You were my first love. The first person I could ever fully be myself around. The first person I opened myself up to. The first person I could not get enough of. You knew every little thing about me. Every secret, every non-spoken emotion, every little tick and twitch. You did not care about my past but what you did care about was making the present the best it could possibly be. It is said that a person never forgets their first love. I never realized how true that was until it actually happened. I cannot forget the way your smile lit up any room or the way you looked at me when you thought I was not looking. I cannot forget what I felt during our first kiss and every one after. I cannot forget the way you smelled or the sound of your laugh. I cannot forget the way you shook when you were cold.
The first time I spent a holiday with someone else besides family was with you. Christmas with you and your family was one like no other. It will be one I will never forget. Any other day, we would just sit and talk for hours about everything and anything we could think of. I constantly hear that two people who were once in love can never be friends. Though it may not always be easy, seeing the other person with other people, it is definitely possible. It is better to be friends than nothing at all.
Whether we just met each other at the wrong times in our lives or did not realize it at the time, it did not work out between us. I am lucky enough to still have you in my life, years later, as my best friend, still knowing every little thing about each other and more. Others are not always so lucky. I lost you once I am not losing you again. Hopefully some time in the future our time will come again, if fate allows it. You will always be the one that slipped away. But for now, thank you. For everything.
