Missing my friends

The town that I live in is pretty boring and there is normally not much for my friends and I to do. The person I hangout with the most when I’m home is my friend Rachel, she’s like a sister to me. Whenever we hang out neither of us can ever decide what to do because there aren’t many options. A lot of the time we go on drives or watch movies and it’s pretty boring, but we don’t really get sick of each other’s company. We go to different schools so when we are home we’re always together. Since quarantine has started we have been two minutes away but not allowed to be near each other. 
After a month of being stuck in the house I really was starting to lose it. Especially at my age it’s hard not seeing any of my friends in person especially when I’m used to seeing them all the time. Recently we have started to see each other but in a social distance way. Talking over facetime is not the same as talking face to face even if we have to be six feet apart. We have been seeing each other pretty often now by meeting in our cars and sitting in our trunks to talk. We have been going to the parking lot of the high school we went to and parking our cars across from each other so there is plenty of room between us but it has been keeping us sane being able to see each other in some way.
My friend’s 21st birthday was the other day and unfortunately she didn’t get to celebrate the way people normally celebrate when they turn twenty-one. Normally one would go to the bar at midnight but with everything being closed that can’t happen. So, we got the fire department and police officers to do a drive by parade with us and make her feel special. She has a pretty big backyard so afterwards a couple of our friends sat spaced out with masks on and spent a little time together social distancing.
Although it hasn’t been fun to see my friends this way, it is at least some way to get to see them. It’s been nice spending a lot of time with my family of course but I really do miss hanging out with my friends. I never thought I would miss barely doing anything when I hangout with my best friend but I would much rather be bored with her than bored by myself. It’s crazy how much we take advantage of little things like watching netflix with your friends. It honestly has taught me not to take anything for granted anymore moving forward and has given me a brighter mindset.