First of all, I wanted to say how proud of I am of you. The past week or so has been unexplainably hard for you, but the previous months have been even harder. But, no matter what, you handled yourself with grace, with dignity.

I look up to your strength. You have never had it easy and you have worked hard for everything you have earned. You deserved to be happy and for a long while I thought you were. I could see that bright smile on your face that made radiated to everyone in the room. I saw the way he treated you, I saw the way he treated your family. The bond you two had was incredible, but soon I saw he wasn't enough.

He couldn't see your dreams like everyone else could. He was trying to hold you back.

He couldn't see the way you were constantly breaking inside. All because of him.

But who could finally see it? You could.

You finally saw the person he was after being blinded by so long.

When you started seeing the real him, I started seeing the old you. I started seeing my best friend. I started seeing the girl who would send me cat memes and stupid tweets. I saw the girl who would watch a Disney movie marathon and wear hella fuzzy socks. I started seeing the girl who would sing the exact words in the car no matter who was around.

Finally, I saw that same radiating smile, but it wasn't for anyone...it was for you.

Seeing you starting to love yourself means more than anything because I know you know your worth. You deserve nothing, but the best. You deserve someone who is only there because of you. He should love you, care for you, want you to follow your dreams, who pushes you to be the best you can be, and everything in between.

I've been there before. I've been there to listen, to walk you through it.

I'm here now. I'm here to throw picture frames out the window and delete the old messages for you. I'm here as a shoulder to cry on and I'm here to love you through it.

I'll be there again. Someday, I'll see that radiating smile cross your face but once again made for someone else. Someone who treats you right, who gives you everything you deserve and more.

You're my best friend and you always will be. No matter the distance, no matter what petty arguments we have ever gotten in, or the people who have come between us. You are my best friend and that will never change.

Who else would I have to annoy? Who else would text me 54 times in a row? Who else would I post embarrassing pictures of? Sorry, you're stuck with me.

Through all of this you will never be alone.

I love you.