My Best Friend

When I got there I saw her sitting on the slide braiding her hair into 2 long French braids. Her red curly hair was gorgeous. I walked over there and sat down on the slide with her and said “tell me about you”

More than ⅔ of Americans have lost their best friend my story starts on January 25, 2017 I was in the 7th Grade and I had lost someone very close and important to me, they were my best friend whom I’d talk to on a daily basis at school, at home, and even outside of school we always had found a way to hang out with each other until this day all of that had changed we don’t text, facetime, hangout , or sit with each other anymore , it was all gone we’re not even in the same hallway anymore it’s almost like the saying “ Whatever happens there , stays there “ but in this case it’s “ Whatever happens in 7th Grade stays in 7th Grade.”

During the summer of 2012 we basically lived with each other. I would spend almost a week straight at her house then she would stay at my house for days on end. When she would be at my house we would spend our time outside enjoying the smell of

See when I met you I didn't understand what was it that drew me to you you instantly intrigued me with your charm and easy going way. Although that first encounter u mess up my nights by coming into the studio cause I didn't want teach beginners that day. But I forgive u..the moment you kiss me under the street light ess the day I knew I wanted to take one last gamble at love. Although we joke about you arriving late in my life. The moment was perfect and our story is one only people can dream about.

“Hey, are you excited?” I asked, and a childish grin on my face. It must be contagious because after a moment the same grin spreads across her face.

It was November on the farm I remember because, I could feel the fresh, cool crisp wind on my face. All those dried up brown piles of leaves on the ground that my dad was picking up and putting into large black plastic bags. I was 8 years old when my mom brought home Arnold, he was this pink little thing. With little white hair all over his body and a curly tail, my very first pig. We would become best friend over the years, we played every day as he grew older into an adult. Taking rides were one of my favorite things to do on a dirt road that was just behind my house. I would hop on his dirty pink back, holding on to his thick pink ears my feet barely touching the ground. Sometime he would go so fast that I would fall off hitting elbows first, then the rest of my body would be thrown from Arnold. He would stop and stand there looking at me with his big brown eyes and long eyelashes like he was worried if I was hurt. Then when I would get up he would run off or wait for me to get on for another ride. All that love and attention that I had given him over the years affected him too, I was his best friend we became inseparable.

It was a warm, crisp day; with red and yellow leaves scattered down the path. I was alone, which isn't a surprise because I don't have many friends. Leah would have loved this I thought. Leah was a talll, blond haired, blue eyed girl with the brightest smile.Leah just happened to be my best and only true friend. You know what they say, every brunette needs a blonde best friend. Even though I didn't have much I had a loving family and a best friend, what else would I need. Our lives were perfect, until the morning of October 12. October 12, the day he showed up. He was a new kid named Gage. Gage was a junior just like us and had the first class of the day with Leah and I. We gave him a tour of the school and told him the basic new kid story. Ya know, if you need anything, just ask and i'll help, that kinda spill. Everything was normal, then Leah and Gage started hanging out more, just like we use to. As time went on they got closer and me and Leah got farther apart. I would sit with them at lunch, but that was basically it after Gage showed up. I was happy for her, she found someone who loved her for who she was.

June 9, the day my best friend Abby, had gotten her first boyfriend. Don’t get me wrong, at the time I was more than happy for her but little did I know that this would change everything, and I mean everything. I can't pinpoint the exact reason that lead to our friendship ending but it all comes down to the fact that it no longer exists. You would expect me to tell about some big fight that ended our friendship and left us both in tears and regrets, because that how things are supposed to end. No, not ours; Ours ended much differently and for many different reasons.

We had too many happy moments, and every moment we spent together was special for me.

“That would be nice to spend an evening together. I would love to meet your mum and your sisters too,” she replied, still with her eyes fixed on my face.

“Ok, Im going to walk Ari over to school real fast.” My aunt nodded. I took my cousins backpack and I took her hand as we walked out the door.

"You can join us. I know I just met you but you seem like a nice person Tessa" I smiled. She looked over at Harry and he looked at her then me." Were set to be seated in fifteen minutes." She gave him the puppy eyes and he sighed nodding.

Alek Wek once said “The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don’t celebrate those, they can pass you by.” One of my best memories was with my mother, my mother’s best friend Tonia, Tonia's daughter Sophia, my mother’s other friend Tina, and her daughter Danielle. It was the occasion when we stayed in a beautiful cabin located at the Mountain Air Golf Resort in Burnsville, NC. This memory stays forever lively in my mind, something unforgettable, still to this day.

“ I have friends here,” I explained. “ They invited me to stay with them and so, now I’m here.” She laughed as well.

Leonard Robin Madejas has been one of my best friends for over ten years. We met each other in preschool and even though we did not have the same teacher, we had recess together and would play tag with all our friends. He was born a three months after me in December, so I have always been barely older than him. It was not till about two years ago that I realized how good of a friend he has been for me. He has a big family of five brothers, one sister, and three dogs. I always go to his house to hang out with him and his brothers and sometimes they all will come to my house. We have created tons of random words like “huzzabuzah”, “dalsh”, and “Biemm” that only him, some of his brothers, and some of our others friends know the true meaning behind the words. They are silly words but they bring back memories to places we have been to or times of our lives such as middle school or freshman year. He is always listening to music and we like a lot of the same types of songs. Leonard has been such a great friend to me that he is like a brother to me. I am eager for our future families to visit each other and talk about the shenanigans that we would get ourselves into and converse about all the good times too.