3/365--The First Best Friend

I remember writing my phone number on her desk the first time I went to her house. I remember screaming every time I saw her yellow car go by on the road. I remember sitting in the broken swings. I remember writing our book in second grade. I remember getting in a fight about me losing her cap eraser in the fourth grade. I remember buying girl scout cookies from her every year, without fail, despite the fact I hate them. I remember her comforting me in fifth grade, when my heart was broken. I remember calling her the Cheese Queen when she dated the one boy who obsessed over it, when she hated it. I remember our twin wishing trees on the playground. I remember sitting and writing every cuss word we knew on the sidewalk with a rock and daring each other to say them. I remember writing a newsletter for our class. I remember being trash duty people and hanging out with boys over in the back of the school instead. I remember walking to the park. I remember the heartbreaks, laughter, and all the days we slept in late. I remember being pulled apart in sixth grade. I remember her abandoning me in my worst time. I remember moving, and coming back to visit, only to hang out with her. I remember standing on top of the wall at the mall, taking pictures. I remember laughing about how stupid we were as kids. I remember the people we would try to befriend, and thinking we didn't need anyone but each other. I remember the inside jokes. I remember the notes. I remember standing on the side of the super busy street holding signs that said "Honk if you like rainbows", and "Honk if you like cheese". I remember scanning old boyfriend's notes from fifth grade onto facebook. I remember the earrings she got for valentines day from her boy, and us thinking he was rich. I remember trying to clean her room all the time and her not letting me. I remember her essay she wrote about me, saying I was the best gift she had ever gotten. I remember bothering her sister all the time to give up her room. I remember my first best friend, from second grade, Trisha Crawford.