I first met her when I moved to a new school. It was at the end of my first day. It was also the same day I nearly drowned in the pool. It was the worst first day of school ever. She had forgotten her swimsuit. She told me her name, but I couldn't hear it quite right. It sounded like she had a boys name, which turned out to be the name of her younger brother. The second time I had PE, we were assigned partners for timed swimming and how many times the swimmer could get to each end of the pool. The partner I was assigned was her. I asked what her name was again, and she told me. Everytime before I was to make another lap, I would tell her something about myself, or ask her a question. Everytime I came back, she would tell me something about herself or asked me a question. We would sit together at lunch and get to know each other even more. We became friends ever since. We didn't have many classes together unfortunately. It was at least 2 and a half. The 2 being PE and Music. The half being when we merged our social studies classes together. Because of her, she introduced me to many things. The most important thing she introduced me to in my opinion, was when she opened the doors of anime and manga. I had already knew about it before, but after being influenced, I started drawing the style, changing and fixing it time from, usually when had watched a new anime. We were very close in 8th grade. At 9th grade, we were still very close, but not so much during school. I would always meet up with her at her locker, but during lunch, I would usually hang out with her and our other friends when I can’t go to the Drama room to play some games with some of my other friends. And till today, I still enjoyed playing those games with them, and I still play those games, with myself and others, but at the same time, I kind of regret it because by doing that, I wasn’t able to spend a lot of time with her. One day, me and a friend of ours went to her house to check on her because she was sick and wasn’t coming to school for a few days. Our friend has been to her house many times, but it was my first time, and since that day, I was going to her house on a normal basis. I wish I started doing that a year earlier because 9th grade was her last year in that school. Now she studies in her hometown. Today, I have a goal to make my sophomore year my best year yet. I’ll join the musical, I’ll join the play, I’ll go to prom, etc., but knowing that she’s not around, it’s not the same without her, and it’s hard to communicate with her because she won’t her social medias, or emails (sometimes), or even her phone. It’s really hard to say goodbye to those you love and cherish the most, but know that they’ll always be in your heart, and you’ll always be on their mind.
