When Priya was seven, she made me sign a contract in glitter gel pen promising I'd be her best friend "forever, and also at her wedding." I lost that contract in about 1998. But here I am. Legally binding, apparently.
I'm Nadia, and I've known Priya since we were the two kids who got put together because nobody else would share crayons with us.
Let me tell you who this woman is. In university, she once drove three hours at midnight because I'd texted her the word "cheese" with no context. She didn't ask questions. She just showed up with a wheel of brie and a look that said, "I assume this is an emergency." It wasn't. I was just sad. She stayed anyway.
That's the thing about Priya. She shows up. She's the friend who remembers your dentist appointment, who screenshots the dress you liked six weeks ago, who texts "did you eat today" like a tiny, loving prison guard.
So when she told me she'd met Daniel, I did my due diligence. I ran the checks. And Daniel — Daniel is the only person I've ever seen match her. He laughs at her worst puns. He warms her side of the bed in winter. He reorganised her chaotic spice rack and lived to tell the tale.
Here's what I know. Love isn't the midnight drive — that's just the proof of it. It's the ten thousand ordinary mornings after. And watching the two of you, I already see it: the tea made without asking, the inside joke across a crowded room, the showing up, every single day.
Priya, you didn't need that glitter contract. I'd have been here anyway.
To Priya and Daniel — may you always be someone's midnight "cheese." Raise your glasses.
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