To the one who makes each day a little brighter,

How did we get this way? Maybe it was those late night trips to our favorite spot for milkshakes; or all those 3 am games of pool because we could not sleep. What was it that made us SO inseparable? Of all the people in our entire university, I often wonder how you could have possibly become the most important person in my college life. My best friend was not my roommate, or any of my forty-something teammates, but you. A girl from a small town two hours away that just-so-happened to live across the hall and have access to REALLY good chocolate ALL the time. It had to be you, and I do not know why.

How did you become my person? Neither of us knows the answer to this question. We have pondered this question for weeks and we cannot remember how we met or what drew us to each other.

Some might say it was a soul connection. The way you became my person and I became yours. Like Meredith and Christina in our own dark and twisted world. You are my Christina Yang, and I, your dark and twisty Meredith. We watched twelve seasons of Grey’s Anatomy together that spring semester. Never venturing ahead without the other person. We went through our own intern year together. It was a struggle, going through freshman year in a new place with new people. But you made it worthwhile. My Christina, my person; making every day a little easier for me.

And all the while we did not know how we had become that person for each other. The person that we relied on for everything. Always together, even through the hard times. And we had those. There was a short time where I could not stand to look at you, for what you had done. Betrayal had come between us. But I just could not shun you for long. Those six days I did not speak to you were the worst days of my life. Without you I felt incomplete, broken and alone. I needed you back. I needed my person. And so I came to forgive you for your crime because I could not stand to live life without you by my side. Some would not have done what I did. Some would have left you out to dry by yourself. But I just could not do that to you. The thought of losing you forever over some trivial mistake was too unbearable for me. And so we connected again. I had my person back. We battled through the dark tunnel of betrayal; sorting through what could be forgiven and laid aside, and we are better for it. Stronger now. Two people as one person once again.

But how did we get this way? What was it that made forgiving you so easy a task? What made me want to be close to you so much that I would forgive you of any crime? I am afraid I do not know the answer to this. I cannot even tell you how we met or at what point I realized just how much you mean to me. It seems as if looking back we grew so close so fast, without reason. Trusting you was easy for me to do. Being with you was and is never hard.

We talk now every day. Even miles apart at our own homes for the summer, we Skype constantly. My parents never ponder upon who I am talking to anymore, because they know that it is you. They know that I could not go a day without seeing your face and hearing your voice. But how did we get this way?

Love Always,

Your Meredith