"Hi!" from 900 miles away!
I know you are back at home and I am sure you miss me almost as much as I miss you. Have the leaves started to change colors and fall yet? Are the bushes in front of my old house still withered and unevenly cut? Are you coming to visit anytime soon? Because since moving 16 hours away I have realized what a great friend you were to me.
Hey girlfriend, missing you terribly. Missing our late night McDonald runs and our entirely useless photo shoots that I made you partake in. I miss having that one shoulder to cry on endlessly, for whatever reason. I miss annoying you with my rap music blaring in the car and your 70's music that I despise. I miss the ability to see you face to face because FaceTime is just not the same. I loved when you would make pancakes the morning after I slept over because you knew if I tried to make them they would end up either burnt or underdone. I wish we could go back to how it used to be; me living in Ohio only ten minutes from your house.
Remember going to your first concert together and we were both impressed you didn't have a panic attack? Yeah, me too. Or when we listened to the same Drake song over and over, then made up a little dance to it? I am sad to say I remember our fight-- I'm sorry for everything. We both spent Summer 2015 at one another's houses because we couldn't go two days without seeing each other. Your mom became mine, as did mine become yours.
Walking across that stage to get a piece of paper was the most exciting and dreaded time of my life. I was so eager to run onto the platform in front of thousands of parents and friends, then once I was ten feet from my diploma-- I froze. I knew in just a week's time I would have a bedroom filled with boxes and a car filled with gas ready to make the move. I hope you screamed for me as loud as I did you. Trust me, I was yelling at the top of my lungs when they called your name!
It is weird to think this time one year ago we thought we would be roommates in our dorm and growing up together. However, I am in college miles away and you are about to leave for boot camp! We were so different from who we are now when we first met. You were a shyer and more scenic girl, and I was loud and slightly annoying. Look at us now! Both grown so much in the seven years we have known each other! I can't believe we met in the sixth grade and here we stand today, still close as ever. I am so excited for us both, do not get me wrong! I just wanted to grow up with my best friend and still be hanging out every single day.
You are growing to be such a great woman and I am proud of everything we have accomplished, and although it is different now-- you are still a huge piece of my life. I can not wait until I get to see you again. I want my bestie back.
Love,
The Friend Who Moved Zip Codes
