Apart? Maybe In Distance, But Never In Heart.

 January 15 of 2009, the day I met my best friend. I can still remember that day like it was yesterday. New school, new friends, new teachers, almost like a new life. Everyone knows how it feels to be knew at school, but watching her come jumping to me like a five year old girl in the school entrance kinda made me feel more comfortable. Ana Gaitan, my best friend, was coming with one of my friends called Leidy to help me carry my stuff. When we got there she introduced me with every student she knew, and I quickly became friends with them. 

She has brown hair, very white skin, wears glasses, like my size and her face looks red (pretty funny). We became best friends since the first day of school, and we have trusted each other many dark secrets that I hope just the two of us know. We have supported each other in every fight, even though one of us knew the other wasn't right, because that is exactly what best friends are for. and God! how we loved fights, specially with teachers, those were our favorites. I remember how we used to gather the "boycott students" and went to complain with the principal about a teacher we didn't like. We got a couple of them out of our way, and the rest were unsuccessful attempts.  

The first time she came to my house, I must admit I felt a little nervous for what she was going to think about my life environment. We went to a rodeo and she came out singing "rancheras" with my mom in the car. When she said "Your family seems pretty much like mine, and I love that!", those words were the ones that made me feel released. We spent the whole night having fun together, she seemed like my best friend from years, and I just met her a few weeks before. 

There is still something that I don't understand in my head, and was that about March we stopped seen each other at recess, but it wasn't because of a fight or something like that. She went by her side and I went by mine, we did that like for one month but things were still the same when suddenly everything returned to normal. Weird, I know. But from that day, we never separate again until the last day of school. We were both going to different schools, and promised to keep our friendship for ever. "Together forever, never apart. Maybe in distance, but never in heart". And we have kept that promise from that day ( almost three years ago) until now. 

The next year, 2010, for my birthday I remember coming back of school and listening to my grandma say "Go do your bed, your mother had a long day and she couldn't fix your room". I just thought "Isn't Mary (our employee) supposed to do that?". And while I was thinking that I opened my door and saw my bed full of balloons, a big poster and a huge chocolate cake with a lot of gummy bears on top of it. She was the first person who gave me a surprise like that for my birthday. And that was just one of thousands of things she has done to prove what kind of amazing friend she is. 

My whole family calls her "Mona", that is how I introduced her because it was just one of many nicknames we have. One day I remember my causing saying Ana was stupid by nature, I expected her to get mad when I told her that, but instead, she couldn't stop laughing about it. I guess my cousin was right, but that's why I love her so much. My best friend is unique and I know that as hard as I try, I won't be able to find someone like her. She has changed many good things on me, and believe it or not, I did the same with her. We are like opposite poles, which  is something good because they attract and match perfectly, just as our friendship does.