Some time ago I was just a kid in elementary school who was too shy to talk to anyone in class. Then one day in class, the teacher decided to change our seats, and my seat was moved across the room and next to a girl I had never talked to before. At first we didn’t talk to each other, and I would just sit quietly next to her. Then one day, at snack time, she started talking to me, and then we couldn’t stop talking to each other. One day the girl I sat next to in class introduced me to her best friend. I hadn’t known at the time, but that was the day I had met my best friend.
I’m not friends with that girl I use to sit next to in class anymore. I’m not sorry that I’m not friends with her anymore. And eventually, her best friend had become my best friend. And the girl who is my best friend is the best person I know. She’s stubborn, funny, and I have recently discovered that she enjoys shopping a little too much, but that OK because she is still my best friend.
She’s the person I fight with most but could never stay mad at for long periods of time. She’s the person who is always up for McDonald’s after work. My best friend, the person I could tell what she is thinking about just by her facial expressions. She’s the only person who gets me. The good, the bad, the weird, the complicated, and yet she’s still my friend. She’s the person who I can sit in silence with for long periods of time and know things aren’t awkward. She’s the person who I know has the most embarrassing pictures of me but its okay because I have just as much embarrassing pictures of her too. My best friend is the person I am closest to but yet she is miles from me.
Having a best friend far away from you is difficult because they are the one person you used to see every day and now you see them every few months. Sure you talk on the phone and text each other all the time, but it’s different. The one person you used to call to just go for a drive because you were upset is hours away, and now you're still driving around listening to the same music you used to listen to together, but she’s not with you. We are each growing up, but we are closer than ever. Sometimes distance is the worst, but other times it just makes your friendship stronger.
My best friend is the best person I know because she is the one I could count on even miles apart. Now instead of seeing each other every day we send each other stuff in the mail just to let the other know we are still thinking of the other. Sure my best friend is far away, but she is still the best person I know. She is still the person I tell everything to. She is still the person I talk to every day and most importantly she is still my best friend.
