It’s been almost four months since graduation. Most of us have been in college for about a month now, making new friends and new memories. In that past month, we’ve forgotten a lot about the life we had just a few weeks ago.
Every now and then we tag our old friends in a funny video, send a snapchat of something that reminds us of them, or text them the song that you two always blasted in the car. When you see a post from the one girl you both hated for four years, you have to call and if you’re lucky you both will have a few minutes to rant about what she has gotten herself into now. Then the conversation turns into telling each other about your own crazy adventures. But it’s different this time. They don’t know who the creepy boy is that tried followed you home one night. Or they don’t understand how seriously disgusting the food is. Or they don’t understand how amazing the party was you went last weekend. Your worlds no longer collide.
Suddenly the person you shared everything with for four years doesn’t understand your new life but I haven’t forgotten you. I still think about our crazy adventures. Just as much as I tell you about my friends here, I tell them about you. Every time someone brings up the haunted dorms, I mention our summer of talking to ghosts through an Ouija board. Or when someone tells me I’m a bad driver, I never fail to mention how you almost killed us that one day by the train tracks. I’ve showed them the embarrassing pictures back when we thought we were cool but in reality, we were a wreck. It was okay though; we were a wreck together.
We may not sit next to each other for 5 out of 7 classes 5 times a week anymore. We no longer spend the weekends hanging out in a corn field or at the plaza. We no longer drop in at each other’s work to sneak free ice cream cones. We are no longer 5 minutes away, more like 5 hours now. That doesn’t mean you have left my heart. I will never be able to replace you or all the memories we have shared. Being away from you has made me realize how lucky we were to have each other through the crazy time that is high school.
No matter how long goes by, even if it is years I will always stand by you. You have stood by me during some of the toughest times of my life and have never ran away. You have helped me become the person I am today and I am eternally grateful for the friendship and love you have provided. My dorm is always open to you.
Much Love.
