I've known my best friend for almost 13 years now. She was the very first friend I made when I moved down here, as my dad briefly rented out her family's basement before we found a proper place. We were sad when I was moving out, thinking we would never see each other again, but then not only did we end up in the same elementary school, but in the very same class as well! And then the same thing happened in middle school, meaning we were in the same class for 10 full years in a row.
She's been a big help for me, and I'm very thankful for her. I've had speaking problems for most of my life, and I've never been very good at socializing, so she's helped me out a lot. She's been by my side so I wouldn't be alone, she's been my partner on many projects and when we had a presentation, she would do the speaking and I got to just help out with all the other stuff. But most importantly she would always step up and speak for me when I was too scared to in class.
I'm so grateful that even now, 3 years after we were separated when we chose different high schools, and now that I have a job and she has school that keeps us both busy, we still keep in touch and try to find time to be with each other. We are about as different as night and day, but we still have loads of fun together.
She's now been accepted into this fancy dancing school on the other side of the country, so I think we're both excited to see how that's gonna work out, but I hope we'll still be able to find time to visit each other.