You've probably heard about us; four girls who are crazy enough to believe that a pair of pants, that fits all of us, are magical. That does sound crazy, doesn't it? Well, it isn't. The pants came to us at a moment when we'd be separated for our very first time. We needed something to hold us together, to make us feel close, even though we'd be miles apart. And that something was, the pants. Sounds funny, something as simple as a pair of jeans can hold something so powerful, so magical. Maybe it is funny. Or crazy. Maybe if the jeans came to any other group of girls, they'd just like them like anybody would, a pair of old, used, ratty pair of pants. Maybe we are unique in that way. But nevertheless, our crazy, but magical, pair of jeans came to us three years ago, and are back four our fourth summer; to shake up our lives once again.
But enough of our "past". Let's focus on the here and now, something my friends like to say I do a lot. All four of us, Tibby, Carmen, Lena and I, spent the last months experiencing our very first year of college. I went to Brown, Tibby to NYC, Carmen to Carolina, and Lena to HU. We visited each other as often as we could. But between soccer games, art classes, documentaries, study sessions, and relationships, it didn't leave us with a whole lot of spare time.
For the most part, I think we dealt pretty well. We were four best friends, sisters, who had been apart only by a few months during the summer. And being forced to live in a teeny tiny dorm, miles away from the girls that had been there for our first word, first step, first day of kindergarten first pimple, period, crush, kiss, love….first everything! And now we were left alone to deal with our first time living away from home, our first wade into the pool of our future.
Of course, we had our problems. A bit too much partying, not enough studying. I mean, I even got my first ticket, public intoxication. That got my coach pretty ticked, let me tell you. But our "problems" were to be expected. It's part of growing up. Our accomplishments seemed to outweigh our letdowns anyways. Lena got a recommendation from her professor to co-teach an advanced art class with another student. Carmen excelled in all of her classes, Tibby won three awards for some of her movies, and my soccer team won nationals. And on top of all that, we managed to stay in love. Well, except Lena.
I don't know if she ever fully recovered from the blow with Kostos. I can see why, from the pictures at least. She wrote to me about certain boys she dated but none seemed to work out unfortunately. But who knows, I think her luck will be changing! I'll make sure of that. This is gonna be Lena's summer of looooove! Hopefully, not just for Lena either.
We're all going on our little adventures. After only three weeks back home, Lena's going back to Maine to teach her art class. Tibby's leaving only a few days after Lena, and going with her family for the Rollin's first family vacation in San Diego, California, visiting Tibby's Aunt. Carmen's staying home with Win, working, and taking some online courses. And I'll be with Eric. We're going with a bunch of his friends down to Miami Florida for the summer. Eric's Uncle owns a hotel down there and is letting us stay! How amazing is that!
With a summer that's bound to be relaxing, but definitely exciting, we'll need the pants once again. And hopefully they won't fail to bring us our most amazing summer of all!