Dear old friend,

It's been a while since we last talked, I hope you're doing OK. I'm sorry that the "I'll keep in touch" I wrote in your yearbook seems so meaningless now, truth be told I really meant the "I'll miss you" part. I do miss you a lot, you were always there for me when I needed someone to talk to, and you would never judge me and I really appreciate that and I wish I could've shown you that at the time.

Whether we talked about the classwork, tests, or our boy troubles, I knew that you were always going to be there when I needed someone to talk to. After a long morning of getting ready, dreading the drive to school in the pouring rain, dealing with the mass amounts of students in the hallways going to and from class, and the annoying teachers we had to deal with, I never had to hesitate to complain to you about how much I despised going to school and how I couldn't wait to graduate. I'm not sure if you actually did or not, but you always seemed to agree with me about the whole hating school part.

I really do owe you one though, you got me through a lot of petty drama and I hope that I helped you through yours. You would always tell me when I was in the wrong in any situation, and I respected your opinion so much, I still do. I would complain about my friends, boyfriend, and family, as would you, and we would talk to each other the whole period regardless of the fact our teacher would constantly tell us to shut up. You never failed to make me laugh, and you definitely never let me look stupid. I want to just take this moment to say thank you.

I miss you so much though, I'll have to admit it. Personally, if I would have known that you were only a friend that was just for the time being and just there to get me through the what seemed to be never-ending, eight hour school days, I would have never taken you for granted and I most definitely would not have left you on unknown terms with our friendship.

Thank you for being such a trustworthy friend, I wish things would have worked out where we would have wound end up friends outside of school, but we're nothing but just plain ole school friends, nothing more, nothing less. I'm sorry we never actually got to hang out after the countless times we said that we "totally should." I'm also really sorry we never got to continue our crazy conversations about God knows what, I wish you the best in everything that they're doing. I hope your friends you complained were leaving you out too much finally let you back in that circle, or that you just found better friends. I'm sure you spent this summer stressing about this huge transition in our lives, but I know you're doing just fine. Tell mom and dad I said hi, don't forget to pet your sister's loud, annoying, dog for me. Don't forget to think of me when you see your sworn enemy's new Instagram post, and think about how we used to laugh at her then feel so bad about it right after. Hopefully someday we'll meet again once our lives are established exactly how we dreamed them.

I wish you nothing but the best, but I know you've already got it.

Love always,

Your friend from high school