This could be the end of everything, so why don't we go somewhere only we know?

I told Ale, as we parted our ways "the house will be so silent without you". The past few days have gone by like a whirlwind, and I've had a lot of fun. On Tuesday I had the late shift (3:00 pm to 10:30 pm), and I wasn't home until a bit before 11:00 pm. Ale had informed me that she would be at the train station approximately 11:15 pm, and I had confirmed that I would try to meet her. Basically, what I did, was to work for 7 and a half hours, bicycled home, and then jogged down to the train station. And as if that wasn't enough; just before I reached the train station, I saw a lady lying on the ground. The nurse in myself automatically turned on, and it was slightly amusing to myself afterwards when I had reflected on this happening. Anyway, I asked her if she had fallen off her bike (which she had), if she had any injuries (and then I checked what I could see-- it was quite dark), and if she was intoxicated (because she oozed of alcohol). In the end there were some road workers who came to help me with her. We got her standing, though she was staggering. At this time I was a bit stressed, because I was supposed to meet Ale, but then I also didn't feel like this lady would get home without tumbling over again. But I did ask if there were someone I could call for her, but she said no. So we left her to make it on her own, and I told her to walk instead of using her bike, which she agreed to. Hopefully she made it home safely without too many scratches. Anyway, I started running, and then I found Ale. Once we got home, we sat in the sofa with cups of tea and watched the remains of the match between the Netherlands and USA(?). I had watched the beginning when I was at work actually, and then I got to watch the ending at home. It was really good, and I'm glad about the result. Wednesday we woke up early and had a proper brekkie, before we ventured on to new adventures. Ale convinced me to let her cycle with me on the seat of my bike. She had to convince me, because I've grown older, and my frontal lobe is almost finished developed (frontal lobe controls the part of you that thinks of the consequences of our actions. You know, the rational part). Then we went to retrieve her bicycle, which she had kept at a family friends(?) house. It wasn't in a pristine condition, so we had to get it repaired. It went fairly quickly, and then we cycled to a mall which lies close to my current workplace. Ale cut quite a bit of her hair off, whilst I sat by and watched, a bit transfixed. (I feel like I come along with people to hair dressers quite frequently?). I can honestly be in awe of so many things. We did a bit of shopping, and then we went home to fix us some food. After that we went by the mall where we said hello to Ale's sister, and then we went back to her family friend, where we had ice cream, tea and rhubarb juice. And a nice chat. We got some rhubarb and mint leaves to go, which was really nice. I really enjoyed this little visit actually, and it was refreshing to spend time with someone who's not below the age of 30. I don't have any problems with people on my own age, but when I think of it properly, I've always enjoyed talking with people older than myself-- who has more life experience. After a swift trip to my own house, we bicycled down to the cinema, where we watched 22 Jump Street (which coincidentally, Sugar also watched. Albeit, not at the same cinema, but the same day and similar time). We basically spent the whole of Wednesday on the move, always bicycling somewhere. And it was just so nice because the weather was nice and warm, and because. There were a few moments I wanted to capture in my mind forever. We slept in a bit on Thursday, and I made a proper brekkie this day too. It was a more relaxing day, because we weren't constantly on the move. We went to the mall, and whilst Ale bicycled to the train station, I went to the grocery store. I had only just gotten home, when Ale arrived. We made food, which we ate outside in the sun. Then we had some ice lollies. The sun wasn't very strong, and it was quite windy, so we decided to go inside. And I used some mint leaves to make us some mint tea. It was very successful. After another ice lolly in the sun, we bicycled to Marble's house, where we had more ice cream in the sun. We had a chat about life, well, mostly Marble and Ale. And then we went inside to do some research about a possible trip to Dublin. We spent a few hours of doing this, before Ale and I left Marble. And then we're back at the start: "The house will be so silent without you". I already knew Thursday morning that I had dreaded the moment that Ale would leave, because the house really is silent with just me and Monchita occupying it. Ale told me she said she was happy to have a friend like me. And I turned it into a joke somehow (because I've been strangely bad at dealing with emotions lately). Jokes aside, though. I am very grateful for Ale and the rest of my wonderful friends. I am sure that without them, I would be a very sad person. I am lucky enough to have very different and intriguing friends who are supportive and who accepts me for the strange person I am. And that's not a thing I will ever take for granted.