thanks a lot anita for your insight;) with dave and andrew, we still meet up at the library a couple of times and i often message them online for advice. andrew is often experimenting with a science project so he often doesn’t reply to my messages unless its something important, while dave responds to most of them. my special friend is no longer jealous of andrew and dave b/c he understands that they help me be myself and also help me with my academic things. he’s also content to keep it at a spiritual relationship b/c he got a girlfriend toward the last few weeks of school. i used to be jealous when he hung out with other girls, but now i don’t mind b/c as long as he is happy, i am glad. his girlfriend and i are good friends and we all get along. she helps him be more of himself and see his talents and also helps him with school. he is learning more about trust and unconditional love when it comes to relationships. i don’t miss school that much and am happy to take a break from my classes. the ap biology work is quite fun and andrew also is taking it next year. i think it gives me comfort that dave and andrew will still be my friends even when we leave for college. dave set up a college blog online where he gives advice to people who are stressed about school work and andrew has a lot of cool science links to explore. i feel as if i carry the spirits of my friends and also the school within me and it shall endure where ever i go. there is one of my favorite quotes from Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors which is about the building of the Taj Mahal and how the emperor built it in honor of his wife and the quote is “Many people fear death, but I do not. For I have tasted this oneness called Love. Death cannot temper with it. I’ll take my Love with me and it shall endure.” i feel like i have dave, andrew, steve (my lunch buddy) and my special friend for the reason to teach me how to embrace my talents and to feel the oneness of spiritual love that endures. spiritual love is one of the best gifts i have been given in this life, i even wrote an essay on it and also an essay on greed. so many people think love has to be physical and they sometimes tease my special friend when i’m around him and it makes him feel insecure, yet i know that the spiritual love we share will help each other grow and i will take the love that all my friends showed me, that made me a better person and spread it to the world.