"This one's for you and me..."

I like this picture because it shows a lot of what Ally and I do together. We make each other happy. We laugh a lot. Together we're clumsy, dorky, goofy, and overall the perfect pair.

Yep. We're best friends.

I like to say Best Friends Forever, but sometimes I'm not sure. What comes before forever? Does going to different schools come before then? Is there always a possibility of replacement? I'm afraid.

Last week I sat in Ally's car staring at my least favorite building. We were giving someone a ride home from Maeser, but just seeing the school put me in a foul mood.
It had tall, white pillars that loomed over us as if to express superiority. All it is is a cocky school for spoiled rich kids, I spat in my head. Charter schools had never seemed so evil until Ally told me she was going to one.

That was why the end of eigth grade stung so badly. I knew Ally and I would never spend lunch roaming the halls of Canyon View together ever again.
No one wanted to say goodbye, but I have to say no one is going to miss her as much as I will. Ally has always been there for me. She listens to my ramblings when I've had a bad day, she's willing to spend time with me whenever I feel lonely, and she trusts me with everything. I know everything about her and she knows everything about me. We look nothing alike, but we call ourselves sisters. We're always there for each other, no matter what.

She's been in my ward for 11 years, but we weren't friends until we went to the same school in 7th grade. I don't remember what our first conversation was about, or how we even began to interact. When I look back, it seems like it all just came naturally.

I guess that's why this scares me. We weren't friends until school, and without school, what will become of us? We have all summer together, but it doesn't seem like enough. She'll go to Maeser and find a new best friend with straight teeth and a freckle-free face, and I'll be left wondering what happened. Friendships like ours don't just end. Do they?

Ally recently discovered a song called Lighters by Eminem featuring Bruno Mars (I HATE Eminem but I absolutely adore Bruno Mars). It says, "This one’s for you and me, living out our dreams. We’re all right where we should be." This song will always remind me of now. This time, this place, and the time Ally and I spend together, possibly the last turn of the rollar coaster.

But even if it's time to get in the car and go back home, I'll never forget this. Ever. It's been the ride of my life.

"You and I know what it’s like to be kicked down,
Forced to fight,
But tonight we’re alright.
So hold up your light,
Let it shine.
Cause this one’s for you and me,

living out our dreams,
We’re all right where we should be.
Lift my arms out wide,

I open my eyes,
And now all I wanna see,
Is a sky full of lighters..."