Dear Friend,

I actually didn’t think you would come back. I had this agonizing thought that I would never hear from you again. I remember emailing you, you know, after everything happened. You responded, but I didn’t think that our friendship would be rekindled. I thought you were just trying to be nice. I let it go for a while. To be honest, I actually stopped trying. I had entered high school and everything changed. I had made new friends and had new connections. But I don’t think I completely forgot about you. You were still in the back of my mind. I thought about you from time to time. I thought about the good times we had. I thought about all of the times you cheered me up. I thought about how you were such a good friend and how I wasn’t. I thought about how I took advantage of you. I thought about how I yelled at you and accused you of all of these things. I thought about how all of this could be avoided if I didn’t act so immature. But there was nothing I could do. I can’t take back time. I would find old pictures of us and literally just start crying because you were not in my life anymore. We would talk every once in awhile and I always hoped things would go back to the way that they were. But I knew in my heart that that wasn’t the case. We went a good 5 years from not seeing each other. But it really didn’t seem that long. In that 5 years, I overcame a lot of challenges and obstacles. I don’t think I did that on my own though. You helped me through so much that I think it just eventually hit me. I listened to everything you said and believed everything that you told me. I also found my way back into theatre and picked up writing as a hobby. When I decided to get Facebook my senior year of highschool, I think you were one of the first people that I added. I wanted to reconnect with you in some way. Ever since I got Facebook, it seemed like we talked a little bit more. That thought in my head about us becoming friends again was getting clearer. But it still wasn’t the same. We were just being civil and we were avoiding what happened. However you never failed to make me smile. You commented on a picture with my friends and I at graduation and I was actually surprised that you did that. It wasn’t until I was a college student that talking became a weekly thing. I looked forward to our conversations and would beam if I saw that you messaged me. The one night, you told me that you were applying for a job near my college. I thought to myself, maybe our friendship would repair. You gave me your number that night, which was something that I didn’t think would ever have happened. A week past and you texted me, asking if I wanted to meet up and grab coffee. At first, I had to make sure that this text was coming from you. I was a little surprised, but agreed. When you picked me up, I didn’t know what to think. I was nervous. I wasn’t sure how everything would play out. I knew that we were both excited to see each other too. We talked about simple stuff, like how things are going and what we’re up to. But honestly, I was happy about how things went. We were both adults now. We had both changed in those 5 years. We were having an adult conversation. We did talk about old times but you know what? The times that we thought were just horrific, we could laugh about. We both grew up and we both changed. I didn’t think you would ever come back, but boy was I wrong.

Lastly, thank you for being one of my best friends. I am so happy that you came back.

Your friend,

Kaitlyn