Apart

After a while it gets to you.

The happy shift of a friend's eyes down to the ground when asked about her Significant Other

how she'll blush and shrug and smile a private smile spew something generic, like "I've never felt this way before."

and you'll pander to her prosperity because it's expected of you and you're such a goddamn good friend

now the streetlights are speeding by streaked with rain that brings everyone together except you under patterned umbrellas laughing with a sparkle in their eyes.

when you see them next their bonds will be strengthened by the weather and their memories cemented in that elusive place called "happiness" that you left long ago.