Dear Best Friend that is currently over 200 miles away,
I haven’t seen you in about a month now. You’re going through a difficult time, and you’re currently over 200 miles away from me in Indiana. I wish more than anything that I could be with you in person, telling you that it will be okay. However, I’m not, so I’m writing this open letter to you about our friendship since the day I met you.
The first time I met you, I thought you were kind of weird. You randomly came up to a group of friends and I while we were eating and started talking to us. Even after adding each other on Facebook, we didn’t really become friends until a while after that. Starting high school, we had English the first two semesters together, which is something you can’t seem to remember. I think it was the summer after freshman year that we became actual friends, with random conversations of how you thought my brother was cute to talking about school. When sophomore year came around, we were basically best friends. I don’t know how it happened or when exactly, but you became my best friend. I still thought you were weird, and I still do. You were always the weirder one.
I’ve heard so many people say that you forget your high school friends once you’re in college, but that’s something I won’t allow. You are my best friend, and you have helped me become who I am today. How am I supposed to forget you? How am I supposed to forget the person who has listened to me cry when I was upset about my parents or crying about a stupid past relationship? I definitely can’t forget about the person who saw my ugly bangs back in freshman year.
My favorite part of having a friend like you is that you completely get me and never judge me. There’s been a lot of interesting events that have happened over the course of our friendship, and there has never truly been one time when you made me feel bad for who I am. I could be doing something that you probably don’t like, but you’d let me do it because you support whatever I do. However, I don’t know if that’s always good since I end up crying sometimes? But even if that’s the case, you’re always going to be there for me. You are the best friend that anyone could ask for, especially through tough times. You’re always there, ready to help and be the shoulder to cry on. I have no idea what I did to deserve a friend like you.
I hope you know that I will always be there for you too, even if you’re in a different state from me at the moment. There is nothing I wouldn’t do for you. If you need anything, please don’t forget that I’m only a text or call away. We don’t exactly live five minutes from each other anymore, but I will do everything in my will to help you with what you need. We can’t sing along to Disney music in your car anymore, but I wouldn’t hesitate to do it over Facetime. I’d be more than happy to listen to you rant about your math class, or how your Spanish TA is cute. I never regret a minute I have talking to you.
My family always ask how you’re doing, and I always get a bit sad when they do. I tell them how you’re in the middle of nowhere but enjoying your time at your school. If for some reason I can’t answer the phone when you need me, don’t forget that my family is your family too. My familia is tu familia, y mi casa es tu casa.
I hope you feel better soon. You’re going to do great things at your school. Even if everything isn’t going too well right now, they will soon. You’re the smartest person I know, so you’ll figure it out. I know you will. I’ll always be here for you, no matter what the case is. I miss you, and I can’t wait to see you soon, you meatball.
I love you, bfffffff. And happy birthday!
P.S., can’t hang.
