Surprise!

Yesterday I surprised my best friend Jess at her soccer game at Lehigh University. Jess is freshman forward for Loyola University Maryland. She has been telling me to come down to Maryland to see one of her games since she left for school. I really wanted to visit her because I know how much it means to her to. Jess loves to have people watch her play and support her. I suck at planning and traveling alone freaks me out so getting there was going to be hard for me. I don't understand train schedules and I felt bad begging my parents to come pick me up only to drive down to see Jess. I've been looking online to see if Jess was playing anywhere close to Fairfield. I saw online that she was playing at Lehigh on Saturday, which is only 50 minutes from my house. It was perfect because I was already coming her for the weekend. How could I pass up surprising my best friend? 

Jess and I obviously needed a picture
 together

I got a ride to the game with her parents, so I didn't even have drive to Lehigh. We got to the game after Jess had already started warming up, so I had no idea if she knew I was there or not. We watched the game (they lost 2-1). After the game Jess started walking towards us and I hid behind her parents. If she didn't see me, I wanted to pop out. As she got closer I heard her yell, "I known Bernard's here!" I jumped out and hugged her. Jess was so surprised and appreciative that I came. She kept saying, "I can't believe you didn't tell me you were coming." Even though her team just lost she had a huge smile on her face. Jess said that she knew I was there during warm-ups. She turned to her roommate and said, "I think Kristina is here." Her roommate looked and said, "Yup that's Bernard." Jess told me she was going to ask me to come, but she felt bad because she knew I wanted to spend time with my family. After ten minutes of talking and joking, Jess had to get back on the bus. 
Though I did not really get to hang out with Jess, I'm glad I went to her game. Jess is my best friend, so doing something that made her happy made me happy. I miss laughing with Jess while we are apart at school. My time with Jess made me realize how good of a friend she really is and how much I miss having her in my life. I can't wait until her season is over so she can come visit me!