my life in a nutshell: April 2017

Michelle Hoang:

its 2:34 am in college station

and youre stuck between a lot of different things

your love life....

who do u want?

ur career....

what do u want?

you’re not really all too sure

what you do know though is that you have friends that you’ll never forget

you begin the next year living with 4 little shits

naturally, you get really annoyed of shiv

but it is what it is because you love her to the end

rachel is a little too aggressive w you too

you start talking to a new guy, brandon

(i know... how close)

and rachel, being the BITCH that she can be

says hey look

you can do BETTER

he’s ugly

according to rachel

but everyone else tells you hes cut

so he has to be

right????

so he asks u out

u give it a shot

u had met on ng

one of those nights that meesh made u go on

dancing at FOUNDIES

idk what we were doing there either

you really had to pee

so u told me

so i said ok

lets go

we walk to the bathroom

slam the door open

only t orealize that its the bOYS bathroom

weird right

didnt notice until the dude at the urinal said HEY

we said hey too

he frantically washes his hands

we drunkenly say its ok

we dont mind

we end the night at antonios (where we began our love around april 10th)

since its a saturday, we wake up the next morning for church

we are sinners tbh

we shouldnt be allowed to be here

we go to church and GUESS WHO WE SEE

URINAL MAN

but hey

he looks good in sundays best

but ur too nervous

ur too awkward to say anything

or even make eye contact

so we leave church

and go to....

chuys

where we meet up w shiv

(you and me and shiv not the other guy)

we get our queso and salsa and creamy and enchiladas whatever

the waitress comes by and says he

hey

this drink was ordered for u

holy fuckkkkkk

for who

from who

we look around.... could it be????

true love?????????

at first sight?????????

u get a tap on the shoulder

(i have already seen who it is bc im sitting across from u)

but its not brandon....

its braeden

he says

hey

its been so long

u say yeah

i miss u

he says we should hang out some time

sounds good

but ur heartbroken

over urinal man

but nothing ever happens

the year passes

we all move to our condo in dallas

we have weekly wine nights

and for some damn reason

you and shiv still talk in the staff gm for flex

we’re 24.......

but naturally u invite everyone one week for our wine night

who shows up???? no one important really

a couple people here in there

nathan stewart, even tho he lives in arlington

and

its 11:30 pm

the doorbell rings

who even knew we HAD a doorbell

we’re all pretty drunk so

i mean i couldnt get up

neither could u

so shiv (who is always weirdly the most sober) gets up to get the door

she says omg!!!!!!!

shes so excited!

its our friend.....

RUSSELL!!!!!

russell looks good tho

he’s gotten some weight on him

in a good way

still has that beautiful smile and blue eyes

but tonight... something is different to you

he seems.... charming?

he comes up to u and says

hey partz

u being awkward ass u

u say, hello

who THE FUCK says hello nowadays

ur drunk

u dont really know whats going on

but he holds you in a way that u havent been held in years

uve learned to be pretty independent man

but he looks at you in a way that people havent in a while

he says “you look... different”

ure appalled

wtf do u mean different

he says wait no!!!

i meant in a good way!!!

you storm off

you’re so drunk that u end up locking urself OUT of your room

you’re mad

you’re standing outside of your own room, pouting

you are so overwhelmed with your life

you’re still lost on what your path is

you break down and cry

you sink to the floor

wiping away your own tears as the rest of the squad is partying to “party in the usa”

as u begin to cry more, a hand lifts your chin up

“brielle”

“what do you want”

“you”

he leans in and kisses you

you’ve always thought russell was a good guy

and you’re kind of tipsy

so you say... why not?

you kiss him back

and as you throw your arms around him he pulls back and says “you’re worth the wait”

he goes home

its midnight

and another ring at the door

they sound kind of rowdy

so u look thru the peephole

who is it?????

take a guess

Brielle Ferdinand:

Ethan & Trey

Michelle Hoang:

nope

its braeden and his roommates

wtf is he doing here

was he even on staff back in the day????

