"Harry! How are you?" she says as she opens the door of her house. Her name is Dana, and you've known each other since fourth grade. You shared your first kiss with her, though you're both past that now of course. You're familiar enough that she doesn't take your coat or anything formal like that, but lets you go to the coatroom to put it away while she goes back to John and Kavita, who are waiting in the living room.

School's been tough lately, and you all feel a little burnt out, so this game night, you all figure, is just the thing you all need. Kavita gets to go first, and after the initial 'hello's, everyone is quiet for a bit as the game gets underway.

Eventually, John brings up his economics class, which is fair enough, it's what he likes. It's not something you like though. For a time, the conversation slows to a near trickle of the mere stream it began as. Then Dana brings up that one economist whose name you can never remember. The one they talk about all the time, whom you've almost looked up information about, despite your indiference to all things financial.

Suddenly, the game stops and the conversation has taken it's place. Dana is jumping all over, and you can't help but watch her red hair bouncing around he face. It's so pretty, the way it frames her curvy cheeks with it's own not-quite straight construction. Big eyes: so you can see the smile even across a room, even if her mouth isn't showing it.

But she cares about economics now, she wants to be an accountant. She wants a simple day job.

You never feel so alone as when you're with your friends.