When you go to college, a lot of things change. It’s a scary, new start in a scary, new place. No longer are you smooth sailing through a world where everything’s familiar, but now you're trying to navigate through rough waters of unchartered territory. It’s a hard time. It’s a crazy time. It’s a great time, and you can’t go through it alone.

Then you meet these people. Your people. You may not meet them right away, or you may meet them the very first moment. But when you meet them, you’ll know. It’s strange because you meet these people, and you feel like you’ve known them all your life when in reality you’ve only known them a much shorter time. You become so close to them in the four years that you’re in college then you ever were close to some of the people you knew back home. You’re whole life you went without them, and now all of a sudden you wonder what you’d do without their weird mannerisms, corny jokes, and slightly annoying habits. A month away on break seems like years away from them, and it’s filled with Facetime calls and constant texts saying “I miss you.” and “Only 23 more days until we’re together again.”

You don’t know what you’d do without them. They are there when you want a 3 am Taco Bell run or a 2 pm Zaxby’s run or when you need a ride home. They’re also there when you need that extra push to go to the library or motivation to get up to class. The most import time they’re there for you is in times when you’re lonely, when you’re sad when you’re angry, and when you’re depressed. They’ll know and, most of the time, you won’t have to tell them. They’ll know in the way you look at them. They’ll be there on days when you want to dance on tables and pop champagne. They’ll dance around your kitchen with you just because it’s Tuesday night. They’ll celebrate your ups more than they'll dwell on your downs.

They are your people. You got along before you met them, but you can’t live without them now.