AND GUESS WHO HE BROUGHT

abby glatman

she was one of those ppl who u always HAD to deal w

but never really wanted to deal w

so they waltz in and braeden has his damn facial hard ugly asss shit

hair

ur mad russell left so ur kind of aggressive

“your face looks like shit”

“you look like shit”

in a drunken anger, you throw yourself at him

lemme just say

that night was full of mistakes

the next morning u wake up w him by your side

what the helllllllllll

shiv and meesh are literally at the door when u open it

shiv hands meesh 10$ saying fuck you were right

u say

right about what

we walk away laughing

we sit down for breakfast

quesadillas for breakfast, you heard me right

braeden wakes up and decides to join us (?????!!!!)

we look at him and say

nope

not today

pick up his things

send him out the door

“but... brielle!!

“

you’re ashamed and cant look up

dont worry bb we got u we got him out the door

theres a voicemail

omg

why do we have a landline

we listen to it on loud speaker

“hey....

this is brandon. i don’t know if you remember this but we met one night at foundies a couple years ago and i saw ur number in the church yellowpages”

wtf

why do we have one of those too

whatever

“but i was wondering if you wanted to get dinner sometime?”

“call me”

the voicemail ends

the next one begins to play

“hey brielle its russell. just wanted to say i really liked seeing you last night. lets go out soon.”

the next voicemail plays

“hey its brandon sorry i forgot to leave my number!!! 555-3849345”

not 7

what a ROLLER COASTER

clay (my beloved boyfriend of the time) just walked in as our jaws are hanging from our heads

“what just happened”

someone knocks on the door

its

abby glatman

she storms in

she starts babbling

u know how she is

she starts explaining everything thats going on in her life

that she spilled her coffee and that she was late to work and she tripped over a dog

it was a rough day

but then she goes on to say that she has been stressed

why is she telling you this????

i know you’re wondering that

clay tells me he needs to tell me something

“look clay now’s not really the time”

“no michelle i have to tell you now”

abby is still babbling

she talks about how her feet hurt and shes tired and she hates boys

“michelle... its about abby”

“ok fine whats up”

abby starts confronting brielle about braeden

about their night

about what theyve done

about how she felt betrayed

betrayed??????

why?????

“michelle... abby is pregnant”

“and its braeden’s”

abby tells us about how she loves braeden but he doesnt know shes pregnant yet

she plans to hide it

until she decides what shes going to do

u stop talking to braeden

its not like he called the next day anyways

in fact, he never called

are we sad?

i mean yeah, kinda...

we liked him once upon a time

and its still heart breaking

you go on dates with brandon

and russell

who says you have to commit from the start?

theyre different

theyre good in their own ways

brandon takes you out to the carnival.

you share your cotton candy

he wins you a stuffed fish

lol who even wants a stuffed fish

but you love it anyways

brandon takes you on adventures

you go hiking

you go camping

but the hard part was that he never told you he loved you

russell was a gentleman

russell took you on dates

he held your hand

he bought a bottle of chardonnay (that youve learned to love) on your 2 month anniversary

he buys you chocolates and roses

he opens doors for you

he loves you.

thats the difference.

you know he loves you.

time comes where they want you to pick one

and you don’t know what to do

and youre stuck between a lot of different things

your love life....

who do u want?

you tell them you need time

brandon is upset

russell says... “you’re worth the wait”

you come home to our condo

we welcome u w shitty white moscato

we make a trip to college station

why?

because we’re going to FOUNDIES

clay drives bc i luv him hes so gr8

we make it to foundies and run straight to the mens room

we have to make our mark

we pull out the sharpies from our back pockets

we write “FUCK YOU WORLD” on the wall

draw a heart around it

sign it -bsm

we walk out

and guess who’s there

braeden

dun

(btw you are like killing it at ur job whatever ur doing... ur getting to be really rich dont worry)

hes drunk going to the bathroom

drunkenly, we take our sharpies

and mark it all over his face!!!!

haha!

