A Letter To My Eternal Bodyguard
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A Letter To My Eternal Bodyguard

"To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other’s hearts. We live outside the touch of time."

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A Letter To My Eternal Bodyguard

For most of my life, I've been out searching for people I would want to consider my forever humans. In reality, however, I was born into a family of my ownassigned best friends and I wouldn’t have it any other way. It is a known fact that my twin sister and I are inseparable. On the other hand, not many people are aware of how close to identical my brother and I actually are (when it comes to personality, at least).

Alex,

I truly believe that you were destined to be our brother. We are the Five. Nothing more, nothing less (unless you count Jovi, then that’s 5 1/4).

God knew that Sydney, Drew and Alex weren’t meant to walk the world without each other. That’s why Mama got the surprise of a lifetime getting pregnant again with two six-month-old babies at home. We should have known back then how much of a storm you would become when you made Tamacious fatter than she was when she was carrying twins. But don’t worry: your storm is still worth the rainbow of adventures you drag me through.

There aren’t many people on this earth that understand the relationship that the two of us share. Some say it's weird and friends of ours prefer to use the word “incest." We clash because we are so similar which is another reason the two of us are as close as we are. No one else (other than Daddykinz) shares our same brain. It's no wonder the three of us all have the same temper.

While Drew is more of a mother figure who cares for us, you are my partner in crime (except when the crime involves cops and robbers and the end result is me with a broken clavicle). Instead of fixing what I broke, you’re the one who helped me break it.

With age, most siblings grow apart. Fortunately for us, that hasn’t been the case. I’ll be honest: I feared our bond would diminish when you left for college. You hated when we first came back home -- it was your domain and Drew and I took it over. A groove was formed between you and our parents and, like me, you hate change. I was worried you would always carry around some sort of resentment toward us because of that.

I am so lucky that rather than pulling away, you have sought comfort in us as a new college man. Something I feared would disconnect us ended up bringing us closer. I truly believe you have a newfound appreciation for the relationship the three of us share and I am forever grateful. There is nothing I look forward to more than your spontaneous FaceTimes at 3 a.m. or the dangerous car ride/singing Snapchats I get on a regular basis.However, I do NOT look forward to riding in the car with you. I’d rather live.

Alex Martin Friedman, you have grown into such an incredible human being. And why would we be shocked? You were raised by the same amazing people who raised me. I don’t think you understand what a catch you truly are. I mean, come on, most of my friends are friends with me to get to you.

There is no one else on this planet that can make me want to explode one minute and then have me laughing out loud five minutes later. There is nothing that pisses off our parents more than when that happens. Although we fight like crazy, we love like crazy as a result. I value our relationship more than you will ever know. I would not be able to wreak havoc on this world (or bother Drewby) without you. In the spirit of the holidays, I would just like to say how thankful I am to have you as my co-conspirator to infinity and beyond.

I love you, Al.

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