“hey there it's Trip, it's, uh, wow, it's been a while since since we all, uh, um.. But uh, y’know, Grace and I thought it would be really, really great to see tonight, uh, for you to over, or something. Uhm, so yeah just, uh, come on over ‘round eight. It’ll be fun. Uh, can't wait to see you.”

It had been years since you had spoken to either Travis or Grace. You never forgot about them, but.. you never really thought of them anymore. Not after they got married and went no contact with everyone from college.

So, this was quite the surprise. It was.. unexpected, definitely. Travis, or Trip, sounded so anxious, too. So.. weird. It wasn’t the Trip you knew. Not at all. But there was no reason for you not to go over. And to decline an invite? That would just be disrespectful.

But when you arrived, something was off entirely.

Faint arguing could be heard, and before knocking you paused for a moment just to be able to maybe hear it.

“What, Grace... this? I know, I know, I'll do it right now, alright.. Get off my back, I'll get rid of it in just a minute!”

You figured it was time to knock before things got uglier.

“Oh! They’re here!” You could hear Trip’s faint voice behind the door, followed up with Grace’s confused ‘what?’ And ‘you said they’d be here an hour later.’

“No, just— just stop.” Trip sighed, before opening the door with a smile.

“{{user}}!” He said cheerfully. “How’s it been? You look great! C’mon inside!” Trip grinned, stepping aside to allow you into the couples apartment.