Katie, Ally-Best Friends Forever Analysis

Katie, Ally, and I were friends, collectively, for over twelve years. While searching through packed boxes, I found a journal with “Sarah, Katie, Ally - Best Friends Forever” written on the front page and all of our signatures scribbled underneath. We must have declared our friendship in that journal sometime during grade school, and we truly believed that it would hold true. Katie was a bubbly, outgoing blonde. She was friendly, sweet, and a joy to be around (benefit). We met in our early years of grade school and picked up Ally somewhere along the way. Ally was a humorous, adventurous, and quirky friend who made life fun (benefit). I saw my own character in both of these friends, and though we differed in a number of ways, our shared personalities made our friendship make …show more content…
During the first few weeks of my move, I spoke with my friends nearly every day. Life in Florida was lonely at first, but giving my friends a FaceTime tour around my new house brought me a bit of joy (benefit). Soon enough, I was flying home to West Virginia for the first time to visit since the move. Our reunion was full of excitement and, at that point, nothing in our friendship seemed out of place. On my flight back to Florida, I imagined them flying into Tampa International one day and running to hug me at the baggage claim - a typical reunion after months of not seeing your best friend (equity). As the months passed though, my hopes for our friendship began to lessen. Shortly after my visit to West Virginia, senior year started for my friends and our constant communication began to dwindle. I regarded the lack of communication as a consequence of school starting and began to find friends in my new home. Though my newfound community in Florida was sweet, I still longed for the close relationship that I had previously held with Katie and