“So this is it, huh? My best friend starting college..” Lily said somewhat sadly, placing one of my boxes into my new dorm. “Hey, I’ve still got a perfectly good week of summer first,” I teased, trying to lift her spirits and, if I’m honest, mine too. The fact was though, that summer was ending I was going to be a freshman in college while my best friend and sister would still be in Highschool. “True, true, but I’ve got two!” she laughed. I gave her a playful shove, and she felt to the floor, laughing. Suddenly however, I noticed tears coming down her face, and her breaths of laughter quickly turned to sobs. With a pang of guilt and fear I rushed to her side. “Lily!Did I hurt you?!” She looked up at me and smiled, tears still pouring from her eyes. “No, not at all,” she answered. “It’s just…..” her lip began to tremble and her eyes replenished the tears. “I’m going to miss this..” she managed before breaking into sobs. I knelt beside her and wrapped my arms around her. “Awww, Lily! This isn’t the last time you’re ever going to see me!” I reminded her, pulling her closer to me. “I-I know,” she said shakily, “but we’ve been in the same school for three years and now you’re leaving me and I-“ “Lily,” I interrupted gently, “I will never leave you. We might be going to different schools but you’re my best friend and no amount of distance could change that!” Lily laughed and returned my embrace. It set it then how far we would be, and how different our lives were going to become. But I saw her smile again and I remembered that even if our bodies were leaving, our hearts would forever be with eachother.