COMING FULL CIRCLE
We were sitting around the small cabin still in our swim trunks with wet hair. Even though it was a hot humid summer day, I still felt a chill from being in the cool waters of the lake. Goosebumps covered my arms and I didn’t need to look down to know both nipples were hard little nubs sticking out. I rubbed one arm feeling how the lake water made it feel so soft and smooth. I tried not to think of it, but I couldn’t help but look around the room at the others. My best friends for most of my life, Tyler since kindergarten and Wesley and Andy before that, having spent our preschool years together in church or at each other’s homes when our parents got together. I sat in the lone arm chair listening to Tyler talk about his college plans, some Division II college where he got a scholarship to play football. He was sitting on the floor positioned between Wesley and Andy, who were sitting on the short sofa. I tried to focus on Tyler but there was something about this moment, this final t...