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Throughout most of middle school and high school my three best friends have remained the same. It has always been Ellie, Liz, Lily, and me. As our junior and senior years wore on, the trials and tribulations of teenage life pulled us apart, but gathering arounda sizzling hot dish of seven layer mexican dip has never failed to cheer us up. Armed with Tostitos scoop tortilla chips, we each choose a corner of the dish that we stake out as our territory. Only then may we delve into consuming the heavenly mix of melted cheese, cool salsa, and smooth refried beans. In between bites, we tell stories and crack jokes. The laughter causes us all to edge dangerously close to spitting out the mouthfuls of food because of our failure to control the giggles.

The preparation necessary for a mexican dip night has been edited down to an exact science. One girl brings seven layer and chips. Another makes sure our itunes playlist is ready and someone provides Snapple Ice Tea, the perfect cold drink to accompany the spicy entre. The seven layer is placed in the microwave for 3 minutes and 30 seconds and then placed on a plate to protect our fingers from the hot plastic container. We bring the delicacy upstairs upstairs and place it in the center of Lily's flower shaped rug. The positions we all take on the floor, as we circle around the food, always provokes a comparison to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. In truth, that is what we are: a sisterhood, but our pants have transformed into seven layer mexican dip.