It's been almost two full years since I walked into the door of the dusty dorm room and saw you sitting on the bed in the corner when your blonde hair was still long and dip-dyed at the ends. We waved politely, having not known until that August afternoon that we would be living together until our dorm rooms were ready the following week.

We hardly spoke to everyone that moved us in left, and then we looked at each other and suddenly realized that this was college. As we got ready to go to our first practice you looked at me and said, "I don't like being alone, so we're going to be friends."

It was my first day at college, where I knew absolutely no one so that sounded like a great idea to me. In the back of our minds, I think we both assumed once we moved to our normal dorms and met everyone else that we would fade into the title of "that girl I met on the first day of college" - but I'm so thankful that didn't happen.

As exhausted as we were from moving in and orientation events, we spent the whole first night of college talking about home, friends, majors, and everything under the sun. When we let out a collective "UGH" when our alarms went off a few hours after going to bed, I knew someone special had come into my life.

So much of freshman year people joked that we were attached at the hip, and the few times we were apart were followed quickly with reunions to fill each other in on every detail of the hours that had gone by. As we've gotten further into college and weren't able to spend as much time together, I've never felt as if we've drifted apart.

We joined different sororities, watched guys come and go, and moved to different dorms. Between studying abroad, internships, and summers at home, we've spent our fair share of time apart. But none of that has ever come between us.

Even when weeks go by where we are too busy to see each other, our weekend catch-ups - when we swear we are going to just talk for a few minutes together before going back to doing our homework - always end up lasting hours, and by the time they're over, it feels as if we were never apart.

I experienced my first dining hall meal, my first night in a dorm room, and my first college competition, all with you by my side. There is no other person that I could imagine running uphill to practice with after napping a little too long, or that would have tried the $5 sushi buffet at the mall with me.

I've never known college without you and I wouldn't have it any other way. I am so lucky that you never became "that girl I met on the first day of college", and rather, that you became one of my best friends. Thanks for sticking around, love you long time.