There’s no other person in this world who knows me better than I know myself — besides for my best friend, of course. The one person who I can vibe with, my shoulder to cry on and my head when I lose my mind.

This person is my literal other half. She is my date to all functions, my sister when I need to gossip and my mom when I go astray. She knows all of my secrets and every little detail of my personality that I do not even notice. It is just not the same when the dynamic duo is not together, but even so I know that she will always be there for me the way I am for her.

My best friend and I are most definitely not the mushy type. We greet one another with some form of an insult and often exchange “dirty looks” at each other, because why not?

We communicate through random memes and various gifs. With one look we know exactly what the other is thinking, because we’re obviously psychic. Most of the time we hang out to go on Dunkin' dates because she just did not want to drive alone or to take mutual naps at the other’s houses.

We constantly share all of our selfies to each other for help in choosing the best one to post, and collab on every single caption to go along with it. She is the co-author to all of my texts, especially when I cannot find the strength to do it myself or find the right words. We could transform from being couch potatoes to the most active people you know in a matter of minutes. With all the time we spend together, our families always joke about how they should just adopt us.

Our parked car conversations are what keeps me sane. Casually yelling at the dashboard over some guy who hurt us, or talking about this song that brings out our inner diva. Driving down the highway, serenading random cars to the epic dance parties for two in your room and simply pretending reality doesn’t exist are the best hours of my life. We barely have other friends to hang out with when we’re together because not everyone could understand the way we are, which is OK, due to the fact that we have big enough personalities to fill a room with just ourselves. When it came down to senior prom, we went as each other’s dates because there was not another person who could make the night as fun as we could, and boy we did. We also looked completely amazing, but that is a side note.

My best friend and I are two totally different people and have gone about two completely opposite paths in life but still remain as close as ever. Whenever something good happens you are the first person I want to tell about it, even if you have no clue what I’m talking about. You aid in my problem solving and act as an advisor if need be. You’re candid opinions are what is needed because no other person will be as truthful with me as you.

Going away for college is tough, because we both are extremely busy and finding time to talk throughout the day gets more and more difficult as the year progresses. However, if one thing is for sure, we can still catch up after days or even weeks of little to no contact like the time away was non-existent. We message and Snapchat each other as often as possible, just to be sure we can both laugh at the insanely ugly selfies we take to make the days a little more bearable.

You are one of my biggest supporters in all that I do and my personal “Hype-Man” when my spirit needs lifting. You deserve a MAN who adores you the way I do and, most importantly, is as cool as me. If there is one thing that you should know it’s that no person could ever take your place. No one else could really put up or join in with my weirdness the way you do, after all who helped me out of my quiet shell?