To the boy who broke her heart,

You didn't pay much attention to me, but I'm her best friend. I'm the one who watched from the window when you kissed her for the first time. I'm the one she called when you were being weird and distant over summer and the one she excitedly texted when you surprised her by visiting her hometown. I'm the one she told that she loved you before she told you herself. I'm the one she cried to when you told her your semester was uninteresting with her. I gave her the pep talk when she went to talk to you afterward. I'm the one she sat with in silence when you broke her heart.

You didn't know me, but, boy, did I know you.

So here we are after it has all been said and done. You're broken up, and I'm happy. Not because she finally ended things with you, but because she can smile again. Because she does not feel stupid now. Because she is recognizing her self-worth now that you are not in the picture.

You might be wondering why this letter is to you. Why, of all the people in the world, would I choose to write a letter to the boy who made her, one of the most important people in the world to me, stay up at night crying when she thought nobody was looking.

I write this to let you know just how much you messed up.

You might not know it, but you just lost yourself the perfect girl. She's beautiful inside and out. She's funny as hell. She's sassy, intelligent, and oh so kind. You probably did not know or care, but she did not want to hurt you in all of this. That is the kind of person that she is. She was hurting inside but did not want you to get hurt. Let that sink in. I never knew what she saw in you, but it was something special because she honestly sees beauty in everyone she meets. I hope you know that she really wanted things with you to work out. She does not get invested in people for no reason.

I hope you know exactly what you just threw away. She was young and naive and helplessly in love with you. You said you loved her too, so why? Why did you treat her the way that you did? You have to have realized that you were pushing her away, that you were not appreciating all that she did for you, that she gave everything she had to you. Even now she still cares about you and worries; did that ever cross your mind? That after you broke her down and forgot to treat her right that she would blame herself for not being able to help you? That she still cares that you are slowly throwing your life away?

She is my best friend. I would do anything for her, and I would give anything for her to forget you and all the opportunities that you ruined for her. The last year has been taken up by you, and now you are gone and all that she is left with are memories of all the times you pretended to care. She will defend you with everything that she has got, but let's be honest, if you really cared, you would not have broken her heart.