As rent prices increase to an absolutely absurd rate, it is time to step back and reflect on the triple decker.
It’s 3am. I hear footsteps above me, cackling below me. Flashing red lights pour through the window. Julie gets up to pee. Favour makes Quinn scream with laughter. A fire truck skrrts down St. Andrews street.
It’s the triple decker. The trap house. Irshad’s crib.
Melville, Grand Cafe, brick and mortar. Our coffee table is littered with coffee cups. We drink a lot of cups of coffee and we suck at recycling them. Shit speaking of which, last night was garbage night. Oh the raccoons got into the garbage again? Sweet.
There’s a collection of torn apart q-tips on top of the drying machine. I would say “if you know you know” but those who don’t know would be madly confused. Turns out the laundry machines don’t know the difference between q tips and dollar coins (thanks Tony and Jieyu). I need to save those coins for coffee everyday.
Place isn’t exactly the finest. The lights are fluorescent, giving off big vvalmart vibes. (notsponsored) The mop in the back room is mouldy, my mother told me very firmly to never ever use it. The walls are paper thin, so when I send Izzy a really funny meme, I can hear laughter through not one but two closed doors. The light bulbs in Hannah’s room are burnt out but she only uses red light bulbs anyways so it’s ok. This place isn’t exactly the finest but that’s ok because the people inside it sure are.(aw)
BANG. The whole house shakes. The members in the house are
shook.
What was that? The triple decker group chat lights up. Did Tracey slam the door too hard? Did Kevin fall down the stairs? Did something fall from the sky onto our house? Wait, why isn’t Kevin responding. . . Can someone check on Kevin? Julie sends a picture to the group chat.
It was in fact something that fell from the sky. A bag of miscellaneous objects? (tf)
Whatever, let’s get drunk. Hannah do you have the juul?
It’s Wednesday. You know what that means. Everyone come sit on our grimy green couches and get life advice from Meg. It’s Wise Won Wednesday baby let’s go.
Hannah makes her famous cocktails. Jieyu cooks up Costco dumplings. Izzy takes brilliant pictures of the night on her film camera. I sit there hitting my juul in awe because my friends are so beautiful.
I am home. And I am happy. How many people get to live in a triple decker house with all their best friends? -kc
izzy