To My First College Friend, Thank You
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To My First College Friend, Thank You

You made me realize, for the first time in my entire life, that I'm not alone.

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To My First College Friend, Thank You
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Throughout high school, you are so confined in a small little building that you don't even realize how many people are actually out there until you graduate, and then you're stuck because the real world is so scary but so interesting at the same time. I was never used to meeting new people, but when I met you... you opened so many doors for me. You made me feel brand new.

I can't even say thank you enough; I don't even know where to start exactly.

I never ever realized how much a person could be like me until you started talking to me. And, this time, not just about how hard this class was or how bad your hand was cramping from taking too many notes. But, when we actually opened up to each other and let one another in.

When we started to actually step out of the zone of "just classmates" to "friends", you made me realize for the first time in my entire life: I'm not alone; I never was.

Here's to the first time we actually went out with each other. I never knew how much fun I could have with a group full of strangers until I met you. When we walked out of our small dorms into a huge hallway with more than 10 girls wearing (basically) the same outfit, I knew that the color maroon would connect us forever.

To the first time I ever broke down in front of you because of school, things at home, and things that never even mattered in the first place. You were there and knew exactly what to say. It was like you'd been there before; you knew exactly how it would end.

You became my best friend.

To the midnight Domino's stops and being so drunk that we couldn't even help each other up the stairs, followed by sleeping on your floor because we both didn't want to be alone that night. Then meeting up for lunch to do homework. We knew every single thing about each other.

In 6 months you became my forever friend.

Thank you for opening up doors that I didn't even know were there in the first place. For helping me get through the most difficult times in my life. For knowing my deepest, darkest secrets and never looking at me differently.

Thank you for letting me know I was never alone.

I truthfully could not imagine college without you, I don't even know how I would've survived that first year without you. I would not change one thing about you or the things that we've been together as friends.

Thank you for teaching me that friendship really has no distance. That friendship can grow without seeing each other for weeks at a time. Thank you for letting me know (almost every day) how much I have helped you and, in turn, helping me even when you didn't have the time to help yourself.

You taught me what a friendship is.

And, no matter what happens, you will always have a special place in my heart.

Thank you a million and two times.

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