To my college best friends,

You mean the world to me and I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’ve known you for almost a year or a semester. Words cannot describe what you mean to me, but I’ll try any way.

We spend way too much time together, like way too much time. We see each other so much we have each other’s schedule memorized. But this is okay because we know when someone’s available for lunch. But all this time together can drive us crazy. We have gotten on each other’s nerves and we’ve talked about each other behind each other’s backs, but it’s okay because I know who to call when I want a snack at 10 o’clock.

You’re always there when I need someone to talk to. You’re pretty much the first person I text. You're always available at weird hours to listen to me complain or just to talk. You’re always there to listen to me. I know that sounds weird and you’re probably like, of course I would, we’re friends. This means a lot. I can tell you anything and also know that you’re listening. Sometimes you come to my room and we don’t even talk. This time means so much, because it means you just enjoy being in my company.

Sometimes I’m scared that I’m annoying or bothering you and then I’ll get a text to hang out and my anxiety goes away. Our friendship has been weird. I feel like I know so much about you, yet less than a year ago I didn’t know you existed. This is weird to me, because I can’t picture my life without you in it.

We hang out for hours and these hours are full of laughing so hard we start crying. We’ll be together for hours and it will seem like only a few minutes. These hours have caused us to have inside jokes. We’ve had so many inside jokes that I can’t even keep count anymore. It’s gotten to the point where people think we’re insane. But that’s okay, because we’re crazy together.

In class you’re the person I turn to when they say we have to go into groups. The best part of having similar classes is the study sessions. While not much studying happens, we end up having a lot of fun. We help each other study for classes that we probably won’t take. I’ve learned about so much by helping you study. We’ll go to the library together and force the other to write the seven page paper due at midnight.

I’m going to get sentimental for a second. You are always my shoulder to cry on. You allow me to be me and I wouldn’t trade our friendship for the world. Thank you for letting me be me and not having to feel like I need to be someone else. I can’t wait to see the years to follow because I know that no matter where life leads us, we will always be friends.