high school friendships

Tribulations of the Trio

Posted on Aug 19, 2016Sep 19, 2016 by Kayla King

“All for one and one for all, united we stand, divided we fall.”—The Three Musketeers We’ve seen trios from popular culture, and they always seem like perfect, equilateral triangles sticking together and staying together. But out here, in the real world, these kinds of friendships are much more difficult than they seem. Throughout my life, […]

When We Were Us by Lydia Suffield

Posted on Jan 7, 2015Dec 3, 2015 by Germ Magazine guest author

It ends here, in a parking lot with neon streetlights painting our skin, and her hands twisted in my jacket, and her breath ragged as her words curl and crush themselves into my ear. “You were my friend” is what she whispers, but the words are too heavy to be just that. They’re carrying everything […]