my best friend.

My best friend.
I couldn't ask for anyone better. Truly the best. He has never left my side. Always helped me through things, and though he lives so many miles away. He is still close.
Throughout my six years of knowing him. I've made my decisions through him. My best friend. Jake.
Jake, and I know you will read this. You can't get any better. Seriously. There hasn't gone a day where I think of you or something will remind me of you. Whenever I'm lonely, I will always turn to you. Jake, you have been there. Not just through my phone, or a page you send, or even an email. You've been here by heart. And I know. No best friend can get better than you. No-one. Looking back on the times where I used to take seeing you every day for granted, I wish I held those days. For keeps. Because I can't get them back. Only through memories. And memories cannot do a lot because memories fade unless they are special. A good example would be when we made that ink puddle in maths. We got my ink from all of my pens, and deliberately tipped the ink onto the floor of Miss Johnson's carpet. She annoyed us. So we annoyed her classroom. I remember when you left in year eight. A sad time for me. I remember walking into that lesson. Sitting next to an empty seat. With a puddle of ink underneath it. I remember wanting to burst into tears. I was lonely. We, truly, were a double act.
I'm so glad I stuck by you. So glad I kept in contact. If I didn't. I wouldn't have anyone I could talk to. No-one I would be able to relate to. No-one to be my best friend.
Jake. Honestly. You are my brother. You are my family. And as family, no-one can replace you.
Every time I get to see you, I take my time. I want the day to last forever. Because I hardly see you. Its bringing a couple of tears to my eyes, just thinking about it all. I look like a right noob (I don't even know what it means) sitting here, with silent tears slowly rolling down my face. And I can tell that by this very moment you are laughing at us two, getting all emotional.
I really do look up to you. Not because you are tall. But because you are my guidance. With decisions, you help me with choosing the right one. You don't even know. A good example would be when I like a guy. If they can get past the fact that I see you, and when I do I either sleep round yours or the other way round, they need to be taught or they have to get over it. I have that guy now. I have a guy who understands. Understands our friendship. Which I am so happy about. Makes me love him more and more every day. God I'm going blind.
Jake. If I were to lose you as my best friend. I would lose myself. It's like we are twins. Separated at birth and connected 12 years later. Thank you. For everything. For being Jake. Don't let anyone come bringing you down. Don't you EVER forget that. Never.