whoever you want me to be,

“Ding! Ding! Ding!” Grinning, Imani imitated the ringing of a bell. If he hadn’t guessed correctly, she still would have gave him another shot. “Congratulations you have won a free round of soda.” Imani now moved to face Jeremiah, and removed her hands from his eyes. "My hug please,” still standing, she extended her arms, beckoning him. “I’ve missed you so much!”

She gave him a look and nudge his side. “Oh I see how it is..alright come on lets go then. I’ve already nearly given you a heart attack I think I’ve ahd enough scaring for one night..plus this make up is starting to itch.” She tugs his arm a little towards an emergency exit she’d noticed in the maze.

“Oh, yes! We can pass by a bar or any open establishment, so you can get rid off your make-up and after that, we can head straight to the beach.” He replied, while still looking at the woman before he started making his way out of the maze, “I came here with my car, so I can give us both a ride until the beach, if you’re okay with this of course. We can always walk until there.”

“Or maybe we’re both distracted.” Cecilia replied with a light shrug. “It was probably nothing important, since I think we would’ve remembered if it was.” Her memory wasn’t usually this bad, so that’s why she assumed it was just a case of distraction mixed with lack of importance. Besides, she was way more preoccupied with their food anyway. Once Cece got comforable on the couch again, she averted her gaze to the tv, trying to pay attention to whatever was on, but she figured that chatting with Jer was more enjoyable. “I still can’t believe you needed some random stranger to remind you that, J.” She chuckled softly, playfully shoving him, before leaning closer to Jeremiah and resting her head against his shoulder for a bit there.

 Comfort came with time for her… enjoying others presence and the closeness, too. “Leftover pizza is the breakfast from Gods. You can’t tell my mom I said that, but we both know it’s true.” While Cecilia wasn’t exactly used to eating pizza for breakfast, she had to admit that cold pizza was better than the one freshly out of the oven. “I–went to Andrew’s apartment.” There wasn’t much change in her voice. Given how open she was with Jeremiah, this wouldn’t be the first time Cecilia would’ve mentioned Andrew to him either, so the name came out as natural as possible. “We kind of made out at the party. It was weird to say the least… nothing happened, though. He fell asleep, I tucked him in, then went to bed myself.” She was only now realizing just how long it had taken for her to mention it to her best friend, which was probably because it wasn’t that big of a deal in the first place. “I’m glad nothing happened though. I think it would’ve been weird.” Cece glanced down at her hands for a minute there, before leaning away from Jer so she could look at him. “Has anything like that ever happened to you? Kissing a friend and stuff…”

“Now, he’s not some random stranger, now he’s the coolest stranger. And, sometimes, I don’t have the best memory in the world. You’ll notice it as time passes by,” he teased, flashing a smile at his friend, while looking at her. It was good to have Cecilia around, it was a strong bond that came out of nowhere and he didn’t mind that at all. It was a sense of family that he always got from friends, she was one of them. “And I won’t tell your mother that, do you really think I’m a snitch, Cece? Come on! We smoke pot together, if there was something I’d tell your mother, that would be it, but then... she’d probably think I’m the bad influence and tell you to stay away from me.”

And then, once their subject changed, Jeremiah raised an eyebrow. Silence was all he could offer to the brunette while she was sharing everything she needed to, and he waited until it was his turn to talk, though he didn’t know if he was the best person to give someone advice. “How do you kind of make out with someone? You’ve made out, right? It happened.” He questioned. It was weird, it was weird because both of them were great friends of Jeremiah, and he should be careful about his own words. He needed a beer or ten. “And it’s not weird now? Everything’s okay between you two? Or are you just lying to yourself because it’s safer? Because, honestly, I always do that whenever I have to face some awkward situation,” he really wasn’t the best person for advices. “Not really, I haven’t had a serious relationship in a while nor have I felt that I wanted to kiss a friend. Both of my ex-girlfriends weren’t really a friend before we had a relationship, so I really don’t know how does it work. Or how awkward it can be. But, I guess you should talk to each other, to clear the air.”

“See that sounds like a pretty awesome way to spend Halloween,” Audrey told him.  “I mean…what’s better than scary movies and excessive amounts of candy?  It seems better than the hangover I’ll inevitably wake up with tomorrow morning.  That’s for sure.”

“I’m not your neighbor anymore, so I can’t help you with your hangover if you’d like me to, but... still, good luck with that, because there’s a high chance I’ll be going through the same situation,” he laughed, nodding at the woman. “Also, don’t let this boring man right here stop you from having fun with your friends... are you meeting someone here?”

Galen listened to his suggestion, pondering it. “You know that does sound like a better idea. plus it may give me a place to wash off this paint. Sweat is causing it to run anyway.”

“That’s true. If there hadn’t have been the maze tonight I would have probably been doing a Halloween bar crawl.” She smiled softly and nods, “I’ve been a couple times, its calming..and a good place to see the stars. Somehow they seem brighter on the beach”

“That would’ve been a great idea,” in fact, for Jeremiah that was a better idea than staying in the maze. “Exactly. Well, it’s sad that you want to stick around the maze and scare people, or else, we could head there and enjoy the calmness that comes from the beach at night.”

She grins up to Jeremiah and hugged him back. It really was good to see him. Back in school they’d shared a love for computers. He was one person who didn’t make her feel like a nerd. “Aww really? I thought you’d forget all about me.” She chuckles and shakes her head, “I’ve missed you too. I’m doing well. Working down at the library with Mrs. O’rielly. How about you? How have you been?”

“That happens when you are one of the few who can understand the matrix man” He chuckled remembering always saying that to the programmers at his job “Sorry it was a silly joke, but all those codes are almost like the matrix to me, so yeah.” Diego smiled excited and nodded “Hey, I’m a beer guy so we should totally get together and talk about old tv shows, maybe watch a game, you tell me and I’m in” He was right, they were lucky “You are one hundrerd percent right, we are very lucky for loving what we do, with all the ups and down, there’s no better feeling that finally finishing a proyect and knowing that you did it and all the time was worth it and people will get something out of it.”