AN: Hello everyone! This is a little story that started out as an idea I had while driving around in the country. I thought it was a cute little idea so I shared it a few people and they wanted me to write something for it, so here ya are. A little opening to the story, just explaining what's going on in it. I may write more to it, I may not. I haven't fully decided yet. So review for me, critical reviews would be awesome, just don't be to mean about it, yeah? /)u(\ Thanks much!

((Videos of waterfalls and fields and mountains and pretty things))

"What's a soul-mate?"

"It's uh... Well, it's like a best friend, but more. It's the one person in the world that knows you better than anyone else. It's someone who makes you a better person. Actually, they don't make you a better person; you do that yourself because they inspire you. A soul mate is someone who you carry with you forever. It's the one person who knew you and accepted you and believed in you before anyone else did or when no one else would. And no matter what happens, you'll always love her. Nothing can ever change that." – Dawson (From Dawson's Creek, 2003)

((Fade to black, voice sounds))

When my Papa was in elementary school, he made two very important friends that would influence the rest of his life in more ways than just one. Which is funny honestly, because when we are little, every friend we make we see them as our friend twenty-five years from then. But as every adult knows, that is nowhere near the case. Friends come into our lives, each for set amount of time, they influence us in many different ways, and then they leave, but they are never truly gone for they have left a permanent mark on our minds and our hearts. Like a scar that we can never quite get completely rid of, whether we want it to go or not.

In my Papa's case, however, the two friends he made in the third grade at a small elementary school in Elko, Nevada called Southside Elementary School, really were his friends for the rest of his life. They met on the playground while all the boys were playing tag against the girls. Papa did not consider it very nice to chase ladies around a playground, and neither did Papa's two new friends. They quickly grew attached to one another, and after many sleepovers, camping trips, and play-dates together; high school arrived. They started making videos of their adventures they had in their sleepy little town of Elko about the middle of freshman year. And that's how this whole thing got started. They decided that they never wanted to forget each other, or lose touch of what they had right then. So they recorded a video explaining their plans.

This is not just a story about three guys who were chums until the day of death, occasionally revisiting their glory days in high school and wishing their lives away on something in the past. This is a story of three incredible men who knew just what it meant to be a friend until the very end. This is a story about my two uncles, Antonio Hernandez Carriedo, Gilbert Weilschmidt, and my Papa, Francis Bonnefoy.

((Fade to Video))

(A blonde male is seen sitting on a couch with a pitying smile on his face, he is watching something just beyond the camera. Outside the window behind the couch, snow is falling)

Voice off Camera: (thick German accent) Is this thing on? Antonio! Is it on?

(An Albino's face appears on the screen, staring right into the lens)

Second Voice off Camera: (Slightly thick Spanish accent) Ah~? …Si! The little red light is blinking!

German Voice: Great! (Albino nearly hops to the couch to sit next to the Blonde boy) Hallo! Today is January 3rd, 1995 My name is Gilbert Weilschmidt the Awesome who is 14! Und these are mein best friends, 15-year-old Francis Bonnefoy! (gestures to the blonde who waves casually) Und 15 year old Antonio something Cariaado.

Antonio's voice off camera: It's Hernan- (cut off)

Gilbert: Ja ja, whatever. We are making a video to explain just what we will be doing to prove everyone that we are the MOST AWESOME friends that ever lived! ….. (looks off the camera to another area of the house) Antonio! Get over here!

Antonio's voice: Si~! I'm coming! (scrambles over and sits on the other side of the blonde with a tomato in his hand, which he proceeds to bite into) Hola~! (waves to the camera)

Francis: (chuckles and rolls his eyes)

Gilbert: Ja, so anyway… (looks to the camera) This is only the first in a series of thousands of videos of all the stupid sh*t we like to get ourselves into!

Antonio: Because this town is boring~! (takes another bite)

Francis: (Very French accent) Oui~ And we shall continue these videos until we are dead or otherwise unable to do so.

Gilbert: (stares at Francis)….Why do you have to be such a downer?

Francis: (blinks and looks at Gilbert, raises a hand into the air and waves it around near his face) I wasn't being a downer, I was just being realistic! We're not immortal, Gil.

Antonio: (bounces a bit in his place) Yeah Gilgil! We have to die sometime. Pero, not anytime soon I hope so not too… (confused look on his face)

Francis: Not anytime soon you hope.

Antonio: SI! (bites his tomato)

Gilbert: (stands up) Ja well! I'd rather not think about that! (places hands on his hips) I'm too awesome to die! Kesese~ You two will die before I do anyway!

Francis: (raises a brow and crosses his legs) With your recklessness? Not likely.

Gilbert: (huffs with a slightly red face) The video! (points at the camera)

Francis: Oui~! (turns back to the camera) We shall be continuing making these videos since we will all attend the same college, move to the same more active town, marry similar people- (cut off)

Antonio: Or marry each other~! (grins, completely serious)

Gilbert: Ja…I'm not marrying either of you. That's just weird. (makes a face) (turns to the camera) So that's it! We're going to go plot our next video now! (runs around to the back of the camera)

Antonio: I wouldn't mind marrying you guys… (pouts)

Francis: (pats his head) We know Tonio.

Gilbert: Ah…how does this shut o-

(Camera turns off)

((Fade to picture of Francis, Gilbert, and Antonio at a Christmas party))

And so, the three of them did just that. They video taped their adventures, recorded their punishments, and kept themselves connected through the use of technology.

My name is Michelle Bonnefoy, and I will walk you through the lives and adventures that my Papa and his two soul mates took, together.

Another AN: If you all are wondering, Michelle is Seychelles. She doesn't have a human name, so my girlfriend and I just chose one. If you have one that would fit her better, please tell me. I'd love to have a better name for her. Thank you.

Also, I'm taking the meaning of Soul Mate to not actually mean just sexual love. Because a soul mate could be your best friend, it could be your lover, it could even be your parent. It's just a person who will always love you, care for you, be with you, make you a better person, and never leave you alone. In this case, the Bad Touch Trio are each other's Soul Mates, with separate lovers. And kids.