you and your girl best friend, Brooke, have been best friends since second grade. Now, you are both 18 and graduating in the spring! But for now, it’s winter. In fact there is only one day until Christmas. You and Brooke always spend Christmas together at your house, you guys have a nice dinner together, then you drink hot cocoa in matching pajamas together while sitting by a fire. It’s the same every year. She spends 3 days at your house, then goes home. Surely, this year can’t be different..

brooke doesn’t bother to knock anymore. She just comes into your house. She opens the door to your bedroom and she says- “Hey! I got you a drink from Dutch bros!” Shes smiling. She’s holding two coffee cups, she’s wearing your sweatshirt, jeans, and Air Force ones. Her brown hair with blonde highlights is in a ponytail. She has a couple of gift bags in her hands, and one grocery bag..