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I believe that everything happens for a reason! My story begins in 7th grade my best friend Emily, a very nice person, gentle soul, and kind of shy. Emily had always offered her advice and listened to what I have to say unfortunately all good things soon come to an end middle school was over a chapter in my life buried in a table of contents I still talked to Emily for a bit all throughout 9th grade and we still were able to get the gang together and hang out every so often, sure we weren’t as close but I would never have guessed what happened next it was the summer of 9th grade I was soon to be a sophomore. I was talking to Emily who happened to hang out with her friends more than me now and she said randomly that I was annoying and she said that she had made other friends and she doesn’t need me anymore that I was a thing of the past forgotten like middle school she told me how she recalled that I have always been annoying and obnoxious she felt she was obligated to be my …show more content…

it happened a little more dramatic than that but I don’t wish to bore you with the details but had I not been mentally scared from the fact that I had a fake friend I would never have started talking to Josie instantly Emily was replaced Josie among others took her place and I was happy and I am happy because I have friends the kind of friends people only meet once in their lifetime and the kind of friends people search there whole life for and I am thankful to say that I have many of those friends all irreplaceable I still look back to that chapter in my life look back to the memory I still have of Emily and thinking that I should thank her because unintentionally she gave me what I most desired a friend this is one of the most important events so far in my life I learned what a true friend is and i also know how lucky I am to say I have several friends who truly care about me just as much I care about them a few of which are in this room even Vicente who wants Donald trump to win what a

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