Recently, I was granted the opportunity to reunite with my best friends in Paris Island, South Carolina. The occasion: a marine graduation for Hanna Bolduc, a member of Las Tres Amigas.
Our history together is rather interesting, for Hanna and I became friends in eighth grade and remained so throughout high school. Along the way Hanna and I picked up Ambar, another founding member of Las Tres Amigas. Admittedly, she kind of nudged her way into our two-some, but we took her willingly because she seemed like an excellent fit. And that she was! Throughout our years attending Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, Las Tres Amigas stuck together like glue. We did EVERYTHING together, from coffee shop dates to wild nights at the club. Regardless of how annoying one another seemed to the other, we still kept our friendship. The point is, our friendship lasted throughout high school and has carried on into our "adult years".
Now that there is some background on us (because I mean who wouldn't want to know?), it's necessary that I cherish recent events regarding our reunion. Firstly, Hanna is a Marine now, which explains the whole expedition down to South Carolina. Ambar and I, with the help of my mamma, went to see her graduate. In all honesty, this whole best friend as a Marine thing is super bad-ass. I mean how many people get to say their friend actually graduated from the Marine's? In due time, we saw Hanna and it was amazing. I vividly remember rushing through the line to get to her. Unfortunately though, there had been a guy in front of us taking his dear sweet time, as if this were some stroll through a park. Regardless, Ambar, Hanna, and I all immediately embraced...Ambar of course being the only one crying because that's just her thing.
After that, there were pictures, a lot of pictures. Then we went to the PX (for those of you who don't know- it's a huge shopping center that sells literally everything on discount for those in the military). While there, I went to the perfume section and of course took almost half an hour to select a desired scent. Upon finally picking my favorite, I went to pay and found out I needed either a military ID or someone in the Marine's to purchase. Naturally, I looked for Hanna and couldn't find her. So, granted with today's technology, I called her and found out she went to lunch with her family. Due to various occurences though, Ambar and I ended up being stranded at this PX for about two hours. Looking back, it's pretty funny, but at the time we were hungry, bored and both of our phones died so we couldn't even call my mom. The whole situation was unnecessary, but in the end it all worked out.
Now that Hanna is finally home, and both Ambar and I have school break, Las Tres Amigas are back. I understand that this story was somewhat arbitrary and has no real point, however, for me it is all about true friendship. Overall, I know Ambar and Hanna will be hearing this (partly because I am going to make them listen to me read it out loud), so I just want to say thanks for keeping it real. Friends are extremely important to have, and luckily I landed the jack pot.
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