Best Friends

So this was Columbus Day weekend, and needless to say I spent a great part of it acting like a bum on my best friend's couch.

What is a best friend? Well, if I were to use today as an example: it is someone that you can watch hours of television with, make random funny jokes with, color Disney coloring books with and, most importantly, just sit in silence with.

I remember once reading a quote that went along the lines of "You know you're best friends when you sit on the porch together for an hour, not saying anything, and leave feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had."

I've been blessed to have four such people in my life, that I know even though I don't see or talk to all of them on a regular basis, they'll always be there for me. They've always been there for me. I know that if I called one of them right now, at 11:51 pm, they'd pick up the phone and actually give a damn. It's a nice feeling.

Being some one's best friend, or one of their best friends, is not a label you put on a friendship once you've been friends for a certain amount of time or if you go to the same school. It's a promise to stick by that person through thick and thin; to be there with a hug, a kind word of advice, and (probably most useful) an open couch to crash on.

Some people just "click." My Biffle and I just clicked when we met at dance years and years ago and it developed into a best friendship in high school. The same can be said for my other closest friends: one clicked while playing school in her front yard, one in homeroom on the first day of high school, and one in a movie theater when we were introduced by mutual friends.

Some relationships take time to grow. There were those people in high school I knew for years and years but only became good friends with as of late. Trust and loyalty can be hard to earn, and can take weeks, months, or even years to blossom into something great.

Recently, I've been able to click with some people at my new school, and have been able to spot a few people with whom I think I will develop close relationships over the next 2 and a half years.

Friendship can start with a click and can take awhile to develop. But no matter where or how you find friends, one thing is for sure: everyone can do with a few good friends.