G...: Caylin Me And Molly For The Second Time -2017

The first time with Caylin and Molly — back in 2015 — was chaos. Too much emotion. Too little sleep. Too many promises made at 2 a.m. that turned into awkward silences by noon.

Not everything has to be a beginning or an ending. Sometimes it’s just a second time. And that’s enough. It’s 2025 now as I write this. Caylin and I don’t talk anymore — not because of anything bad, just because life has a way of pulling people apart like taffy until they snap.

But August 2017 is still there, tucked inside me like a photograph I don’t need to see to remember. Caylin Me And Molly For The Second Time -2017 g...

Caylin spoke first.

“You came,” she said.

“You asked,” I said.

But 2017 was different. We weren’t trying to be cool. We weren’t performing for each other or for some imagined audience. We just were . The first time with Caylin and Molly —

“Same time next year?” she joked.