Winter Is Here. It Was The Old Gang, Kind Of

Isaac cooked eggs and tomatoes for breakfast For Sally. They watched ‘It’s Complicated’ until early afternoon. Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin. Isaac remembered when he last saw Alec Baldwin in BeetleJuice when Alec was handsome. 

“What happened to Alec Baldwin?” said Max, Isaac’s housemate as he walked through to the kitchen.

“He got old like all of them do,” said Cam, Isaac’s other housemate, as he walked through to the kitchen as well.

“Shut up you guys,” said Isaac. “Don’t spoil it.”

When the film was finished, Isaac had to leave for Mother’s Day with his brother and sister, Will and Gina, and his mother Jillian too, of course. 

Sally went home. Her mum had died a few years ago and the day just seemed too painful to face now.

Isaac and Will and Gina had bought Jillian a new brown leather handbag, with which Jillian seemed quite please.

They ate a roast, which Will had cooked. Afterwards, they ate vanilla ice cream and strawberries which Gina had prepared. Isaac had cooked a lemon cake which they ate with coffee. Jillian made the coffee.

Eddie came over to Isaac and Cam’s and Max’s after he’d seen his mum. Being Vietnamese, they didn’t celebrate Mother’s Day at the same time, but Eddie went to see his mum anyway.

Cam had gone for a swim with Max as they were both on a health kick, trying to get in shape as Max explained.

“For what?” asked Isaac.

“Girls, of course,” said Max. “Well, I guess not Cam, hey.”

Isaac and Max laughed.

Eddie didn’t have a house key to get in, so he had to wait for Cam.

Isaac headed over to pick Sally up on his way home, but he knew Eddie would be waiting, as Cam was really unreliable, even with his own boyfriend, but Eddie wouldn’t be locked outside for long, if at all. And Eddie wasn’t.

“How long have you been waiting?” asked Isaac.

“I’ve only just got here,” said Eddie.

Their mate Sebastian came over and cooked pasta and Cam made a salad. 

Cam rolled joints until he and Eddie left for some club, then Sebastian pulled pot out of somewhere 

“You’ve been keeping that a secret,” said Isaac. 

“All the more for me and you and Max,” said Sebastian.

Isaac and Sebastian and Max kept smoking.

Cam came home at 1am to Isaac, Max and Sebastian slumped on the couch in front of the TV. Sally was curled up in a chair. The air was thick with smoke.

“What the fuck,” said Cam when he caught sight of the other three. “You could at least open a window.

“We don’t want to let the outside in,” said Isaac. 

“Winter is here,” said Max. He shivered at the thought.

“It was the old gang, kind of,” said Sebastian. “But now you are here…”

“You can roll,” said Isaac.

“You can roll,” said Max.

“I was going to say the gang was back together,” said Sebastian.

Isaac and Max murmured in agreement.

“Hey Sally, how are you doing?” asked Cam.

Sally was quiet all night. She looked up from the big lounge chair.

“Oh, you know,” said Sally.

“Mother’s Day isn’t exactly her best day now,” said Isaac.

Cam sat down next to Sally and gave her a hug. “We can all be your mums,” said Cam.

“Sally laughed. “You big dope,” she said. She wrapped her arms around Cam. “But thanks. That helps.”