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An Open Letter To The Friends That Left Me Behind

Today, I saw a picture of you and realized how much you've changed.

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It's funny, I used to think that you would be my best friend forever. I used to know everything that went on in your life from the guys you would talk to, to the adventures you had, to the classes you were taking. Today, however, it is the complete opposite. People ask me,"Why don't you hang out with her anymore?" I simply say that I don't know.

I can't think about being your friend anymore. I now know nothing, that is going on in your life, the guys you talk to, the adventures you have, and the classes you are taking. It's all because you walked away.

I used to be hurt by what happened. I used to lay in bed at night, crying, thinking what happened between us. I always thought I did something wrong. The silent sobs I made into the pillow that night echoed in my ears when I saw you walking down the hallway at school, and when you popped up on my twitter feed. I finally got over it after some time.

You know, I used to miss you. I missed the times we had, the times we would laugh so hard that our stomachs hurt. I missed the times that I could call you crying about some stupid boy. I never felt like you had missed me, you simply just walked out of my life like our friendship was nothing to you. I finally got over that too. The laughs were shared with other people, the phone calls would instead be with someone else.

I was mad, too. I wished that we would have been friends. I was angry that you could just simply walk out. Walk out like there was no friendship to begin with. You simply forgot about me.

At the same time, I was sad and mad at you all together. Even at some points hating you. I would wish we were never friends at all, that every memory we had together was with someone else. Someone that would have not walked out of my life.

Over time, I realized what a true friend was. In that definition, there is nowhere, where there says anything to do with a someone walking out on you. A friend isn't someone that texts you when it is convenient for them, or when they need something. A friend isn't someone you just make small talk with and wave at each other when crossing paths at school. It most definitely is not someone that leaves you behind.

To me, you are just now someone that I used to know. Though, if you are wondering, I'm not sad, I'm not mad, and I don't hate you. Just like you didn't care about me anymore, I don't care about you anymore.

I hope one day, someone asks you, "Why don't you hang out with her anymore?" that you think about me and when you walked out.

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