It has been a little over a year since I moved from my small hometown in north Alabama and every few months I head back. I had lived in that small town for 11 years, I am now 16 years old, and it was the only thing that I knew as a home; it was also where my parents bought their first house. It’s quite hard to move from the place you grew up at especially when you’re in high school had just figured out how you want things in your life to be. I’m not close to my actual extended family, in fact, I hadn’t seen nor interacted with my dad’s sisters and their kids in 4 years.

The people I classified as my family was my household family (mother, father, brother, and sister) and my 4 friends and some of their family. My best friend’s name is Sarah and she is someone I trust with almost everything, such as secrets that I’m not comfortable with telling others (I would trust her with more but she’s a bit of a scatter-brain and has a problem following instructions). Then there’s Alyssa, she is a really good friend and since meeting me she has grown so much more confident in herself. Jessie is also someone I can trust with doing things but she is very judgemental but if need anything done or need help with studying she is the one I turn to. Lastly, there’s Brinley who I don’t know if she really is even my friend anymore due to her getting mad at me recently and dropping me from contact; we have a complicated history because we had dated and her family hates me so she isn’t allowed to hang out when I visit.

When I visit them I get to stay at Sarah’s house and her mom classifieds me as more of a daughter than her actual daughters. It’s nice to have someone in my life that will allow me to stay if I ever needed a place. Tammy, Sarah’s mom, will go out and buy us more than enough food, let us use her car, and let us do just about anything as long as it is legal. Usually, we stay at the house sitting around and just enjoy each other’s company since we all aren’t outgoing enough to go to a party and stuff but this time we had gone out to my old high school’s football game (which they lost) and also went to the fair with Sarah’s secret boyfriend. Sadly I only saw Jessie one day of my three-day visit but I hadn’t seen Brinley in person since the week before the end of my freshman year.

Those four girls are so important to me that I intend to keep all of them in my life, hopefully. I am currently trying to convince them to apply to the same college as me since they don’t know where to go. It would be great to have your best friends right beside you all the way through your life now wouldn’t it.