Awakenings

There are things that happen in life that changes a person; things that make the world loose its innocence, as the harsh and cold reality hits. Little kids believe that things last forever, especially friendships, and I was no different. My first best friend in America was Danja, a little Dominican girl with frizzy hair. We were two awkward kids that had a lot in common; the love for nail polish, Barbie’s, Britney Spears, boys, and all things that are shiny. We met the first day of fifth grade, and we became the best of friends since then. I slept over so often that her mom was practically my own. We would spend hours on the phone when we’re not together, even if we weren’t saying anything, we had each other on speakerphone just in case anything happened.

We were inseparable, until Junior High School rolled around. I guess you can say she developed into a “beautiful butterfly”, while I was still the awkward little caterpillar. As all butterflies must, she flew away and I tried to follow. As much as I tried to deny it, I felt that she did not want me to be there with her, and she made that quite apparent that fateful day.

It would have been easier if she had just told me that we weren’t friends any more, but to have to sleepover her house and have her ignore me the whole time, to have to storm out of the room tearing without her even caring, was possibly the worst pain I’ve felt in my life at that point. I couldn’t stop crying that whole day, I must have gone through a whole tissue box. I realized within a blink of an eye, our friendship was over. I felt so betrayed and hurt. I had considered her to be my sister, my partner in crime; we were supposed to grow old together.

For years after that, I was paranoid, never letting anyone close enough to hurt me like that again. I do not blame her for anything anymore, because people change, and that’s the most important thing she taught me that day. She taught me what real friendship is, because people will always change, and your true friends are the ones who will always accept these changes and embrace you.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 at 11:49 am and is filed under