Simon opened his laptop. His home screen was him and his friends at their high school graduation. It was hard to believe that was only two years ago. They were now scattered across the country. Simon was attending Havard while Bram was at NYU, but they were making the long-distance relationship work.
He opened Skype and saw Leah was already logged on. He entered the call and saw Abby was with Leah. They were roommates at Georgia Southern together. "Hey, guys," Simon said.
"Hey, Simon," Leah said. "We miss you here."
"I miss you guys," Simon said.
"We miss you too," Abby said. She then went into a tangent about something that happened in her theater class. That's when Simon noticed Leah's sweatshirt. He had seen it before, but not on her.
"Is that Taylor's sweatshirt?" Simon asked. Taylor and Leah had been in an on-again-off-again relationship since junior year. Last Simon heard, they were off again. Leah said this time it was for real.
"Oh, do I have a story for you," Abby said. "I had a front-row seat to the entire show."
Before Abby could go into a full story, Bram joined. "Hey, babe," Simon said.
"Hey," Bram said. Nick, Garrett, and Cal soon joined the call. Everyone then started to catch up on the past week. They had the calls every week to catch up. They saved Wednesday for that. "Winter is coming up."
"Yeah, I can't wait to see you guys again," Abby said.
"We're still going to meet up at the Waffle House, right?" Cal asked. The others either nodded or said yes. "I have to go. I have a midterm tomorrow, and I want to cram in some last-minute studying."
"Yeah, I have work so I'm heading to bed," Leah said. "If you want to stay on, Abby, just put in your earphones. And plug-in my laptop this time."
"That was once," Abby said.
"Geeze, how do you two not end up killing each other?" Nick asked jokingly.
"We make it work," Abby said. The others started to log off until it was just Simon and Bram. Simon then realized he was wearing a hoodie that Bram had left there. Bram seemed to notice, as a smile crept onto his face.
"I've been thinking about transferring to NYU next year," Simon announced. "I didn't want to say anything in front of the others yet, but I wanted to check with you first. I don't know if I'd be overstepping a boundary, but I've thought about it. I've already looked at the application process."
"You know I'd love to have you here, but I don't want you just to transfer for me," Bram said.
"I figured you'd say that, but it might help me choose my major," Simon said. "There are some really interesting classes, and it could help me decide. I just wanted to get your opinion."
"Whatever you think is best, I support," Bram said.
"Thanks," Simon said. "It's getting late, and I have an early lecture. Goodnight babe. I love you."
"I love you too," Bram said. The call then ended, and a smile found its way onto Simon's face.
