Ben and Samantha stumbled into Sam's house laughing and giggling like children it was 6:30pm and they had spent the entire afternoon out drinking. For the first time in a long time Ben felt completely care free, never mind the bills, stressful job and the 1st of the month fast approaching. Today he was carefree Ben.
He opened the door and allowed Samantha to walk in ahead of him, he tip toed in after her and closed the door quietly an then turned to Samantha who was still looking at him with a dumb drunk look on her face.
"shhhhh, let's just get some water and go to my room" Ben whispered
"I told you we should have just gone to my Air BnB instead and acted like we left our phones somewhere" Samantha said struggling to keep her voice low
"Then we would come back to monster, you know Sam holds a grudge and keep your voice down"
"I don't hold grudges, I cherish them" Sam announced walking into the entry way appearing out of the living room wearing a long silk cardigan that replaced this mornings robe. She wore 4inch gold sandals and had a champagne flute in one hand and granola bar in the next. Her voice was extremely calm, not too high and never low Sam must always be heard two parties over. Samantha and Ben stood still, they looked at each other and tried hard not to laugh.
"Sam that's a beautiful cardigan is that the one you had custom made in Italy" Ben asked her fighting back laughter
"I pray you get food poisoning and a hangover so bad you beg me to take you to the hospital at 3am in the morning" Sam told him bitterly "No one is forcing either of you to do anything, so there is no need to turn off your phone and avoid me"
"Sam, that's not what we meant" Samantha told her feeling bad about the situation. She walked up to Sam and hugged her. Sam allowed her to embrace her but did not hug her back
"I'm not going to Ethan's anyway, I told him I'm tired we can do something during the week" Sam said sounded completely defeated
"Now I feel bad and sober. Sam we didn't mean to ruin your day" Ben told her
"My day isn't ruined I am really tired I canceled before you two came fumbling in"
"Let's just order pizza and watch TV then" Samantha suggested
"I don't know about you but I could use pizza and lots and lots of sparkling water" Ben added
"I supposed it wouldn't hurt. Somebody order the pizza because I'm not paying for diabetes" Sam said floating back to the living, her silk robe flying in the air behind her
"There she is our toxic, self obsessed, holds nothing back best friend" Ben said laughing. Happy that Sam's mood was restored and they could now go back to being normal.
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Ben stuffed the third slice of pizza into his mouth and chewed loudly with his head held back as Samantha tried explaining the day to Sam.
"We went to that roof top bar place, the one you always talk about" Samantha was saying "It wasn't that great. I don't know why you like it so much"
"I love it" Sam told her
"The food is terrible"
"Only fools go there for the food"
"Why do people go there then?" Samantha asked
"For the atmosphere, the company, laugh, the way the sunshine hits your face for a cute picture. Eat at home if you're hungry" Sam declared
YOU ARE READING
Ben, Sam and Samantha
HumorA story about three friends navigating life at different points. Each trying to find their version of a fairytale love, but what they discover along their journey is sometimes having great friends is the love we've been looking for all along.
