It started with that all too familiar ding of a new FB message. I was close to calling it a night. My wife and children were out of town for the next couple days on a camping trip with my in laws, that work wouldn’t allow me to join. 10pm on a Friday night might seem early to knock out for the night, but until that ding went off, I didn’t have much to stay up for. I grabbed my phone expecting a good night note from my wife, but was met with something else entirely.
“I know it’s been almost 10 years…” the message started. It was from Jessica. We had met in high school nearly 20 years ago now. She was first introduced to me as the latest big breasted blonde that my friend had on his arm. Though we were all 17 at the time, Jessica had a reputation as a party girl and an easy lay. That’s all my friend needed to hear to ask her out. We all expected that they would last a few weeks or a couple months, then he would be over her and move on, as he did. Our friend group was surprised when she was still around after graduation, and even more shocked when we found out they were expecting a little girl. The baby was born and then the wedding happened soon after.