Words can not express how much I miss when the art room filled with laughter. There was rarely ever a dull moment with the six of us. June 2016 couldn't come faster for any of you. June 2016 came too close in my mind. As soon as June hit, I knew it would mean goodbye. I watched you all cross that stage. I watched you all throw your caps. I watched you transition from high school teenagers to adults. June was short, and I cried every night... In your eyes, I was still a freshmen, and in my eyes we had more time together. I promised myself I wouldn't cry when you graduated, but as soon as I got a last hug from each of you I lost it.

We've been through a lot kiddos. I miss your smiles. I miss the gossip. I miss you. I know we text all the time, but it feels like you moved half way across the universe. Sometimes I still turn the corner and freak out because I think it's you. It still takes me a while to remember that you left.

Whenever I see a textbook of any kind I stop and think about the endless possibilities it has to be apart of a beautiful sculpture. Like the one we made out of that Econ textbook, because who really needs their Econ textbook to study.

Remember all the sleepovers we had. Chatting about life and school. You would all complain about Econ or Law and Government, I never understood. I would sit there quietly while you all yell and scream about how stupid it was that you had to learn it. I now understand your pain. I sit in the hall upstairs by the water fountain and eat my lunch waiting for Rachel to throw something at me. We shared everything together. Drinks, secrets, food. Nothing was kept from each other. We had unspoken rules that were always followed, It was kind of cult like.

I still find it funny that whenever you guys had relationship troubles that you told me and asked me for advice, even though I was the youngest. Anytime we hung out new memories were made. We always had sleepovers to fix heartbreaks, and it would always work, because as soon as we walked in, we already were laughing, and being ourselves. We didn't have to act like someone we weren't, we could always be ourselves. We accepted each others flaws. We picked each other up when we felt like we could never stand again. We not only became friends, we became family.

I miss you daily and I love you all so greatly. I hope you're having fun in college/ other things. School just isn't the same without you. Keep in touch. Never forget me, and all the crazy, stupid things that we did together. I'll see you all soon.

Forever and Always,

Caitty (the baby of the group)