He gets interrupted before he can make drastic adjustments

Drake almost felt his heart stopping as he was surprised by the sound of his phone ringing in this magical, life-changing moment. He looked at it, a bit surprised, then carefully picked it up. "Hey Drake! It's Donald! Could you just buy some beers to bring tonight? It's the only thing we forgot to shop for." - "Oh. Eeeer... sure." answered Greg as he remembered he had an invitation tonight for dinner to one of his rare friends house. "Are you sure? You sound a little confused, man. Did I call at the wrong time?" asked Donald in response to this roundabout answer. "No, not at all." smiled Drake, the dictaphone in his other hand "I'm coming."

He didn't even have to go buy anything, he gave it another test, and the dictaphone provided all the beers he needed, and even a few flowers for Donald's wife. He went to his car, and drove to Donald's house with a smirk, thinking about his friendship with the man. Donald and him met in university, both studying to work in human resources. Donald was a nice guy and all that, but Drake always thought Donald wasn't as smart as himself. When they both obtained their degrees, Donald with more difficulties than him, Drake thought his friend wouldn't have a career as nice as his. But time showed the opposite. Donald got hired in a smaller company than Drake, but the company experienced a spectacular investment over the years, and Donald found himself rising like rocket. He got himself more money and responsibilities every time they talked, while the cubicle worker was stuck with the same salary at the same place. Eventually, Donald's firm was bought out by another bigger company and bumped salary to a level Drake could only dream of. Meanwhile, Donald had met a girl called Mary just after he graduated and at the wedding Drake was Donald's best man. They pair soon even had two kids. A girl called Teri, and a boy named Louis. Nowadays, Teri had just recently turned 18 and Louis was 15. Both were beautiful kids, and Teri was a girl who had a lot of success with boys, as going after her mother, she was a nice 5'5 with C cups and a perfectly toned body and a cute face.

She was the one to open the door when Drake arrived at Donald's home. After a quick, fake but polite smile, she called : "Daaad, your friend is here!" and left, showing her perfect rear as she went back to her bedroom, ignoring the Guest and obviously considering him as the old loser he was to everyone. "Hey Drake!" said the 5'11 man going by the name of Donald as he arrived at the door with Mary next to him, his wife with a body still showing some of her former glory. Drake offered her the flowers, shook Donald's hand, and thought: "This should have been my wife... my family, my house, my car, my LIFE! I was the better of us, why did you have it all, Donald?" It was the thing he thought almost every time he came here to eat, which was almost monthly. Donald was really kind, and if at first, Greg felt guilty for thinking like this, now, he was too jaded to care.

After some drinks, the dinner started, and Drake gave some quick glances at Teri, checking the girl, obviously bored to have to share the family dinner, but still really hot even when not smiling. He could feel the dictaphone in his pocket, burning, as he had to listen to Donald explaining how he had another raise this year. He didn't answer, and kept his cool. When Teri and her brother left the table, Donald and Mary quickly talked about the kids, Greg mostly listening to the part where Donald was a bit worried as Teri had entered the age where she was "active". While perfectly normal, if not a bit late for her age, as a Father Donald could not help but be worried and protective.

Eventually, it was late and time for Drake to go home. But this time, he didn't want to leave with the feeling of sucking, while Donald was having it all. This wasn't an unusual feeling for him to leave on, but this time, he had the means to do whatever he wanted. And the envy would take the better of him this time.