Everyone has had at least one in their life, so you understand exactly what this article is about. In my lifetime I've come across people who've been really close to me, but until I met my best friend, I didn't know what I was missing.

Once I met her, nothing was the same. Sure we fight, a lot in fact, mainly over how we called dibs on food and the other ate it, or on a guy we think is cute but they saw him first. But no matter how much we fight, or argue over senseless things, I know she will always be there for me, through everything. The good, the bad, and the incredibly stupid.

We share a locker in school, and trust me we have no room for anything, but we do it because for that one or two classes we don't share, we have to tell the gossip that we've learned. We make up code names for people we don't like, and no one figures them out (surprisingly), most of the time we only use them if we are passing notes, and yes we still pass notes, or if the person is in the vicinity.We practically live with one another. We've become so close that we aren't even friends, she's family. And I know that there will always be a place with my second home. Her parents love me, and mine love her, maybe even a little more than they love me. She shows up at my mom's work just to hang out, and she could probably come over when I wasn't home and my parents wouldn't care.

A best friend should be someone you don't ever think twice about. You never doubt that they are friends with you, you never lose faith that they will be there for you, and overall you always know that they love you for you, and all of your flaws and imperfections. And if and when you do have those doubts they put you in your place quickly, assuring you they are genuine because who else would want to be friends with them, and let's be honest, sometimes you worry for their sanity.

There will come a time when you need a friend and he/she is all the way across the country, or it just feels that way. You'll have to stay up till odd times in the morning just to inform them that you and your boyfriend broke up, or that you finally started that tv series and you can't stop watching. In the wise words of Winnie the Pooh, "Good friends are like stars. You may not always see them. But you know they're always there."

Even across the world you know that they're just a phone call away if you need to cry about something, or just to tell them a really corny joke, because why not. My best friend lives for puns, everyday it's a new joke about something. You even mention an egg and she'll have you cringing for a while. But that's just who she is, she knows that even though the jokes are so stupid, that they make people smile.

Best friends are the people that even if you are smiling, but hurting on the inside and need a good cry, they'll completely take your mind away and make you forget what was wrong, even if it is just for 10 minutes.

With everything you've been through, you worry that those around you will leave at some point. It's a rational fear, and one I especially think about. I admit it, I have trust issues, and with all the baggage that comes with me, I have reasons to doubt and worry, but I know that my best friend will always be there for me. Yes, sometimes I don't want to tell her things, but that's because some things I'm afraid she'll find too much to deal with, and leave. Thinking back on it, the times that this has occurred were the times that I needed her support the most, and in turn I'd tell her anyways.

I know that as I get older, I'll forget things, memories from my childhood, things important to my education at the time, or even the name of my first pet. The moments that mean the most to me are the ones that will remain, the ones I spent with her.