Dear Anonymous,

To: Potato Chip

September 25
Dear Anonymous,

I never knew that you would mean so much to me. In sixth grade you were just another face in the crowd. Seventh grade is when we met.

We were table partners in first semester science, along with another one of our friends. You were also in my PE class. We were friendly and such, but I never really got to know you that well, but you fascinated me nonetheless.

Then the night before winter break ended, everyone was frantically texting one another, trying to find friends in their classes. I had texted a couple of my friends, but I could not find someone that I knew in my history. Then someone told me to text you. I did, and you had the same history and science as me.

Around the same time, I was going through a lot. I had just lost a friendship, my only other friend wasn't reliable to say the least, and my grandma had died over break.

I needed a distraction. Instead I found you, or maybe you found me, I don't remember who talked first, but knowing you it was probably me. I bet none of that made sense.

You were pretty quiet at first. You would only talk when absolutely necessary. You would let me talk your ear off though, and you wouldn't complain about it. I could rant to you and you would actually listen. You made my bad days better and my good days the best.

After a while we started texting more. I remember one day in particular. Maybe you noticed I was stressed, I'm not sure the reason, but you sent me a song suggestion, Life Itself by Glass Animals. I smiled, I already knew that song. I told you that and you freaked out, saying that you thought no one listened to the music that you did (I was the exception.) By sharing your music with me I felt like you trusted me, so I started sharing my favorite songs with you too. It became something to look forward to, a new song.

A couple weeks later (I'm generalizing this, I don't know exactly when this happened) you shared a song that has become very special to me (and probably you too.) Along with that song came a very special band, Oh Wonder. By sharing their music with me, my life was flipped upside down (and I definitely don't wanna be the right way round, ha see what I did there.)

And that's where it all started. Now you're one of my very best friends. I could trust you with any secret, and I know quite a few of yours.

You might not know it, but you helped me through a pretty rough time in my life. You made me smile when all I wanted to do was cry. You were there when no one else was. You made my life so much better. So thank you so much.

There's so much more about you, but I don't know how to put it down in words. You're awesome and I really hope we stay friends as long as possible, because I don't know what I would do without you.

Sincerely,
Me