MY BEST FRIEND

I CAN'T REMENBER WHAT DAY I MET HER, BECAUSE I SAW HER ALL MY LIFE. WE GREW UP TOGETHER THE SAME TOWN. SHE LIVED NEXT TO MY HOUSE. WE ARE THE SAME AGE. WHEN I THINK ABOUT HER, I HAVE TO SAY SHE IS MY SISTER. I HAVE GOT THAT FEELING IN ME. WE WENT TO KINDERGARDEN AND THE FIRST GRADE UNTIL SEVENTH GRADE IN THE SAME SCHOOL. AFTER THAT, MY FAMILY HAD TO MOVE TO ANOTHER CITY FOR TWO YEARS. I WENT BACK TO LIVE NEXT TO HER, BUT IN THAT TIME WE WERE SEPARATE BECAUSE WE WENT TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. SHE WENT TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AND I HAD TO GO TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL JUST FOR GIRLS. AFTER THAT, SHE DIDN'T TALK WITH ME FOR A FEW YEARS BECAUSE SHE WAS REALLY SAD AND ANGRY. ONE DAY I WENT TO TAKE THE BUS AND I MET HER THERE, WE WERE TALKING FOR A FEW MINUTES. SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB. AT THE TIME I WAS WORKING PART-TIME IN A STRAWBERRY FACTORY AND I REMENBERED THEY NEEDED SOMEBODY ELSE. AFTER THAT, SHE CAME TO WORK WITH ME IN THE SAME PLACE. WE WORKED THERE FOR FOUR YEARS. WE FINISH THE HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER THAT, WE LIVED TOGETHER FOR TWO YEARS, WHEN I WENT TO COLLEGE, BUT ONE DAY SHE HAD THE IDEA TO COME TO NEW YORK BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IN OUR COUNTRY WAS REALLY BAD AND WE COULDN'T STUDY AND WORK. IT WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE. WE CAME TO NEW YORK, BUT HERE OUR LIVES CHANGED TOO MUCH. SHE MARRIED FIVE YEARS AGO AND SHE GOT TWO BABIES. HER FIRST BABY IS MY GOD SON. I VISIT THEN OFTEN.