You were by far one of the best people I could have become friends with. We did everything together (and I mean everything); from late night movie binges and cooking food that was almost edible, to long camping trips and sharing secrets that no one else knew, you were there for it all. There were many times that we seemed to have an unbreakable bond. We knew what the other was going to say without them even so much as opening their mouth. We were inseparable and everyone knew they could never be as close with either of us as we were with each other.

I don't want you to think that I harbor any ill will toward you because that isn't the case in the slightest, but I do want you to know that there was a reason I called it quits. I don't do much in my life without good reason, and this was no exception. Believe you me, it was harder than most things I've done up until this point in my life and although it was difficult to say goodbye to you, the memories we shared and the ones we could have made in the future, it was a necessary step in my life to get me to where I am now. It seemed unreasonable at the time, I'll give you that, but I'm sure you have discovered, as have I, that even the strongest of friendships don't always last. People change, we move on, we evolve into almost completely new people and as I travel through the many stages of my life I know you won't be the first person I hurt, I know there will be more broken friendships and memories left in the dust, but I've come to terms with that; I have accepted the fact that nothing in this life is permanent, no matter how badly we wish it were.

I want you to know that I still think about you. I still think about the times we spent together and although I may seem unfazed by our faded friendship, I assure you that isn't true. I still hold pieces of you near and dear to my heart. I still feel a pang of guilt for how I left things. I'm sorry we didn't turn out to be the life long friends we always talked about being but I know that despite how things ended with us, we will always cherish the years we spent together no matter distant they seem.

I see you, with your new friends, your new school, your new job, your new life experiences and I know that you will continue to grow and blossom into the beautiful human being I imagined you would all those years ago. We knew each other like the back of our hands and though it has been years since our friendship ended, I can still feel the bond that we shared together. I will always feel that bond and see you for the person I know you are deep down, no matter how much either of us has changed.