i met my best friend on the first day of 6th grade in middle school. the teacher assigned us all our seating groups and like any firs day at a new school it was pretty awkward and I wasn’t much of a talkative person. the way that we became friends was when i asked him if i can borrow his pencil and after that we began to make conversation and it eventually lead to us still being best friends to this day. he is very important to me because he has always been there for me when i was down and I’ve always been there for him. there would be times where i would have a bad day and he would offer to hang out with me at central park even if it was very late at night. he has currently in the military for the next 3 years so we haven’t talked much but when he visits its always a blast and I’m glad to have been friends with him.