I was pretty shy about girls, and when I did talk about them with guys, I
would usually just say a girl was hot. With Mike, I could really talk about
girls and who they were; with Mike, I didn't have to put on my public cool
façade but could really say what I felt about a girl. Then we went to separate
high schools. We tried to maintain the friendship, and you might think we would
have been able to since we had been so close, but we drifted apart. Our
friendship was based on being near each constantly, of growing up in the same
town, under the same conditions, with the same hopes, fears, and dreams. Now we
still go to movies occasionally and hang out, but it's not the same, and we both
know it. I thought Mike and I would be friends forever, and maybe we will be. I
mean, we have to make those movies together, right? But the way things look
right now, I doubt we will ever reconnect. Our friendship in the seventh grade
was magical, and lightning doesn't strike twice. My playwriting teacher from
middle school left, but I handled it. I learned a great deal from him, and I
appreciate him for the subject he taught and the way that he taught it. I will
probably miss my parents when I leave for college, but I doubt the separation
will pain me deeply since the connection between parents and children will
always be there. With Mike, I lost the best friend I ever had, and I lost that
forever. Losing that kind of bond cuts deep, and I know it's the type of wound
that doesn't heal.
It's the type of wound you just live with. But just because
we're not friends anymore, it doesn't slight the times we had when we were
friends. Those times are what influenced me so deeply. No, Mike did not work
some lesson into my heart, he worked himself into my heart, and even if I never
see the guy again he changed me forever. I think that finding someone who you
truly connect with and feel that you were destined to meet, someone who you feel
truly understands you and makes you feel special, I think meeting someone like
that is one of the most profound experiences you can have.
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