A LETTER TO YOU

This is a letter to the better version of myself, my best friend.

Where to start, hey? Lets try at the beginning. It always manages to amaze me, and everyone we tell, that we’ve only been friends for a small amount of time. The two years of high school before we became friends were a weird time for me, trying to find my place in the world and all that jazz. I remember seeing you around school a bit and I always thought you had wonderful hair and that you seemed really cool, I later learned that you are the biggest loser but you still have wonderful hair. I remember whenever I saw you around school I always thought you seemed like a really cool person to be friends with but I never bothered to try, I mean we were from different groups it may as well have been different planets.

When we became friends you truly changed my life for the better. Once we started talking it was like a spark had been lit, similar to Rue igniting spark to begin the revolution in The Hunger Games there was a spark and our friendship began. I felt like we instantly clicked and the more we talked and hung out the closer we became. Before you know it we had split off from our old group and were floating around trying to find somewhere we belonged, searching for a “skins gang” we called it.

Over time we seemed to form multiple bucket lists with all the things we wanted to do together, such as:

• Sleep on a beach
• Have a bonfire
• Go to New York and Chicago
• Flash the freeway
• Sneak out
• Make a youtube video
• Go for drives to new places
  
  

And more, the list is truly endless. Though we haven’t completed all the things we’d like to do and may never complete some of them, it’s always fun thinking of things to do with you.

“Take the both of us, of us, and we’re the perfect two.” A quote from the song Perfect Two by Auburn. We really are the perfect two, meant to be together and destined to be friends. I stand by the theory that we are soul sisters, separated at birth, because it’s nearly impossible the amount of things we have in common. We watch so many of the same tv shows, we love nearly all the same books, we listen to similar music, the list goes on and on. I once saw a quote on Tumblr that talked about soul mates and how soul mates don’t always have to be romantic; they can be your parent or a friend. And due to that I believe that we are soul mates. You know me better than anyone else and I trust you most out of everyone I know. You’re the better version of myself and I cherish my friendship with you. We can share an inside joke with a single look and are apparently so similar we get mistaken for each other by are close friends, despite the fact that our appearances are almost polar opposites, I guess we may as well be “twanz”. We’ve never had a fight, and lord I hope it stays that way, and we’re always by each other’s side. We really are the perfect two.

Time to get a little sentimental. I wanted to say thank you for all that you’ve done for me, whether it be listen to me as I rant and rave or help me to go out with the boy I liked, you’ve always been there for me. I don’t know what on earth I would do without you. Who would I message? Who would listen to me rant about pointless things? Who would fangirl about fictional characters with me? Who would I talk to all the time? Without you I don’t know where I’d be or who I would have become. So thank you for the late night chats talking about boys, religion and how vast and scary the universe is. Thank you for the multiple times I’ve messaged you in a frantic frenzy upset over the littlest of things where you’ve helped me. Thank you for giving me confidence when I most needed it. Thank you for every little and big thing you’ve ever done for me.

Getting to know you and becoming closer has impacted me so much and made me who I am today. I look forward to the memories we will share and the things we will accomplish together. Side by side we will take on the world we are unstoppable together. “You’re my dearest friend, my deepest love. You are the very best of me.”

I hope that all you Auras are able to read this and think long and hard about the all the times that your best friend/s have been there for you. Maybe you should go show them some extra appreciation write them a letter, give them a big hug or make them a gift. I mean you are BFF’s (And Ever) right?

Written by: Ailish Delaney

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