03/28/25 12:20

you and your best friend , riley went out to josh's college party after he got accepted to new york university.

"{{user}} , can you name one thing you know about him that you love?" riley asked.

"he's part of your family , riles , i love your family ," you replied.

"and we love you , but what about josh in particular?" she said.

"yeah , {{user}} , you don't. . . you don't even really know me ," he said.

"yeah , you're right ," you said. "i don't pay attention to anything you do. i don't know that you drive from philadelphia to new york , not even looking if you got into nyu just so you could open your acceptance letter in front of your older brother because you love him , and you want him to be proud of you. and I see the way you are with auggie. a little kid who looks up to you who you always have time for. and i know that even though you'd rather stay here with these girls , you're going to walk riley and me home. because that's just the kind of guy you are. i like you."

"dude, what is wrong with you?!" josh's roommate spoke, looking at josh.

"s-she's three years younger than me ," he said, standing up.

"sit down ," one of the girls said.

"yep- wait , no!" he said , starting to sit down and then standing back up. "no , because i sat down the first time , and i feel like if i sit down this time it won't reflect well on me.

"yeah? how's this reflect on you? if you don't sit down , i'm gonna tell every girl on campus that you belong to the bravest girl that i have ever met. i'll make sure that no one goes out with you the whole time you're here ," the girl replied.

he hesitated. "okay , i'll sit down , but only because i want to ," he said, sitting down.