A Budding Scientist by Emilia Scotson

Thoughts on Friendship
One of my best friends is Caily. She is very kind, cool, a very good singer,
fun to play with, and weird, like me. We met and became friends in 2nd grade and
still are, but we don't see each other a lot. We played wolf role-play games and
other role-play games. We supported each other in our choice of schools. My
favorite story about Caily is when I got sent to the wall for no reason and started
crying, then Caily came over and sat on the wall with me for the rest of recess.
The most important things to have in a friendship is that they support you,
are nice to you, help/take care of you, and love you (in a friendly way).
I was emotionally hurt by Caily once. She apologized for hurting my
feelings, and I forgave her. I didn't take it very well, I cried in school at recess
because I was very sad that it had happened.
Within my family my dad would be my best friend. He would be my best
friend because we are very similar. I go through the problems he did when he was
my age, and we do the same things (for example we are told to eat/drink, but we
don’t, then when we do we wolf/chug the whole thing down). He also knows how
to make me laugh.
I have experienced multiple friends moving away. Some I still talk to every
once in a while, others who moved to different states I haven't talk to since. I
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