Best Friend

“When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.” "Together forever, never apart. Maybe in distance, but never in heart.”

When it comes to best friends, I was a little naïve in my youth. I never truly had a best friend. I had a great friend, who was at the same time my longest friend cause we have been neighbors forever. My so called best friend in elementary to middle school was never faithful, she would always talk crap about me behind my back and then ask forgiveness and we would always fight. Lies and deceit is no basis for a friendship. When I got into my sophomore year of high school I went to youth group for confirmation class. That was the first day I met her. This short Filipino girl with a loud voice was introduced to me by my Senior friend, Amber. Because I was new, I clung to her and she accepted me with open arms. She helped me make friends; which is weird because I usually don’t have a hard time making friends, but I did here. By the middle of my first year of youth group, we were the best of friends. We talked so much, we hung out, had sleepovers, talked about our problems, everything. We have seen each other at our best, and at our worst. Whenever we are down in the dumps, all we have to do is call the other up, and then we will be better. She has been able to take me from have the worst day of my life to having a pretty wicked day. She is one of the reasons I stayed with my faith, she was a reason I went to church. When we are together, you can tell we care for each other, even when we make fun of each other. There is just that energy that we feed off of when we are with each other. She will honestly probably be my maid of honor and be one of my children’s godmother. When I think about her, I can feel myself starting to cry because I miss her that much, but I can’t stop the smile that flashes across my face. Nothing could change this friendship. We have fought like all other best friends, but we have always gotten past that. And if I can’t stay with this goal, I know she’ll be there. Words can’t describe her, she is beyond words. She is Jucel, and I would have her no other way.