Okay. I guess, by the title of this story, it sounds beyond stupid. But, to me.. my story isn't anything like that. Stupid wouldn't be the right word to describe Caroline Nguyen. Yup, you guessed it. She's my best friend. Okay, above and beyond my best friend! She's my everything, and I don't remember a single school day without her being there with me. I've been absent (of course), but it's way rare for Caroline to be absent. That's why she's always there for me, let alone be one of the smartest people I've ever known, to be honest! Her parents must be so proud of their one and only child. She grew up to be like.. wizard genius. I'm talking legit stuff here.
It all started in kindergarden, I guess. But I know for a fact that if I'd known her in preschool, we would've clicked, like, immediately! I remember.... well. I guess I don't remember much around this time. I was only this little kid who liked swings and all, not much about friendship. So.. I'll zip forward to... I'll say, first grade. Ahh, I had the same teacher as Caroline- Mrs. Allen. Yup. That's.. a lady teacher. Something about being in the same class, both being little asian nerds, and sitting near each other, just brought us together! Guess what, I'm extremely glad I met her anyways. She's a miracle.
Somewhere along our friendship, I must say, I made a major mistake. I left her. I left. I mean, I just.. found a new "friend" and thought that it'd be best if we just.. separated. I remember myself saying something like, "Caroline, I think sometimes we need to find new friends. New people." And I just LEFT. To think about it, I was sooooo stupid. That was a horrible mistake. I mean, seriously, I ran back to Caroline's arms with a zip. I guess that Gabriella wasn't so good for me. I found that we never clicked like Caroline and I did. I got kinda sick of her.
To be honest, I wasn't the only one that made a major mistake in our friendship. Caroline did something that she totally regrets. The funny thing is, she still remembers it by the tiny detail, because she knows she did something wrong. However, I completely forgive her. She kind of.. pushed me into a tree? Okay, gotcha. It wasn't just her, it was.. Vanna. To rewind, Caroline, Vanna, and I were playing together. And this was around 5th grade. For some stupid reason, we decided to put my jacket hood on my head, and them lead me around. I actually agreed to this, people. I was nuts. I guess... a tree was in the path and then things went "BOOM" and then people went "waahhhh" and tears went streaming. And an ambulance came. Long story short, this event literally haunts Caroline.
Those who are reading this are going to probably ask this me, a beautiful writing genius, what grade I'm in, and how long I've been friends with Caroline. Okay, probably not. And.. I'm totally kidding about the beautiful writing genius part, because if you want to see someone beautiful, check out exibit A on Youtube searching "Lia Marie Johnson". And if you want to see someone genius, search up "Steve Jobs". Yeah, I'm kidding about that too. Seriously now, I'm currently going to be a freshman in highschool (9th grade), and I've been friends with Caroline for approximately 8 years so far. Something I call TRAGIC happened between us, and I don't want to talk about it. So I'll write.
Caroline and I were in our last year of junior high, A.K.A. high school, whatever. Our school sets us up for Rancho Alamitos High School, and my mom somehow convinced me into transfering to Pacifica High School. At first, I was kind of broken, because I realized that Caroline wouldn't be transfering and we would be separated. I couldn't even think of the fact that we would be apart. For the first time in years. Transfering doesn't mean you exactly get in yet, it just means your form would be checked and the district would decide whether or not you are accepted into that school you requested. I convinced Caroline long and hard to talk to her parents about sending in a transfer form for Pacifica, because I did. I was hoping that we would both be accepted. But when the transfer results came back, Caroline got accepted, and of course, I was left behind. That was what I called the definition of death. The thing I had most feared was going to high school without my best friend. We even made our own lingo- BFFNGFY: Best Friend Forever Never Gonna Forget You (Caroline Copyright), and BFFUWE: Best Friend Forever Unconditionally Without Exception. I think I lost every drop of water in my body through my eyes when I found out. I cried so much. I can't believe I was excited to find out the results.
Even though Caroline and I are now going to be separated, I know for a fact that I won't forget her. There are some things in my story that I wrote specifically for Caroline, since I'm hoping she will read this and remember me. I wrote songs dedicated to her. I cry because I miss her. I hope she cries because she misses me... and I hope she remembers me. We'll make new friends in our high school life and beyond, but in her future, I know will be the most amazing. I hope my story inspires people that friendship will go on, no matter what obstacles come in your path, because true friendship never ends. This has all been said before, and it's definately cheesy, but it means something to me.
