Chloé now lives in Hamilton, but her boyfriend is in Toronto, and she gets to the big city most weekends.

So, after all those years, she and I were finally going to reconnect.

Before I left for Toronto, we picked a date. Once I arrived, we settled on a time.

I met Chloé, her boyfriend, and her friend Trevor at the corner of Church and Wellesley. The four of us walked to Zelda’s, where we had drinks and watched a drag show.

Well…

Some of us didn’t just watch.

Some of us became a little more involved than we’d planned.

But that’s a story reserved for in-person storytelling—not for blogging.

The evening was interrupted by a little excitement. There was a fire in the apartment building next door. As flames poured from the windows, smoke drifted into the bar.

Anyway, it was really great to see Chloé again. It was a reunion after a long time, but in some ways it felt as though we’d been hanging out all along. We have such a unique friendship that we were able to pick up right where we left off, as if going to Zelda’s was something we did every Saturday night.

Tomorrow is another day. Always an adventure.