Thank you for teaching me what real friendship is.

Although we aren’t as close, nothing will beat the memories of us sitting in your room laughing at jokes no one else found funny and those days we would go hours without there even being a minute of silence because we’d never run out of things to talk about.

Now, when I pick you up to go get pizza the awkward silence is filled with things like “How’s your boyfriend these days?” and “Sorry, I didn’t know you guys broke up”.

I don’t know when we drifted apart but it still hurts to see you go through a hard time and not getting that instant phone call where I tell you everything is going to be okay.

We didn't get in a fight or go through the "best friend breakup", we just stopped talking. Slowly but steadily you stopped telling me all the funny things that happened at school that day, or all the arguments you had with your parents. Now, instead of getting that random text every day that doesn't even start with "Hey! How are you?" because best friends don't have to ask, we get that the one that tells us the date of our graduation parties, prom pictures or when we leave for college. You tell me you're sad that we're soon going to be separated because of college but we've been separated by more than just distance for a long time now.

Despite all of that, no one could ever replace you. You will always have a special place in my heart and I know that when I need you, you’ll always be there. I could never be mad at you for us drifting apart because you were there for me when I was that awkward little girl who didn't know how to stand up for herself. You helped me grow into the person that I am today and made me realize that I will always be good enough. I will never be able to find a proper way to thank you for everything you've done for me.