Letters I'll Never Send

So I've decided to do the Thirty Day Letter Challenge, but with a twist. I won't be doing it in thirty days, and some of the questions are different than most variations of this challenge. Sometimes I'll post two or three letters a day, and other times I won't post at all... Well, let's get started...

Letter Number One: Best Friend

Dear Julian,

You've been my best friend since sixth grade, and I honestly couldn't have asked for a better friend. I mean sure there were times when I wanted to hate you, (like when you went to state for speech and I got left behind at regionals) but I couldn't because I love you too much. My life would be boring without you, I wouldn't have ever went to any dances or had a game of truth or dare in a hotel room...

Every time I think of you, I literally laugh out loud thinking of the things we've done... The time I almost got kicked out of Sears chasing you around, or that one time in Walmart... I remember watching as a basketball sailed over the isle, coming just a few feet from hitting me and I immediately knew that you were on the other side. I quickly grabbed several bouncy balls and hurled them over the isle from the same place the basketball had came, then I ran around to meet you in the isle... Only to find a small child about eight years old looking terrified, the bouncy balls still rolling around him. Your laughter when I told you what had happened, was thundering.

I remember the first time we had a sleepover, you and Evan let me join in on the 'Julian and Evan Show', and eventually the show became 'The Julian, Evan and Nik Show'. It's funny how it's always the smallest things you remember... In eighth grade, Evan moved away, making our trio and duet. I still remember sitting beside you in Physical Science, both of us huddling together while hiding our tears from the rest of the class. We didn't care what people thought of us then, and we still don't care now.

You've taught me to stand up for what I believe in, to not let anyone else make my choices. Thank you, Julian. I remember the first time I wrote a poem in sixth grade, all of our friends called me gay... But you, you Julian, you wrote a poem along side me. You want to know the funny part? I still have that poem...

At our eighth grade graduation, when I came in third from the top, you knew exactly how much that hurt my feelings, because I had been striving for perfection. But you told me that it didn't matter now, only in high school. I remember the freshman year, my first time at a speech competition, I froze. I was only seconds from calling off my speech when I heard you whisper under your breath, "Come on Nikky, you can this," and your faith in me helped me move on. I got second at the competition, thanks to you. I know that after High School, you plan to go to college then head to Chicago, and I, to Oregon, but I hope we keep in touch. I'm thankful for each time you helped me overcome my introverted ways, and showed me how to live.

Your Friend,

Nikolas

{Author's Note} That's quite odd, I figured this one would be the easiest, but when I started thinking about the past and what is to come in the future, it became quite difficult to write, and made me quite emotional.... <3