My Person

Christina and Meredith have a unique bond on Grey's Anatomy. They laugh, joke, fight, cry and even physically abuse one another. They are best friends. Christina never lets anyone into her head, except for Meredith. Meredith puts on a strong face around everyone and usually acts like nothing is bothering her, except around Christina. They have the uncanny ability to know what the other one is thinking, when something isn't right, and what is about to come out the other's mouth. And as quoted in their most famous bar scene, they are one another's "person."

Lucky for me, I have a person. Nichole and I have been best friends since we began attending the same school in 7th grade. By now, though, I might as well have known her since birth. Sure, things have changed since we graduated, but it never takes us more than a few minutes to pick up right where we left off. She's my person because she understands me, even when I don't understand myself. She always knows what kind of a mood I am in, no matter how hard I try to convince her otherwise. The most unique thing about our friendship is how dynamic it is. We can go from laughing so hard it hurts to talking about hurt so hard it makes us cry and it's never forced. I haven't found a replacement person since coming to SMU, but I'm not exactly looking for one. It took a lot of time to develop such a connection, so I hope it will be equally as hard to break it. An ode, to my person.