50 reasons why...

I know they are my best friends because...

1. she gives me the last bite of her good chocolate cookie
2. we can talk about things like books
3. they are the first people i call after all of the firsts
4. i can cry in front of them
5. and they will beat someone up for making me cry
6. she doesn't care when i pound away on her piano for literally over an hour trying to learn something any self-respecting musician already knows
7. the silences feel just fine
8. she won't lie to me...even when it would sound better and be easier and maybe make me feel "better"...she knows in the end it won't
9. we don't even need to speak in words anymore
10. she knows the worst of me
11. she counts me as family
12. she knows what's important to me
13. they can see through my very best fake happy days
14. they know when i say "nothing" i mean..."everything"
15. i don't have to say that stuff outright
16. they still like me after i act like a big jerk for no reason
17. she believes in me
18. she gets how the little things matter
19. they understand just how amazing rogue wave is
20. we can be annoyed at literally everyone at the same time together
21. and that makes it seem a bit better
22. she understands my irrational emotions
23. she knows what it sounds like when i'm trying not to cry over the phone
24. we burn things together
25. we get sick at the same time
26. she likes my poetry
27. she likes my family
28. we could talk about the most unimportant things and they're still important
29. she brings me people, and flowers, and surprises at work
30. we hoard things together
31. she understands when I have to do stupid things to "fulfill my life"
32. she's always behind me, even when i'm wrong
33. we make up words that actually get used
34. she helps me understand....dun dun dun....him
35. and then she helps me understand Him
36. she likes it when i say dumb stuff because it makes life better
37. she will break the rules with me
38. she will feel bad for me even when i refuse to
39. she's the one person i can actually tell what i'm really thinking...always
40. she's willing to go health-nut with me
41. she makes me feel better when i suck
42. she makes me cookies
43. she helps me understand love
44. she knows when i would rather be alone
45. she understands the importance of pleasing yourself too
46. she GETS music
47. she would do anything for me
48. she doesn't care what my house looks like, despite what mothers may think
49. we can laugh at things like "charlie the unicorn"
50. she would never, ever try to change me.

Love, Jennifer