History, Part 2: BFF Doesn't Begin To Cover It

I was never a popular child in my youngest days. My powers developed early, early enough for me to have a good handle on my exceptionally versatile powers while some were only surfacing. This made me sort of an outcast. While others had no powers to speak of yet, I was changing in new and unexpected ways straight off the bat. Then later when everyone was talking about the latest development in what they could do, I was already done with that portion of my growing and was instead struggling with my several growth spurts.

The one person who stuck with me through everything, even before I had powers, was Lorraine. We didn't have any particularly inspiring tales of how we became friends, like she was being picked on and I stood up for her or vice versa. We just gravitated toward each other. I went up to her one day as a child, introduced myself, and we never really separated after that. Well, save for the part where we were separated by gender for a few years, but even that didn't keep us apart a whole lot. We still talked constantly.

We get along splendidly, and even though we're polar opposites in nearly every way, we can somehow still stand each other. I've always found it to be a strange phenomenon, but I'm thankful for it nonetheless. I need her stability a lot to keep myself from going overboard, and I feel like she needs someone a bit more... "overdone," as she would say, if only to keep her sane and give her a decent sense of humor.

I'd really be nowhere without her, whether she knows it or not. My life can get extremely crazy sometimes, and she's always been there to be a shoulder to lean on for me. If I had to love a girl, there's no doubt it would be her. She has faults, and I acknowledge them, but I don't feel like they're great enough to keep her from being an amazing friend. And I guess she doesn't feel mine are, either.

I suppose this was less history and more emotion and opinion, but that's fine. I don't feel like details are as important when it comes to our friendship as it is to get the idea of the thing.

Until next we meet.