To my ex-best friend,

Let me start by saying that I don't hate you, nor do I despise you in any way. It's unfortunate that after many years worth of a friendship, we kind of just grew apart- something that we swore would never happen under any circumstance. I'm grateful that we were friends for as long as we were. We always picked on each other and sometimes we'd get mad at something the other would say, but we'd be laughing about it 5 minutes later and that's just how our friendship worked.

We don't talk as much as we did. In fact, we don't talk at all. The only time we ever talk is when we just so happen to see each other in public and we make awkward small talk and then go about our days and never talk to each other again until the next encounter.

Everyone knew we were best friends and people swore that we were separated at birth and we were convinced that was the case, too. If we weren't talking at school, we'd be at home texting each other or on FaceTime talking about any gossip we heard and who's dating who.

I don't quite know what happened with our friendship. I think the less we saw each other at school, the less effort we put into our friendship, which is beyond unfortunate. I never expected us to go from the best of friends to complete strangers and frankly, I don't think you expected that either.

Thank you for always being a text or call away whenever I needed you. We had such similar situations and we could always relate to each other which, I think, is what made things so much easier to cope with. You always had the right words to say and could always make me feel so much better.

I'm so thankful that we made the memories that we did. I'm glad I had someone to go through the cringe-worthy middle school years with that we look back on now and laugh and wonder why our parents let us go out into public looking like we did. Our friendship was something special and I will forever cherish it. I'll still always be here for you if you need me. I wish nothing but the best for you.

Sincerely,

Your ex-best friend.