It's funny, because most people would consider a best friend something along these lines: someone you text everyday and call every night. Someone you tell your deepest secrets to. Someone you talk about boys and crushes with. Someone you see all the time, you cuddle with, you hug and shriek and gossip with.
My best friend is different, and she's different in the best way possible. My best friend and I don't talk everyday. Neither of us even like texting. We don't cuddle on the couch and tell each other secrets, hell, we don't even really hug unless it's been a while. We don't stay up late and watch movies (but we do play Harry Potter Wii). But just because we defy the social norms of what a "best friend" should be certainly does not mean we aren't best friends, because there are so many different types of best friends. And let me tell you guys, we're the best there is. The thing is, I don't have to tell her my deepest darkest secrets, because she gets me. I don't have to tell her I'm sad or that I need help, she can tell by the punctuation of my text, by the tone of my voice, by the shape of my smile (when we finally get to see each other.)
When we were at the same high school, a lot of people would mistake us for each other, even though we look nothing alike. If someone had their back turned to us during a conversation, half the time they couldn't tell who was the one talking. We could look at each other and know what the other was thinking. We'd even show up to school in the same shirt or even the same outfit. We had all kinds of inside jokes. Sometimes, we would just go off on random tangents, and even if we were with other close friends, they felt left out. We were quite literally always together, and neither of us would have it any other way.
When she moved half way across the country to a school that strictly monitors it's students, did we lose touch? Negative. We wrote letters, and we talked when we could. I can honestly tell people that I don't feel disconnected from her, and I know that I can always count on her when I need someone to talk to, and you best believe she'll either back me up or put me in my place. Guys I just want to express how thankful I am for my best friend, and how much I love her and how broken my life would be if I never met her, because she really IS my other half.
And to you, my best friend: can you believe how much time has gone by? Can you believe that when we first met, we were 14 and had no clue of what the future would be like? That we flew planes in videogames and you said "one day that will be me"? That the only things we planned where our next beach trip and where we could find a waboba? Or how to lie to Perry so I could play in the Mooresville game? You were there for my first snowboard ride, all my hospital visits, my ups, my downs...just everything; and THAT is what a best friend is. Words can't describe how thankful I am to have met you, and I can't wait to see what the future has in store for the both of us.
Partners in crime 'till the end, sister.
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