They all stopped at the curb in front of Dana, Rachel, and Brian's building, they were going to say good-bye to Phil, Keely, and Dana D. before they headed back to Boston.
Dana D. had hugged Dana, and Brian, and then looked down at Rachel, who wasn't looking at her, she was staring at her parents, who were talking with Phil and Keely. Dana D. said, "So, Rach,"
Rachel jolted, because she had been daydreaming, again. "Oh, what?" she said
"You're pretty cool, you and I have a lot in common, and I think, you and I, could be friends," she felt stupid saying that, because it didn't sound casual, or cool, at all, and she had a feeling Rachel would laugh at her, but instead she smiled and said, "Thanks, and you're cool too," then they hugged and she said, "I can't wait to tell all my friends at school I'm friends with an eighteen year old!" Dana D. laughed, and then Phil said they had to leave now. So they all said their last goodbyes, and promised they would all see each other soon.
On the cab ride home, Phil stared out the window, and thought about all that had happened since Keely met Dana, eighteen years ago. So much had happened, so much had changed, and yet, they all still remained the same people. Dana was monotonously drumming her fingers against the arm rest of the door, and Keely was playing the Nutcracker suite by hitting her thigh to the tune of it, so the back seat of the cab was noisy, but Phil could concentrate on his thoughts regardless.
Finally arriving home was good for everyone else, except Phil. The cab fare to drive all the way to Boston from NYC was massive, so Phil was the only unhappy one.