clay is waiting for us on the dance floor

we grab him and run

straight into.....

abby glatman

shes not pregnant

what the actualllllll hell????????

i drunkenly call her out

call her a liar

and a cheat

and a bitch

shiv falls over bc shes drunk

but accidentally falls into abby

abby thinks its a fight

so she starts throwing punches

straight into.....

your face

haha

clay holds u back

ur a dangerous woman u know

braeden comes outside

why tf are they still in cstat???

we’re 24....

theyre LOSERS

thats why

braeden starts yelling at abby

calling her a slut

abby attacks back

saying she never loved him anyways

braeden looks really dumb btw bc he has sharpie on his face

abby slaps braeden

leaving a big red hand print on his face

clay breaks it up like the man he is

clay says “hey hey hey break it up whats the issue here”

braeden yells “abby ruined my relationship with brielle!!!!”

brielle is so awkard, dont forget

so she just stand there

stands

abby begins to cry

braeden continues to yell

saying

brielle is so beautiful and wonderful and deserves the world

abby is sobbing

braeden yells “what!? why are you crying!?”

abby replies “because i was pregnant”

it struck us all

he didnt know

was it an abortion???

a miscarriage???

the world may never know

jk im about to tell u

his face sunk to the ground

to the ground i tell ya

we all dont know what to do

so we comfort abby

we make it back to dallas

and theres a voicemail

you click play

“hey...

it’s russell. i just wanted to call and see how you were doing. i know i never told you this but i love you. i want you. i want to be with you. forever and always. and i dont care what it takes. ill wait for you. you’re worth the wait”

you bust into tears

you’re so lost with your love life you don’t even know what to do

see with russell you know he would take care of you forever

you knew he loved you

you knew he would respect you

and love your family

but with brandon, things were... different

you were spontaneous

you were adventerous

you were... fun

brandon was the kind of man that is going to be an amazing dad one day

he will take your daughter dancing

and he’ll take your son shooting

and he’ll take your daughter to the cotilion

(?)

you take the night to yourself

you sit in your room, with the lights off, staring into the nothingness

clay shiv and i (and jt on facetime) are sitting in the living room contemplating how we can help u out

but we know what you’re going to choose

i mean... we all know

you wake up the next morning knowing exactly what youre going to do

you call him up and say hey meet me at the coffee shop on 29th

you’re sitting there, nervous, not ready for what is about to happen

he walks in

“hey.... im so glad to hear from you”

“me too”

“how have you been?”

“a lot has been going on.”

“i saved a bottle of chardonnay for you”

its russell

“i have something i want to say. and i dont want you to say anything until im done.”

he nods and smiles

this man loves you more than anyone and you can tell

“i just cant do this.”

he begins to twiddle his fingers, fighting back the tears

“okay”

“and its not that i dont love you too, because i do. more than you’ll ever know.

you have treated me like a lady. like a princess. the way that i hope you get to treat your wife one day.

you love me in ways i didnt even know i could be loved.

you found the best parts of me that i never beliveed in”

“i understand”

“you always said that i was worth the wait. but see russell what you dont know is that someone is out there waiting for YOU. theres a girl out there that is waiting for you to sweep her off her feet. you’re the one who’s worth waiting for”

one last kiss goodbye. you’re really sad.... you lost a loved one

when you come home, theres a walkway of rose petals

straight to your door

you grin

when you get to the door theres a card that reads “check your voicemail”

inside, there is a bouquet of roses

you listen to the voice mail

“brielle. to the love of my life. i know i dont show it well but you mean so much to me and i dont know where i’d be without you. tonight, meet me at the church at 5 PM. and bring our thing. you should know what i’m talking about.”

you go out to the church at 5:05 bc when are u not late...

hes there in a suit and tie

smiling at you

church is about to start

he kisses you

he says “did you bring it?”

you grin

“yes of course my love”

you pull out the stuffed fish

❤️

after church you go to the carnival together

and on the top of the ferris wheel he kisses you and says “will you marry me?”