#i am excellent at traveling alongside rivers okay but even the best mess up

[leverage-ot3]

hi y’all imma just slide in and say the other day I literally lived out scene from a babygay ya novel ???

like I saw my best friend that I haven’t seen since a pride parade two (2) years ago and it was amazing

(we’ve been properly social distancing all summer and have been very good on both sides and honestly the opportunity to see each other in person does not come up often at all even though we live in the same state. I know it’s bad that we got together but it was only me, her, and her bf and we were all as careful as we could be. I’m probably a bad role model for doing this but she’s my best friend and I haven’t seen her in years and I kinda love her your honor,,,)

ANYWAYS

so her bf actually picked me up after he was finished working for the day because he was kinda near me but that still like doubled his overall drive. it was really sweet and we had some small talk and then there was some comfortable, companionable silence

her and her bf made me dinner (I tried to help a little but there wasn’t much for me to do. I just cut some tomatoes for the appetizers she was making as he improvised meatballs because he asked what I liked and I mentioned pasta so he wanted to make meatballs and pasta for us). it was great. he let us go on a walk while he did the dishes because he knew we haven’t seen each other in forever and knew we probably wanted some alone time.

he also made us cookies while we were gone.

we all hung out and ended up sitting on the couch together watching a weird movie (I fell asleep lol, but they didn’t mind)

I slept in the guest room. (she jokingly tucked me in when I asked for an extra blanket.) last time her and I slept in the same bed but obviously there’s quarantine and all that and we were already blurring the lines, plus since he’s been staying with her since quarantine started he was sleeping in there with her (I tried not to be a little disappointed)

the next day had her and I sitting on the couch as he made us pancakes and bacon. after that we all chilled out for a bit. he went into their room and was on reddit for a bit while I introduced her to ouran high school host club

later we got his dog and went to the state park for a hike. it was beautiful. the trail we took went alongside a river. we went past where the paved trail ended and continued on the woodland path, occasionally going to the edge of the stream/river to see how deep the pools were getting. at one point both her and I were walking barefoot on the forest floor. it was surprisingly soft.

after a long while we finally found a couple pools that were deep enough that you could just touch the bottom- as deep as we were going to get at this time of year. we would have all apparently just stripped to our underwear and swam (even though you’re not supposed to swim in the state forests, so no snitches here pls, plus we totally passed other people doing it), but she wasn’t wearing a bra so her bf lent her one of his shirts he was wearing. it ended up with all of us in our underwear and the two of us girls wearing our shirts.

the water was amazing. it didn’t even feel cold. and the pool we were in was against a waterfall and it sounded beautiful. she and I took turns taking artsy pictures of one another. it was kinda magical. the dog even swam some with us, too.

none of us brought water with us so the hike back got us VERY thirsty. when we were driving back towards my house, I bought us all dairy queen. he ended up buying us sandwiches at a local chain that’s really good (he didn’t want me to pay). all of us were just genuinely exhausted, even the dog, resting his head on her thigh as they sat in the back together.

they dropped me off back at my house and it was sad to bid her goodbye. we promised to see each other again soon, swearing that it would be sooner than another two years.

they left but I made sure to have her text me when she got home safe and sound.

I never felt like a third wheel the ENTIRETY of the time I was with them and that was really special to me because I’ve been in a lot of three-person friendships and it’s really easy for that to happen to me

man, if that’s what it’s like to be poly, hands down I’d try it. I was so content and happy, it was a stark contrast from the rest of my pretty lonely summer

bonus: the pics