Laughter as a Bond

            On my last night of spring break, my friends from back home and I were trying to get the most of our last night in town.  We began to reminisce about high school and all the funny things we used to do.  We were all telling our favorite stories and then one was told about our freshmen year study hall that started off with the teachers addressing the class.  He was giving out class announcements and then asked an older, named Mario, in the class a question.  Another older student, Nicky, immediately made fun of Mario’s answer.  Mario stood up and simply said “F*%! you Nicky!”  He was immediately sent to the hallway and it was one of our funniest experiences in class our freshman year.

            We all started to laugh after this story was told, but a younger student who had tagged along with us and had never heard the story could not stop laughing.  He was almost crying and eventually we all started to laugh again.  It was not as funny as my young friend thought it was, but it made all of us laugh for minutes without end.  By the end of our laughter fit we were all breathing heavily and calming ourselves down. 

            While calming ourselves down we realized that we could never create memories together in our high school and that college has left us creating memories with new people.  We did not want our friendship to end and vowed to each other that we have to keep making new memories and stay friends throughout college even though we all go to different schools in different places.

            Laughter that day bonded our friend group even closer together and will be one of my favorite nights I have had my freshman year of college, regardless of the fact that it took place in Lubbock, not Fort Worth.  My friends and I were talking and laughing all night until we had the fit laughter at the end of the night.  We were joined together for five minutes of nonstop laughter that will be one of my greatest memories of us all together.