It was nothing but an ordinary summer day. The semester finished and Liam was excited to enjoy the stress-free season. He received a notification revealing an iMessage group. It was a group full of his friends inviting him to come and celebrate his friend, X, birthday. X wasn’t in the group chat because it was meant to be a surprise birthday planned by X’s girlfriend. Liam was down and excited to hang out with his friends after the devastating pandemic that left him and a couple of friends not talking after a while. The plan goes as follows; hit the paintball session from 2 pm – 3 pm and then a calm restaurant spot to eat. They needed a way to get there since trains would most likely delay them. Out of the small texting group, only Liam has his license to drive. So Liam was coming up with the idea to rent a vehicle as long as everyone chipped in, and so they did. 

That night, Liam eventually found a vehicle to pick up each member of the group for tomorrow’s planned birthday. Keep in mind, X still doesn’t know about tomorrow. Only his girl will surprise him. The next day, Liam got up from his bed and change to get himself ready to pick up the vehicle. He lets the group chat know that he’s on his way to pick them up. Hours passed by as the group including X are in the car. Liam drove a solid hour due to traffic but they managed to come in time for the paintball action. X looked excited and they were all laughing over jokes and memories from High School. From the pain and exhaustion from running and getting shot, they all had fun together during the paintball session. 

Since Liam knew X also had his license, he was trying to insist X, to drive to the next location which was the restaurant. Everyone was exhausted and X still had enough energy. Liam was also curious to see how X drives so X took up the decision to do so. Everyone got in the car and X started to drive. Liam was confident about X driving cause why not? He has his license, right? Not until they got on the highway where things didn’t look right for Liam. They took up to the north to get to Yonker, NY. Liam was on his phone until he got awoken but a merge that X made. This made Liam a bit nervous. He didn’t say anything at first cause it might not be a big deal just from one issue. However, Liam started paying attention to X driving until he saw how X would not look at his blindspots. 

It wasn’t easy. Liam knew it was his birthday and didn’t want to be the annoying friend but also cared about his safety and the others. Liam comments on X’s blindspot skills and so the small argument began. Liam insisted how blindspots are important since the car mirrors won’t catch the car next to you, but X insisted that it’s not necessary when you know you passing by a car. Liam began to feel irritated and worry about his safety because he was also way too close to other people’s vehicles and tailgating. Other than his safety and others, he was also worried about being pulled over and having to pay the ticket knowing the car is under his name. 

Liam just began to think more positively and asked him to just make the simple check. X was stubborn but also didn’t want to continue arguing so he listened to Liam. The day eventually became full of laughter, joy, and everyone got home safe.