What is friendship? Is it a relationship you have with someone you hang out with 24/7? Or is it a close bond with a person you see very little? Friendship to me means both of those things, pictured above is my best friend, Elli and I, we both used to go to Saint Dom’s together last year. We were inseparable, we spent every minute together, including after school. Even though I don’t get to see her as often as I did last year, she is still my best friend.
Walking to my car after school is always the best feeling. Elli, as always, follows me from behind.
“ What exactly are we gonna do?” she questions. As she climbs in the front seat of my car, putting her bag in between her legs on the floor.
“ What do you mean, we have lacrosse practice in about twenty minutes. Grab your stuff and get changed dude.” I parent her.
We were inseparable, we spent every minute together
“I don’t want to go to practice today though and it isn’t like you can actually practice, you are on crutches stupid.” she shoots back while sticking out her tongue like a five year old that won an argument.
“ What exactly do you plan on doing if the coach asks you why you weren’t at practice?”
“ I’ll just say I am helping you, he can’t get mad if I say I am helping a teammate.” she replies smugly while throwing my keys at me. “ Start your car girl, it’s too hot.”
“ Okay, okay, geez. Gimme two minutes girl, I have to be in the car to be able to start it.” I say while stepping into the car. I turn the ignition and air starts blowing throughout the vents. Elli quickly sets up her bluetooth and connects it to my car.
“What are we feelin’ today, I got aux. Oh wait, I know what to play.” suddenly she clicks on the Disney soundtrack from Frozen. “Hold up I gotta get this on video, you gotta scream this song with me though. Turn the bass and volume all the way up dude we gotta sound great.” she yells as she quickly sets up her phone, turns up the volume and starts screaming Disney’s Frozen Let It Go. The car is shaking by how much we are rocking back and forth, screaming lyrics from the top of her lungs. She swiftly opens the sun roof and climbs onto the roof of my car, her upper torso out and her legs dangling in the car.
“I’m so embarrassed oh my, I cannot do this today,” she says while retreating back into the car.
“What? Did you see someone out there?” I question her. She is bright red in the face.
“ Dude, someone just drove by us and gave me the weirdest look, I thought it was my Dad for a second.” She giddily starts playing another Disney song, this time it is from the movie The Little Mermaid. I realize suddenly that I haven’t had a best friend like her in years. She is exactly like me but in a different body. We have the same humor and reactions to everything.
I now realize that even though we aren’t able to hang out as often, our friendship is just as strong as it was when we were with each other everyday. Friendship is about the person and your bond, not about how much time you spend together.
I liked this piece because I was able to elaborate the memories this picture brought back to me. I thought it was a fun piece.