. "Well, that's what I believe." And she left it at that and changed the subject.
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