On my last night in Colorado my pike friend Corbin said to me "Hey i'll never forget you, i'm keeping you here (and patted his chest) because I know you'll keep me there too"
They are my rock.
they are like my family here.
Leaving them in january was so hard ,it is still painful to have done so and to have missed so much time with them. A few of them graduated last spring and moved out of fort collins. So even though I have been back I haven't seen those few, specifically tim and john/booby. I love them so much.
One morning last december, I stayed over griffins as usual and when i walked out into the living room, john/booby says "hey rachael isn't that the same thing you were wearing last night?!!" and they all chimed in like yeah, yeah i think it is. lol. and griffin's bro had his car so griff asked tim if he could use his car to take me home, and tim dramatically paused and griff jokingly adds "your not going to make her walk are you?!" and they all start shouting SHAAAME, WALK OF SHAAAME, SHAAAME! But then they all got up and piled into tim's car just to come along with griff to drop me off and when they had done so and i was walking into my building they were all shouting bye rachael byeeee!!
Tim has told me numerous times you ever need me just call, if any one messes with you or anything else I'm there!
They would have my back in any situation.
Last night:
Corbin invites me over to his house for a small keg party and it was just the core pikes with some random girls here and there so like 30 people. I'm walking to the backyard and the first face I see is griff's. Then I here "no shit it can't be" and I look up and see tim! He gave me a good, big, hug and I just held on so tight I was infinitely glad to see him. And then john/booby walks up right next to Tim and opens his arms and I hugged him just as tight. And we stood there catching up and they havent changed a bit. Booby stood there with chew in his lip while tim double fisted whiskey and coke. they said they were so glad I was back and after 7 long months of missing my surrogate family it felt so good to see them. I hold them in such high esteems I guess its a little unrealistic. When I'm not with them, I wish I was with them. It's a type of childish adoration, but it's because when I first came to colorado as a freshman, they were the boys who were always there and still are. It's sad because john lives in Denver and tim lives in the springs and it will never be the same as always having them in the next room or just a block away. But i know no matter what they've always got me and I have them.
Along with seeing them again I had already seen the pikes I know and they all said the same thing it's great to have you back. It's cool because i'm still meeting new pikes and becoming friends with them. And it's not just that I feel at ease with them, it's that they go out of their way to make me feel at ease when i'm with them. That's what being a pike is all about and that's why i love them.
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