All I have are memories...

I remember how we met.

My mom had signed me and my sister up for drama campsponsored by my elementary school, I was in kindergarden going on 1st grade and had no real role in this production... Only a filler space in the play "THE MUSIC MAN" but I was content because I was having fun being extremely alone but happy. I had my head to talk to. I didn't even know you were there.
And I had no idea who you would be to me.

We were called  backstage to rehearse the number. Ofcourse being so young, I was to sit on the corner of the stage with the rest of kids my age. This dance was extremely easy, if they had given the younger kids a chance, I probably could do as well. But being extremely unattentive, I was not reared onstage. Now I was scared and sitting alone backstage. Wait... I wasn't alone. You were there. You were talking to me, I liked how you were so nice and approchable. When the music filled the cafetorium, we danced like fools backstage to the beat of a cheese-ridden showtune.
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I was a year younger than you, but you were my inspiration. You were talented and pretty (no matter how much you defied my claims) and extremely interesting. It was rare not to see a smile on your face. How I miss the moments where we'd run across that damn field at afterschool pretending to be superheroes or dragons or neopets... No matter what it was, I was always the step behind you. The little, lost puppy who wanted an owner, or in my case, a role model.
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We live two streets away from eachother. A short distance that seems farther than it should. I know you're different and I know I am too... But it shouldn't stop us from meeting in the middle to say hi. I'm not forcing you to come to me... I don't want to force anyone into anything, I'd feel too terrible.
You told me to stand up for myself and grow a backbone. You told me what it meant to not know how to be scared. You have had the most impact on me than anyone I know today right now.
For this, I tip my fedora hat to you.
And curtsie like an idiot in a skirt just to see you laugh.

Happy freaking birthday, best friend.

Love,
The one who doesn't forget to remember you
<3