High School is a glorious, torturous, awkward, hilarious stage in a person’s life. You will have a certain gratitude for the friends who stuck with you through your emo phase, helped you grow as a person, dragged you out of the house, or helped you cram for a test. These are the people you have grown with for years and more often than not, you will grow apart. The moment your uptight principal hands you your diploma, you’re overwhelmed with one of two fears: “I might not be friends with my high school friends forever.” or, “I’ll be stuck with my high school friends forever.”

This article addresses every type of relationship you will have with your high school friends during college.

1. “Let’s get lunch!” but you probably never will.

Face it, we have all had that friend in high school that we would never hang out with on our own. Sure, this person was at all your prom pictures, likes all of your Instagram pictures, and is probably in your #highschoolforever group chat, but they are not your real friend. There’s nothing wrong with this, because everyone has someone like this in their life after high school.

2. Your out-of-state support system.

This friendship is pretty solid, despite the hundreds, or even thousands of miles between you two. Usually, you guys can go a few days or even weeks without talking but, right when you need them, they’re a FaceTime call away. You may even feel more in tune with this friend than your roommates, or friends at school. This friend will keep up with you from miles away, and once winter break rolls around, you will pick up right where you left off.

3. “Can’t wait to take on _____University with you!” plot twist: you don’t talk.

This friendship is the most tragic. You start to bond with someone the end of your senior year solely, because you’re going to the same college. You talk all summer about having the best time together at college, you probably have dinner together the first few weeks, then, you just stop.

After vowing to hangout all the time, you both make your own friends, and the communication gap begins to widen. You’ll probably bump in to them on campus and get the whole, “Why don’t we hang out?”, or, “I’ll text you!” Save yourselves the trouble, and just wave next time and pretend to be on the phone.

4. The One You Could Not Wait to Get Rid Of.

With the raging hormones, rise of social media, and lack of maturity, you’re bound to dislike someone in high school. Whether your dislike is secret or common knowledge, you know that you cannot wait to get rid of someone.

There’s two ways to go about this, one: Unfollow them on all social media on the car ride home from graduation, or two: keep a painfully awkward relationship with them. This could mean bumping in to them and asking how they’ve been when you clearly saw them trying to avoid eye-contact. Although this isn’t quite a friendship, everyone encounters this after high school. Pro-tip: it will never be less awkward.

5. Your telepathic twin.

You start to realize after high school, you will only have a few real friends. Not the type to text you “Let me know if you need anything,” rather, the friends that show up at your house/dorm unannounced because they could “feel your anxiety.”

This is the friend you can call at three in the morning crying and they won’t give you the hushed-sleepy-voice, instead, they give you their full attention. Whether this friend is your roommate or halfway across the country, you know that they’re there for you.

6. Your dynamic duo.

If you were a part of a “trio” in high school you probably have two friends that are also best friends. The three of you probably do everything together, and although the three of you have different bonds, the love is mutual. Your dynamic duo will be there at any given moment, together to support you when you need them.

As we all know, friendships can be discouraging in college. You may feel all alone when you scroll through Instagram and see people in big groups “living their best life”. The most important thing you can learn in college and in your adult life is that you will only have a few real friends.