Friendship Since School

Looking back, it still amazes me how our friendship first began. Two completely different girls in a math-focused school ended up in the same classroom. I remember sitting behind Degi at first, but I kept changing seats. In English class, we were always side by side, so we could laugh together.

What surprised me most was how many little similarities we kept discovering. We both loved the Angry Beavers cartoon, our fathers and even our grandparents drove the same type of car, and we lived closed to each other. Over time, we even started dressing alike. Students from other classes would ask if we were sisters—and honestly, we didn’t mind. We really did look alike, but in the sweetest way.