Have you ever had that friend who you thought you would never lose? That friend who you told everything to and thought they would never tell anyone? If not consider yourself lucky. If so, I’m sorry. Being betrayed by the person who was supposed to be your “best friend” is one of the most painful things that will ever happen to you. Well, at least at that time you think so. As teenagers we are constantly told that people change and you’re going to lose friends but we don’t believe it, we just brush it off and say “well my friend would never do that to me.” It’s hard to believe until it actually happens to you, that one person who you thought you could trust, that one friend who swore to never leave your side is gone. They turn into the person they swore they would never be, and there is nothing you can do to stop it.

I speak from personal experience when I say it is one of the hardest things to go through. Especially on top of, you know, just being a teenager and having those everyday problems. The stupid things like pointless homework, annoying parents, and stupid boys and you just don’t expect your best friend to leave that easy. My best friend, Sarah, and I were so close, practically inseparable. We spent every minute we could together, just like every other teenage girl and her best friend. It didn’t matter what we were doing, we could be sitting in my room talking, or out on a crazy adventure, but we were always having a great time. I told her all my secrets and she told me all of hers. She was my rock, whenever something was going on she was the first person I called, she always knew what to say and gave the best advice. She was sweet, funny, and honest. She was the best best friend I could’ve asked for, at least that’s what I thought.

“People change.” I can’t tell you how many times I have heard this in the last five years of my life. I mean, we all see it happen to others around us, but figure it will never happen to us. I thought that too but I found out really fast that even the girl who’s supposed to be your best friend changes, and not for the better. Sarah is a great example of this. One day she got a boyfriend. I had never been very fond of him but the fact that she changed because of him makes me dislike him even more than I already did. At first it was all fine. I loved the fact that he made her happy but hated the fact that he was taking her away from me. She seemed to be changing too. She was short with me and soon enough she just stopped talking to me, and soon after that I found out that she was talking bad about me to him. I’m not sure what I did or why she doesn’t want to talk to me anymore. I mean I still try to talk to her, but it’s just not the same and it’s sad to think about how close we used to be.

I never would have guessed that I would lose that one person who was supposed to be by my side no matter what. It sucks. People tried to warn me that “people change,” but I just didn’t believe them.