Significance of You

XVIII

I don't remember how we met. She was just always in my life. Or at least I think she was. She was there for as long as I could remember. We got pretty close in middle school. I gave her a nickname and it just stuck. "Hitta". She was mine and I was hers. She looked out for me as much as she possibly could. I appreciated that more than she'll ever know. Whether it's about girls or about life, she had my back. Her motto was if I was swinging, she was too. That's the relationship we had.

She had a best friend who I was interested in back in middle school. We didn't go to the same school but our schools were a few miles apart. One cold day in February, I decided to bike all the way to her school to give her best friend a gift. She called me crazy and smacked me for doing it. We didn't exactly work out but me and this girl still remained friends. She's been there for me through every heartbreak that I've had. I've been there for her through every difficulty that life threw her way.

After a few years, her and that girl fell off. They stopped talking and they had issues with each other and during that, I stayed true to her. I defended her and took her side. I was loyal to her and I didn't want anything to show otherwise. Even after they made up and became best friends again, I still just respected whatever she chose and supported it. It has always been this way between the two of us. We support and respect whatever the other one decides to do. Regardless of the circumstances. It's all about love between us.

She's an amazing person. She's focused. She works and she gets her education. She supports her brother in his music career and she loves almost everybody who comes into her life. She has this huge heart and I'm lucky enough to know what being loved by her feels like. She's never once made me feel like I'm not worth loving or worth knowing. She always makes it seem like it's a privilege to know me and I love that about her the most. She makes me feel special even when I know I'm not. She has a way of including you in everything she does.

This is the friendship that I would classify as ride or die. The one I would really die for. She makes my life a lot easier by stopping me and telling me "That might not be a good idea." She will support me in anything I want to do and be one of my biggest supporters. That's just the kind of person she is. I love her for it. It is an amazing thing to know that someone has your back like that. It's even more amazing to know that it's her because you know she loves so deeply.