Sometimes, at night, I look up at the moon and think, "She's looking at the same moon I am but 959 miles away."

I can tell you everything about her, but I've never met her. Some people may say, "Oh internet friendships aren't real" "Are you sure they are who they say they are?"

Internet friends can be better then friends that you meet at school. Internet friends get to know you because of your personality and what you love. You meet because of shared interests and because of an online community that supports each other.

I have met so many amazing people online, my friend Nesrine checks on me daily to make sure that I eat because she know that I have a problem with not eating for a day or two. (Love you mom) My online grandma Suga writes amazing stories with me. I talk to all if these people daily. There are more that I've met but the one person that means the most to me, the one person that can make me smile no matter what happens, the one person that I annoy my friends by talking about daily, her name is Bella. She lives in Pennsylvania. We've been talking for about a year now and we usually have Skype calls every weekend but recently I haven't been able to Skype with her and it physically hurts. A pain in my chest and my stomach hurts and I just shut down.

Sometimes the distance gets to me and I think about how close she feels when we Skype and how far away she really is. 959 miles. My dad asks me why I'm sad and I say, "I know that I'm going to meet her someday but it hurts to know that today is not that day. That day might not come for another three months." It hurts. Bella means so much to me. She makes me laugh when we talk and calms me down and cheers me up. She knows exactly what to say and she knows exactly what I am going to say. She knows me in a way that others don't. That first Skype call we had was so awkward. We had no idea what to say to each other and we both just wanted the other to say something. When we talk now we don't even need to say anything, we just enjoy the presence of the other. Bella sometimes plays her violin or she'll do homework while we talk and I can hear her mother laughing in the background when she sits and compliains about gymnastics.

Bella, you mean more then you will ever know to me. I know that I can be a pain in the ass sometimes but you put up with me. You make me happy and I wake up in the morning and check my messages and text you if I can. I check my phone after school and smile when I see your text. You filled a place in my heart no one else could. You molded into me to become a part of me. I love you so much sis.

--Eva

Dear Bella,

I wrote this a while ago and I wanted to say happy birthday! You make me smile all the time and once (not sure if I have told you this I probably have lol) my English teacher put me into a test once and the question was: "Eva misses her best friend" and we had to find different parts of speak and I almost started crying. I really do miss you and I hear your voice in my head all the time telling me what to do and telling me that it's going to be okay. I don't know what I would do with out you. 💙💙

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Happy birthday Bella