friends

Best friends forever,
we signed our names.
People change,
or so I heard.
But to see someone you
thought you knew so well,
slip away...

Sometimes it’s too much to bear.
The time we spent together
and the talks we had,
are lost now.
Where is the girl I used to consider
one of my best friends?


High school is a difficult time for everyone. It’s especially difficult when you haven’t found yourself, or are confused with the person you want to be. That’s how my old friend was. She loved attention, even more then I do. It seemed whenever we would hang out with people she would be trying to impress whoever she could. The summer before high school she began practice with the cross-country team and that is when the changes became apparent.

At the beginning of ninth grade I thought that my two best friends and I would be together throughout our four years at H-H. As the months past and we adjusted to high school. So this friend began to make new friends through her new classes and her cross-country buddies. Now please DO NOT get me wrong, we were not jealous, we wanted her to make new friends: we thought it was great. However, she began to act differently. She would tell stories about the same people and you could tell she was just trying to impress her by the fun times she was having with her new friend. At first we were interested, they sounded like nice people. But she began to retell stories and act stupid on purpose in front of some people. (For some odd reason girls like to do that, I guess they think it’s cute.) As the year went on her actions became more and more annoying and she began to drift from us. It was as if we weren’t cool enough for her, whenever there was someone new or exciting we would be ignored. I’ll admit it hurt a little in the beginning but we realized it was for the best, especially from her actions this year.

She became very friendly towards the opposite sex and very annoying while doing this. I realize that as I say this, it sounds as though we were jealous but we weren’t. We were sad that we were losing our friend. She also became very fake by only hanging out with us when there was no one cooler around. It was tough to see how people change through the influences of high school.

Sad to say but I am very thankful that this happened. How could this be possible? I learned that my other best friend (the we that I was referring to way me and my best friend Colleen) is the best friend a girl could ever ask for. We have been through so much and we are practically inseparable. I love her with all my heart and I don’t know what I would do with out her.

Sometimes life throws you lemons and you make a friendship that lasts forever. I am sad that I have a lost what could have been a great friendship but I am so incredibly grateful to have Colleen.

In life people may not turn out to be the best people. Give them chances, don't look at someone and assume anything. They may be a great person, and if their not try again. There are good people left in the world, you just have to find them.