Sophomores Becky Owen and Jackie Johnson have known each other since the third grade when they were both nine and have
been best friends for seven years. Best Friends Forever, Right?
Story By Melanie Swaner
Photos By Alysa Klein
Sophomores Becky Owen and Jackie Johnson have known each other since the third grade when they were both nine and have
been best friends for seven years.
Owen says, " Jackie and I became friends right when she moved here in the third grade, I finally found another girl who would play football. When I told my parents about my new friend I found out our dads would be working together and that they already knew each other."
Owen and Johnson say what they think makes a friendship last is, " To make a friendship last so long is a good understanding of each other, " Owen says, " I can tell when Jackie’s sad, happy, mad, so I know when to cheer her up or leave her alone. She also does the same thing for me so she’s the easiest person to be around." Johnson Says, " We also have all the same kind of interest, which is why we spend so much time together. I ‘ve never found another person who enjoys sitting eight hours in a gym to watch a wrestling tournament."
They’re fondest memory they say would be, " All the wrestling tournaments we went to together."
" I know we will be friends after high school. We still spend summers together." Owen said.
Freshmen Samantha Wing, and Kathryn Burnett have known each other for eight years. They met in their third grade class when they were eight years old. They have gone through grade school together, junior high, and now their first year of high school.
Wing says, " I think one reason we are still friends is because we
both like doi
ng the same things like listening to music, playing Volleyball, and Softball,
Choir, and anything else we do together."
Wing said, " I also think we’re still friends is because we have been able to look past each others faults and we have learned to trust each other. Trust is a BIG thing I think because without trust there is nothing."
Burnett says the two are friends because, " Sam and I have worked hard on our friendship, improving everything, solving each other’s problems and giving suggestions to each other all the time. I don’t know where I’d be without her."
"We also like doing a lot of the same things like hanging out with our friends talking about anything and everything," Burnett said. "Sam’s really supportive,"Burnett adds, " she comes and watches me play softball whenever we have a home game and before I joined choir I used to come and listen . Adding to that she said, " I think the main reason we’re still friends is because we are so supportive of each other. We make sure that the trust is there. Even when we do fight, eventually we learn that there was probably a reason for why we fought, but we learn to work through it . I think when we fight we build from it to make our friendship stronger."
The two say they will plan on being friends forever, helping each other out and supporting each other all the way and through and through.
Freshmen Sarah McClain, and Erin Wallace met
in the first grade when they were 7 years old and have known each other for nine years.
The funny thing about their friendship is that when they first did meet, they hated each
other. They began to become friends when Erin moved in
right next door and the two of them started spending time together.
McClain says of their Friendship, " We fought so much back than and we still do, but it has probably built our relationship more and more over the years and also because we live next to each other so we do a lot of things together during the summer."
Wallace said the two are friends, " Because we compliment each other so well, whatever qualities I lack she makes up for." " She’s fun to argue with, we’re both so stubborn." When asked what she thought it takes to make a friendship last so long She said, " To make a friendship last you really have to fit with that person and not give up on them over one little fight." When asked what she thought friendship meant to her she said, " Friendship means to be understanding. You have to always be there for that person and never judge them, you also have to be an excellent listener. Sarah has all of those qualitites I trust her with my life. She always makes the right decisions when it comes to important things. She’s been there for me every time I’ve needed her. When we put our minds together we come up with some crazy ideas." Wallace says about staying in contact after high school, " Definitely, we’ve made so much progress making each other into the perfect friend it would be kind of pointless to throw that away after all our hard work. I already promised her I would call her when she’s 80 years old, senile, and on her death bed just to see if she could still remember me."
Junior Lindsay Patterson and Brooke Skalskay met in the sixth grade and have been friends now for six years. Brooke was twelve and Lindsay eleven.
