Penny For Your Thoughts

unconditional love in friendships: growing up growing apart loving forever loved from the start. "tried to change the ending, peter losing wendy." i love you just the same. -Emma Lancaster

 For my 16th birthday, my friends came over and we wreaked havoc on my parents' house in the most epic Nerf gun battle you could ever imagine.  One of the best hugs of my life was when I could finally see my friends again during the summer of 2020. The hardest I've ever laughed was riding in the back of a van, looking at Christmas lights, and noticing that the star at the top of the tree only had four points.  Before He Cheats makes me think of being a kid in the high school music department, singing my heart out to a song that didn't apply to me yet, before taking the stage. Culver's makes me think of the night we found out that our friends were finally dating. The Fault in Our Stars makes me think of pencil annotations and sweetness. I was pranked, and my locker was filled to the brim with plastic water bottles. We all learned the Footloose dance for a show. Every time I see a VR headset, I think of basement hangouts and Five Nights at Freddy's games. The mention ...