I Guess Forever Didn't Last Always

In the end of 6th grade, I lost all of my "best friends" that I had that year. We were just one big clique but somehow, we fell apart. So then, I became acquainted with a new group if people. One girl in particular, Octavia. She was funny, nice, and sweet and she wasn't very popular. She was into sports, just as I am, and she wasn't fond of cliques or fast girls who were involved in cliques, just like me. We were so much alike! 

The only difference between the two of us was her insecurity. I am a very confident girl and I don't really care what other people think about me. She, on the other hand, did everything to impress the people around her. I didn't really notice all this when I was first becoming friends with her but later in our friendship, it became obvious. 

The two of us hung out all summer! We became best friends and we did almost everything together. We wouldn't see certain movies without each other and we basically did EVERYTHING together. So when school started up again, people noticed our friendship and began to gossip. As I mentioned earlier, Octavia is really into pleasing her peers. So when she heard what people were saying, she started behaving different towards me. She started to hang with a group of girls that she usually wouldn't even speak to, on a normal day. I didn't let any of this stop us from being friends. She was too good a friend to lose over petty drama. 

As I mentioned earlier, we did everything together. So neither of us had really had our first kiss, yet. We vowed to have them both at the same time, but that's almost impossible to do. So one night, I was with my sister and I saw an old friend of mine that I used to have a huge crush on. And that was the day that I had my first kiss. The first person I told, of course, was my best friend. When I told her, she was really surprised and said, "Maybe I can get mine tomorrow!". It always seemed as though she were trying to compete with me. So I just supported her. I made her promise not to tell anyone about the kiss. I wanted it to be a secret. And she promised to keep it.

Then one day, I came to school and everything was fine. When I got to my second hour, one of Octavia's new friends passed me a note. The note said:

What's this I hear about you kissing Mitchel? I thought you were a wholesome girl. 

When I read the note, tears of anger and hurt started to stream down my face. Octavia used to always say that we would be friends forever and ever. So I guess forever didn't last always, huh?