Dear best friend,
Words can’t describe how unforgettable you have made my first semester here. You’re the piece of home not many people get to bring with them to college. But I am so lucky I did. When I found out we were going to school together it was a huge relief. I knew I would have you by my side no matter what – and that made everything less scary. The transition from our hometown to Happy Valley was rocky, but you were always there to remind me what was important.
Coming in, we didn’t really know how we would fit together in this big new place, but it all really worked out perfectly. We were even worried that it would pull us away from each other, but I can’t believe we ever thought that was a threat to us. You understood things without me having to tell you because you were going through the same exact thing. I don’t know where I’d be without you here. That’s what is going to make saying goodbye so hard. I’ll miss watching hundreds of movie trailers with you and never actually picking out a movie. I’ll miss being able to meet between classes and vent about the annoying kid who sits next to you or to make a last-minute Creamery run right before they’re about to close. I’ll miss your roommates who I love so much, and I’ll be sad when I go visit them and see your empty bed sitting in the corner. You won’t be able to guilt me into working out with you or yell at me when I make up a complete lie to get out of it. And I won’t be able to know I’m using a gym locker that you have just used because it’s unlock code is 1-9-9-7. It will be weird not having you here to beg me for meal points – but you can have them all if you stay.
What makes everything even worse is that I know you are going to find your place at your new school. You’re going to make new memories with new people, and I’m going to hate scrolling through your pictures on Facebook but, in some weird way, still being happy for you.
But I’m not worried about our friendship.
You’ll come back for football games every once in a while, and everyone will get mad at us because we won’t shut up about the one semester that we went to the same school. But I can’t wait to annoy them all.
I can’t wait to be a bridesmaid at your wedding like we’ve been talking about for the last five years. In my speech, I’ll remind you of that time that you transferred to a school three states away and broke my heart.
It really sucks that I won’t see my best friend everyday anymore. The eight-hour bus ride home is going to suck without you next to me in the window seat you demanded. You’re still the only person I would give it up for. It’s going to be tough adjusting to life without my best friend, and I hate you so much for making me. But I’m also so happy that I have found someone worth missing so much.
Sincerely,
Your friend who will always be waiting for you here in Happy Valley