Patterson
says of their friendship, "I think Honesty, trust, etc., all that good stuff. Also
fun- you have to be able to have a lot of fun together and be around each other for
extended amounts of time." Patterson also said, " To have someone there for you
always no matter what is friendship and to have someone who actually understands you and
what you’re thinking, and be able to give all of that in return." Her fondest
memory from all through the years Patterson said, "Inside jokes, plots against Stacy,
Brooke’s family reunions, road trips, I could go forever."
Skalskay thinks the two of them are friends because, " I think friendship takes a lot of trust. I f you don’t have trust the friendship won’t last very long. You also have to have a lot in common. So when you’re together no matter what you are doing you will always have the best time." The meaning of friendship to her is, " The meaning of friendship to me means always having someone to share every thought that goes through your mind. A best friend is someone you can do anything and everything with because you do it together."
Skalskay’s fondest memory is, " I don’t know even know where to start. There are countless good memories with Lindsay. I mean just about everyday we spend together carries a good memory, But I guess if I had to pick a few they would be my family reunions, car trips, Blink 182 concert, 311 concert, slumber parties and all the inside jokes. There have just been to many great times."
The two do plan to keep in contact after high school. Patterson says, " I know we will be. We’re going to Hawaii together hopefully and our dorms should be right down the hall from each other. I couldn’t live without her for too long I don’t think." Skalskay says, " Lindsay and I will always be friends. Right now we are planning on going to college together in Hawaii. After college no matter where I am or where she is we will always be friends and no matter what I ‘ll love her forever."
Senior Allison Werner and Junior Brianna Shockey have been friends for two and half years, they met when Werner was fifteen and a sophomore and Shockey fourteen and a freshman.
Werner says, " I think a long friendship takes forgiveness
acceptance of who they
are, trust and love." She also says,
" Friendship is an attachment between people that accept each other in the ups and
downs, support each other, laugh together, cry together and love forever."
Werner’s fondest memory is , " When we try picking up guys and never could succeed, road trips, and running away."
Shockey says of their friendship, " You have to be honest with each other and trust each other. I t helps if you have some of the same interests, but the biggest thing is to not let other things get in he way of your friendship." The meaning of friendship to her is, " Friendship means having someone who cares about you, but doesn’t care how you act, how you dress, or what you look like. Someone who will always be there for you when you laugh and when you cry, and someone who you can share life’s stupid, little stories with."
Shockey’s fondest memory is, " All the times we cruised around in Allison’s old Lebaun, listening to New Kids, eating skittles, and drinking Mountain Dew slushes."
The two are planning say they are planning to stay friends, Werner says, " Without a doubt in my mind." And Shockey Says, " Allison will be going to Utah for college, but we’ll visit each other, I won’t let us not keep in touch."
Junior Alysa Klein and Leigh Torgerson have known each other for only one year and are already best friends. The two met early their sophomore year.
Torger
son
says what she thinks makes a friendship last so long is "Honesty and telling the
truth even if the other person doesn’t want to hear it."
Klein says, "Being able to hang out with them for a long time without getting the urge to murder them, and of course all that honesty, trust, loyal stuff is what will make a friendship last so long."
Torgerson said the meaning of friendship to her is, "A life long commitment and staying by their side even when you disagree or don’t understand. Klein surprisingly (or not) said the same exact thing.
Torgerson said her fondest memories were "dressing up, going to 4B’s at 4:00 in the morning for a nice birthday breakfast, crying, laughing, fruit loops, putting makeup on each other on our way back from Libby, KAT PUKE, stupid boyfriends, and just making it through everything together." When we asked Klein what her fondest memories were, this is what she had to say, "There are far too many to remember them all, but these are some of the best, 4:00a.m in the morning....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!..., fruit loops, make overs on the bus, running through lumpy fields in a strange state of mind, and many, many more not to ever be forgotten."
Torgerson and Klein both said that they will definitely keep in touch and hope to go to college in the same area so they can get an apartment together and just hang out.
"I could never get sick of my best friend Leigh, with whom I have gone through so much with. I love you babe!" Klein said.