Friend: a person whom one knows and shares a mutual bond of affection, trusting another soul. Best friend: the person you trust the most. The person you're the closest to. The person you tell everything to, the first person you tell anything to. The one person who's always on your side. Your biggest supporter, biggest fan. Friends, best friends, are supposed to build each other up. I built you up, and then you turned around and tore me down.

I told you things in confidence, and you didn't know how to keep a secret, or maybe you just didn't care to keep my secrets. Trust is key, it's so hard to get yet so easy to lose. I would do anything for my friends. I would have done anything for you. I trusted you, with everything. Maybe I trusted you because I knew I wouldn't do anything to lose your trust, and maybe I assumed you'd do the same. But I was wrong.

I was there for you at your worst, and I cheered you on at your best. I went out of my way to make you happy and be the best friend I could be. And then one day I learned that you took advantage of my friendship. The feeling was no longer mutual, or maybe it never was. Yes, you broke me. You broke my trust, told my secrets, and made fun of me behind my back. And that is not okay. That is not what friendship. When I found out, at first, I felt lost. I lost the one thing that meant the most to me. You took away the one thing that meant the most to me: the meaning of friendship.

And when I was lost, when I was broken, my real friends showed up and helped me put myself back together. They showed me what true friendship was. And because of them, I found new meanings for friendship. I realized I had better friends out there, that I wasn't alone. They helped rebuild me, stronger this time.

So thank you. Thank you for the lessons you taught me. For helping me come out of my shell and become the confident person I always wanted to be. For all the fun memories, even if they don't mean that much to you. Thank you for teaching me what a person pretending to be your friend looks like. Thank you for showing me there are better people out there, people I didn't even realize were in my corner. And lastly, thank you, for showing me that although I may believe in a friendship, it may not always be mutual. And that is okay. I will be okay.

I do wish you the best in your future, and I'm sad I won't be by your side. I will always cheer you on and believe in you. And when you look back and realize you lost a friend who would have supported anything you wished to achieve, just remember, it was your choice, not mine.