my best friend's birthday

i've known Carly since i was probably 10 years old. we played soccer together. we were best friends. after playing on the same team twice, we didn't see each other again until i was a sophomore and she was a freshman. we both were in track. we might have tried out together, but that's blurry. all i know is that at our first track meet at moorpark, after we had already become acquaintances through pole vaulting, she remembered me from soccer. she knew she recognized me. i knew all along how i knew her, but didn't know how to bring it up. so we became best friends. spending every day together. at school and at track. that was such a great year. we would talk forever and have the deepest conversations i've ever had with anyone. we had so many inside jokes. we told each other anything and everything. we never judged, but always listened.
the two years after that, we started hanging out less and less. but we stayed best friends. every time we saw each other or the few times that we would hang out, nothing had changed.
we always have fun together, even if we spend all day watching tv or movies and eating pizza. we just always have fun and laugh so much. that's what i think is a best friend. she will always be there for me.
she's 18 today and i love her :)