I really do believe that I have some of the best friends in the world. I feel so so lucky to have them in my life, and without them I never would have made it through 14 years of school. I am in a really big group of friends at school and we all sit together at lunch and stuff, and while I get on with everyone, we are not all super close. People, including me, generally have really close friends within that group. I have about 6 or 7 really close friends within that, who know me so well. They have been there through everything, and I have known most of them since junior school (grades 1-7 is our junior school, for all you non-South Africans).
The other day in English class, we were discussing the Great Gatsby and whether or not Nick was a good friend to Gatsby (I think he was a trustworthy and reliable friend, and most definitely a reliable narrator- but that's my opinion) and my teacher said something that really made me think about it. She said that you really know who your true friends are when they are there, not only for the bad times, but for the good times too, and still decide to stick around. When your friends can be happy for you, and I am so lucky to have friends that support me through everything!
When your friend knows what you're going to by from the tuckshop (cafeteria) before you even open your purse, when they just sit quietly and let you rant on about something pointless that you are angry about, when your sides hurt from laughing so hard at something that is really not funny at all together or even just when they come to the bathroom (I swear it is not just me- girls go to the bathroom in packs, haha) with you so you don't have to go alone, , small things like this, for me, are what makes a friendship what it is, when someone knows you for who you are and accepts you.
