Having a friend is a blessing. What more then a best friend could be? It gladdens my heart that even if I don't have much friends, I have a few that I can truly count on.
After what seemed like a very long time. She asked me out for lunch. I said yes because frankly, I wanted to. I missed these people so much. The people I spent my high school with.
She listened to my rants about my failed attempt to pass my physiology exams and gave me a few of her own opinions. We talked about her boyfriend and his struggles with employment. We talked about how our batch from high school, when we separated ways for college, seemed like the odd balls of our own respective degrees. Odd ball not in a bad thing, but more of we evolved to become introverts odd ball.
I have come to realize that we were once troubled teens, and still are. But high school made it easier to dampen the situation, we have each other to spend time with and momentarily forget our own miseries.
And I came to realize that it's not only me who tries her hardest to be accepted by herself, but them too. We grew up in an academic environment where we fought for high grades and its social implication. Us getting barely passed grades making us feel inferior thus reverberating in our attitudes.
My friend told me I changed. I was quieter, less annoying. The friend she was not used to. She tried cheering me up by buying me a bar of chocolate. I didn't eat it until I was watching tenners at school hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences where I was not supposed to smuggle in any food or beverage much less eat one.
One thing I've learned today? Keep your friends, they know what you're going through.
"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."
- Elbert Hubbard
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