Best friend,

We have been separated for some time now and I hate feeling like this. There is a missing part of me and it took me a while to realize it's you. It is so different now compared to high school because in high school we had every class together. We took daily selfies and we roamed around the halls during journalism just because we couldn't get in trouble due to our 'newspaper badges'. I miss the fact that if I made a new friend you became their friend too because we were a 'package deal', a 'two for one special'. I miss sitting around either one of our houses just talking about whatever. I miss staying up late with you on Facebook just to find out what kind of pringle we would be.

We just had our 9 year friendiversary last Wednesday and I can't believe we weren't together to celebrate. By celebrate I mean sit around my house doing nothing because we find that to be entertaining. No matter where we are, I always enjoy spending time with you because you are my best friend and you always will be. We might be separated by distance, but not by heart.

I miss you more and more every day and I always find myself counting down the days until I can come home and see you again. This whole us going to two different colleges thing was a terrible idea. Then again, imagine the chaos we would cause if we went to the same college. So maybe this is a good thing in the end?

I just want you to know that I will never stop being your best friend. Years from now, you could hate me, but I will still find myself looking at the awful picture of us from 6th grade and cringing, but also smiling because we have come so far in life. Also, I'm sorry for using it as part of the cover photo, but I just had to do it. You'll get over it.

I guess it's time for me to thank you for all you have done for me. You have stuck by my side for 9 years now and I am beyond grateful. I've never told you, but you were also someone who inspired me to pursue a career in writing. You always loved to read what I would write in creative writing and the things I would write just for fun. Thank you for always supporting me in my decisions, even the dumb ones because they always teach me a valuable lesson in the end.

While writing this I have thought about everything we went through and honestly I couldn't have made it this far without you. Thank you for being the one who is there for me at late hours of the night, the one who comes over and takes a nap, the one who doesn't care about acting like a child in Walmart because we look 12 instead of 18 anyway, and the one who stays up late just to play monopoly, candy land, and even pretty pretty princess with me. Most importantly, thank you for being my best friend.

Signed,

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