David wasn’t conventionally handsome or anything. He wasn’t tall or have chiseled features. He was a little goofy looking if you stared too hard, his crooked smile, was only, kind-of cute.

I didn’t have a crush on him!

Nope!

Did you believe that?

Okay, whatever!

I was young! And he was the cool kid with the skateboard and the dirty chucks. Until…Jessica scolded me about my crush, not because I was younger than them but because he was her friend. It didn’t really bother me…he was starting to look too much like my cousins, anyways.

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David and Jessica are still childhood friends.

Best-friends since elementary school, middle school, and high school. The two have kept their friendship mutual and just that. Friends. If you even suggested otherwise, you would get berated by Jessica or your ass kicked by David.

Trust me, we all learned the hard way.

Even though we all would imagine them being together. They looked cute together, and it just made sense. High school sweethearts. The Teacher and the Lawyer but not matter how hard we pushed they always resisted the thought.

I still hold onto hope. Someday. Maybe in a different lifetime.

But David was too much of a player, a real ladies-man. I don’t know how he does it, but he’s always with a different girl.

When I say different, I mean, different. No two girls were ever the same. From the goth girl to the preps. David did not care. Again, how he landed these girls, I have absolutely no clue.

Guess it’s in his charm. To strike up a conversation, make the girl feel seen, and acknowledge, maybe even loved? Then within a few weeks or when he was bored, he was on to the next one.

Jessica was always trying to at least help him find a “good girl.” Someone he could settle down with, have a family. Something he could never consider. “Why be tied down if you can have fun?” he would always say.

This was a big topic at the wedding, Jessica told David not to mess with the bridesmaids.
Did he listen?
You’ll find out soon enough.