I was visiting a friend the other night and for different reasons we’re both a bit unsettled, personally and professionally, and hadn’t caught up in a while. 

We’d done the aimless flick around the streaming channels looking for something to watch and couldn’t settle on anything we both wanted to watch. 

Them: want to go for a random drive just so we can crank the music up loud?

Me: What are we, 19?

Them: I’m your age but inside I’m the teenager you met all those years ago, now shut up and get in the car.

We drove, we played the music loud.

We laughed, we played the music loud.

We talked about things bugging us, we played the music loud.

We improved our mood, we played the music loud.

Friends hey. We need them and sometimes we need them to play the music loud.