Fifth grade is a year of my life that I will never forget. Of course, I won't forget because that was the first year in the middle school for my district but it was the year I met one of the more important people in my life; my best friend. We were both weird little 10-year-old kids who were just about to enter the most awkward stages of our lives and conveniently, we were put in the same fifth-grade class. From there the rest was history.
I cannot even begin to imagine what middle school and high school had been like had you not been by my side. You were there for the simple things like school projects all the way through the more complicated things such as going through puberty. No matter how weird, complicated or sometimes downright stupid something may have been, we were in it together.
The fact that you decided to be my friend during my middle school years is a complete mystery to me and a sign that we had to become best friends. You stuck around through my obnoxious neon color phase, my scene phase and my way too much eyeliner phase and not once did you try to run for the hills. You stayed and its now the end of our first year in college and you're still there.
Together we faced breakups, deaths, family issues and everything else in between. Having you right there through everything life threw was the best thing.
Going to different colleges was definitely weird at first because for once, you weren't in the same town as me every day or a 2-second car ride away. You didn't go that far which I was definitely relieved about. You were farther than we used to be but still, only an hour train ride away. Anyways, even if you went across the country, I know we would stay so close because even now, we text almost every day for the most random or even serious of reasons. Now you're coming home from school for the summer and I can't wait for all of our beach days and Panera dates. There's no one else I'd rather make a complete fool of myself in public around.
It's been almost 9 years since we became friends and our friendship still remains strong. I know there will be many years more of staying up all night watching our favorite TV shows while we eat Oreos and talk about the things going on in our lives. We'll end up going to each other's weddings and baby showers and just being there for the milestones still to come. They say that if you're friends with someone for up to 7 years, you'll be friends for a lifetime. I couldn't find any more truth to that because I know you'll be there until the end of time.
