Right now I can tell what you’re thinking. You are counting down the days till Thanksgiving because you know that’s when I’ll be home. I can only imagine how hard it must be to drive down the roads that we would once blast music to after school or to sit in your room where we would watch Netflix and eat an unhealthy amount of Goldfish. I have to admit, the night before I left for school I was petrified that distance would tear us apart. I was afraid that we wouldn’t talk every day and that we would just be "childhood friends". Then college started, and I had to tell you every detail of every day, even if you didn’t understand even half of the places or people I was talking about. But none of this mattered because you are my best friend and you care.

Every experience I have I wish you could be there. I wish that you could come to every football game (win or lose), study with me at the library, or even just sit in my dorm and talk. I miss being able to hang out with you on the flip of a dime, hop in my car and drive the short mile to your house. I miss the meals your mom would make and have me as an honorary member at almost every dinner. I miss being known as the "adopted sibling" because I basically live at your house. Sometimes I think it could’ve been better if I stayed home for college so we wouldn’t have a long distance friendship. But then I remember the positives of us being apart.

You can come visit and go to the football games with me. I can take you on grand tours of the amazing place I get to call college, and we can even sit in my dorm for hours and just talk. Instead of it being an everyday hangout, I get super excited with butterflies in my stomach when you get to visit or I get to come home. It’s like Christmas morning every time we reunite because I know when I wake up that morning that I’ll be waiting just a few short hours till you pull up outside my dorm. It is so cool to be able to tell my college friends about you and how amazing you made my high school experience. Without you, I would not have had a place to call my second home, a second wardrobe, and even a second family.

I cannot wait for every time I get to go back home because I know that it is a time to spend with not only my own family, but my best friend. Thank you so much for being an extra bonus when I come home from college and a treat when you come and visit. Even though we are hundreds of miles apart, I know that on the flip of a dime, you would drive every single mile if I needed you. You are my forever-best friend.

Love always,

Your Partner in Crime