Summer Ends

In summer, Betty was doing her research for her thesis in Barcelona, Spain. She went there with her best friend, Clarice. Unlike Betty, Clarice didn’t go there for her study. It was more of a vacation. She wanted to have some fun after a long and tiring semester in university. Both went to University of Boston, but they had different major, Betty was in History of Art, while Clarice was majoring English Literature. After a long flight, they finally arrived in the capital of Catalan region. They stayed in Betty’s aunt’s house for 2 weeks. At first, everything was going fine. Betty was busy going to several museums and exhibitions, while Clarice just accompanied her. But things changed when they met a good-looking Spanish painter, Juan Pedro. Betty wasn’t fond of his bohemian life style with his never-ending smoking, wine and woman, yet, Clarice was attracted to him. In fact, she agreed to come to his house in San Sebastian. This, of course, made Betty furious since Clarice was notorious for her bad choice of man. And that would disturb Betty’s focus in study because she would ask for her help if she were in trouble. So, Betty decided to go with her to San Sebastian. However, it wasn’t an easy trip because they had to go by plane and took a long time to get there. So, they didn’t have any choice but stayed at Juan Pedro’s house. Clarice was having a good time with him, she even slept with him, yet Betty felt uncomfortable and disgusted. She told her friend to be careful with him, but her friend didn’t even listen to her advice. Clarice was even offended by her friend’s act of interfering her privacy. Thus, on the next day, they had a row and Betty chose to go back to Barcelona than to stay in between the lover, while Clarice enjoyed it there. Finally, after 2 weeks, Betty finished her research and flew home alone without even saying good bye to her friend. That was the end of their long friendship.