Somewhere between the procrastination, and the homework, and the friendships, and the nasty cafeteria food, and the calls to each other complaining about crushes. Somewhere between the phone calls to old friends, and the “I miss you’s, and the “What are we doing tonight’s”, and somewhere between all of the changing & growing. Somewhere between the classes, and the skipping classes, and the studying for tests, and the downright not studying for tests. I forgot. I forgot what high school is all about. I forgot what it meant to cry. I forgot that pretending to be happy doesn’t make you happy. I forgot that you can’t just forget the past in fear of the future. I forgot that you can’t control falling in love, and that you can’t make yourself fall in love. I learned that I can love. I learned that it’s okay to mess up and it’s okay to feel like crap. I learned that its okay to complain and whine to all your friends for a whole day. I learned that the greatest thing about high school isn’t the parties or the drinking. It’s the friendships which means taking chances. I learned that sometimes the things we want to forget are the things which we most need to talk about. But, basically, I just learned that my friends, the friends who’s been there for me when the going gets tough, are the most important people to me in the world. And without them, I wouldn’t be who I am today.