Goldberg, Doran

Professor Encinias
CAS 115
September 29, 2023

Kickin’ it with the Homies.

Unlike most people, the Covid - 19 shutdown saved my social life. When people had to hang out
outside, and the only options seemed to be people’s backyards and zoom calls, me and some
friends decided that wasn’t going to work with us. We had another medium of safe outdoor
hangout spots, the beach. We had already sort of grown up together, but hanging out five days a
week, minimum, made us closer than ever. As senior year came to a close and half the friend
group dispersed across the country, life got pretty lonely pretty fast. I was lucky to have three of
them stay local, but everyone knew it just wasn’t the same. That was until I was sitting in my
dorm room and got a call from one of my boys, Troy, who goes to Arizona. I picked up the
phone,
“Ay bro, what’s good, whatchu doin right now?” He asked.
“Nothin bro, I’m just shooting the shit with the Doctor” (Doctor is a nickname for one of
our friends.)
“I’m home for the weekend, get the boys together, but don’t tell ‘em I’m back. I want it
to be a surprise.”
“Bet!” I said simultaneously texting the few guys left in town. I told them to meet up at
the Dog Haus for some burritos and then we could walk around the Topanga Village. I drove
Doctor, so I had to be sneaky with how I went about picking up Troy without Doctor knowing
something was different. I had told him I had a surprise for him and had Troy meet me two
blocks away from his crib, so that Doctor wouldn’t know where we were heading.
“Holy Shit!” Doctor yelled as Troy hopped in the whip.They dapped each other up real
quick.
“What's good Doctor?” Troy said as we drove off. When we got to the Dog Haus I looked
down at my phone and saw texts saying that they would rather go to the gym. I couldn’t tell them
Troy was here, but I needed to get them to come. While the three of us that were there got food, I
kept texting the guys at the gym. Luckily, the gym happened to be across the street.
We walked over to the gym where I proceeded to call the guys inside. When they picked
up I explained that I didn’t care what kind of pump they were getting and that they would find
the surprise well worth it. After a few minutes of arguing on the phone, they finally agreed to
come outside. Troy decided to stand off to the side so it would be more dramatic when he walked
into view.
 “Ok, what in F*cks name is so damn impo-” My friend started before he caught himself
to see Troy walk out. They both just laughed before dapping each other up. The rest of the night
was amazing.