Sherman Alexie's "This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona"

Victor and Thomas are two Indians living on a reservation. They were childhood friends or should I say they just grew up together. Victor's father moved from the reservation and ended up dieing a horrible death in his trailer in Phoenix. So Victor and Thomas traveled together to get his ashes to bring back to the reservation and also claim the cash that his father had in the bank. Victor didn't really want to be involved with Thomas because of his reputation in the reservation as the story teller that no one wanted to be involved with but because he had the money to fund the trip, he took him along. This sadden me because he was looked upon as different and was hurt a lot because of his gift.

They both ended up returning back with the ashes and returned to their regular lives, not being friends even though Thomas did seem friendship worthy.