At the beginning of their senior year, for example, Ableson called everyone together and spoke to each one about what he valued about them and what he wanted them to improve.

These conscious efforts to keep the group together have come after some difficult experiences.

“We’ve had three years experience knowing what it takes for us to hang out,” Lee said.

“We went in with the expectation that we’d be friends forever without having to work at it. But there was definately tension,” Stevens said.

During their sophomore year, they lost one member of their group, with whom they are still friendly, but don’t see socially often.

They also almost lost Lee, who decided to take junior fall off, transfering to be with friends in Eliot at the same time.

But during his semester off, he realized that “there was something about being all six of us” and transfered back.

After that, Lee says, they no longer shy away either from saying what they value in one another or from mentioning the negative aspects in their relationship.

The Other Senior Week

For the six, the list is a more personal way to end the senior year than the official activities planned by the Senior Class Committee, a series of barbecues, cruises, bar nights, a Champagne Brunch, and the notorious Last Chance Dance.

“Senior week has not been great for us,” says Stevens.

“There’s definitely a tension,” adds

Lee. “It’s cool to see everyone there––but there is a reason you’re not friends with everyone.”

“It’s just not been the highlight of our senior year,” says Joshua Levin.

The six had their hopes set high for the Last Chance Dance, a party at the Roxy club in Boston where seniors have a final shot at all of their romantic infatuations of the last four years.