It's been a while, hasn't it? It's so bizarre that we used to talk to each other every day, about anything and everything, and now it feels like it's been a lifetime since I even saw your face. Maybe that's for the best. We're so different now, after all.

But it was nice while it lasted.

You made me feel so important. So special. You told me that we'd always be friends, and I believed you.

How could I not? I'd believe anything if you said it. We were inseparable. Wherever you went, I followed. I thought you were the brightest, most dazzling light in the universe. I wanted to be just like you.

In the end, though, admiration wasn't enough to keep you from changing. From growing up. From growing apart.

Everything changes. That's something I still haven't come to terms with, even now.

Nothing lasts forever, and I hate that more than anything. I'm the type of person who wants things to stay the same.

I want the sun to always shine, the clouds to never gray, and my friends to never leave.

But they all do, inevitably. Even you, the one who swore she wouldn't.

You became a different person right before my eyes, and before I knew it, you'd moved on.

You weren't my best friend anymore. All of a sudden, you were a stranger.

At first, I was hurt. I watched you walk away with your new friends and blamed myself.

For years, I was furious with myself for being too immature, too stupid, too naive. But people change, and so have I. I've grown up.

I've decided that I deserve better than a friend who'll leave. I deserve to find one who'll stay.

And I have. It took a while, but I finally found someone I'm more compatible with.

We have each other's backs. I don't want to be like her, and she doesn't want to be like me. We're our own people who respect each other.

That's what caused us to drift apart in the end, you know. You were too bright for me, so bright that I had to look away.

These days, I don't hold any sort of grudge against you. I've grown stronger after what you taught me, so I thank you for those lessons.

Most importantly, I hope you're living your best life, because I know I am.