“Hey! Sorry I missed your call. Are you free an hour?"

“No worries! I was just calling to say hi."

I've written and read the above messages countless times in the past four years. Have you ever met someone and knew within five minutes of talking to them that they'll change your life no matter how many times you talk after that?

I met that person the last month of my senior year of high school. I left for college two days before we hung out for the first time without our mutual friends. We sat for almost two hours laughing, starting every sentence with “how are we just becoming friends?"

I was certain that we'd stay friends despite the 700 miles between us.

Although I am the first to say that my closest friends are the ones I met my freshman and sophomore years of college, the kid I met and instantly clicked with at the end of my senior year plays the most important role in my life. He's more than my "best friend," he's the person I get to brag about, the one who just gets it regardless of what “it" is it.

Yeah, we definitely support each other just like Chicken Noodle Soup for the Soul taught us, but really I can only describe this friendship by saying “we understand each other."

We live completely separate lives in different cities with people who couldn't be more opposite, but somehow we always know what the other is up to that day and we mange to get each other through the hard times, like when the “quesadilla lady" runs out of chicken.

I guess we have to thank modern technology for giving us the ability to Snapchat the chicken-less quesadilla. But really, how did people make a “LDR" (Long Distance Relationship) work before iPhones?

FaceTime has been there to help wish each other a happy birthday at midnight, and although there's usually a lag due to spotty Wi-Fi, we know it's the thought that counts. Semesters abroad, summer internships located in opposite ends of the country, or conflicting time zones never seem to get in the way.

We're starting to understand who we are and what we do and don't want in our futures. The most fascinating part about this friendship is that we've grown individually and together, but not apart.