Hm. Best friends are difficult. Ony because I find it hard to choose the
best out of my friends. They all serve such different purposes and fulfil different needs in my life. I would say that my closest friends are my gayboys. I have three of them whom I've known for around five years, and one whom I've known since I was 14. We met at school and I hated him at first, but then I grew to realise that he and I weren't so different after all. Heh.
I love my boys; they're always there for me to chat to about stuff that troubles me. However, because they're gayboys, I have to say that
their lives are intrinsically more complicated than mine, heh heh. But my boys are great. I love them dearly. And seeing as I'm the only girl in our "gang", I get the girlie attention.
My friend Gregg is coming to visit this weekend, and seeing as I live a train journey out of town, I'm somewhat honoured, although I suspect he just wants some gossip and pictures.
I don't have many close female friends. I'm not sure why. My sister knows most stuff about me, and we have recently spent more time together which pleases me greatly, but she's my sister, you know? I love her and love spending time with her, but I'm not sure she's someone I'd choose for a best friend. Having said that, she's aces. And things have been tough for her lately; I suppose in a way that's brought us closer which has been fab. Besides, I'm currently training my neice in a love of all things
Buffy, heh heh. We watched OMWF the other day when she was off school sick and I was looking after her; she loved it. Noticeably we didn't linger over the reasons why Tara was floating. We just noticed that she
was.
There are a couple of kittens that I've known for a while. One of them I've known for around four years now, and it feels good to have a history with someone that you count as a friend. But when it comes to
best friends...well, there is one person who is probably going to be remembered as my best friend in future years.
I can tell her absolutely anything. That's kind of weird for me. In the past, I've held things back from friends, because I've been worried that what I tell them will reflect badly on my friendship with them. But this woman is always non-judgemental. She's kind, and understanding; when I want to cry about things, she lets me cry and comforts me. When I want to be giddy, she finds it amusing and just lets me go with it. She can be serious when the situation calls for it, but she also makes me laugh like nobody else ever has. Funny friends are just essential, aren't they?
So yeah, I think she's well on the way to becoming my best friend. And to have one person who completely understands you like that is gold. It really is.
I know that most people have said that Willow is Tara's best friend. That's not only true, but it's also a little sad. Remember what Donny said in
Family, about Tara not knowing anyone in High School? I honestly believe that Tara never had a friend like Willow before, with her loyalty and cute possessiveness. Certainly from looking at the way the Wicca Group treated her in college, none of them were people that Tara would consider a "friend", never mind a "best friend". So I think Willow would "complete" Tara in a whole lot of different ways, friends-wise.
But I still think that Buffy is Willow's best friend. Thinking back to the way Willow was in Seasons 1 and 2, I'm not sure that, apart from Xander, Willow had any other friends. There are plenty of experiences that only Buffy would understand, and I think she filled the parts of Willow's life that her friendship with Xander didn't. I used to love their relationship; the way that Buffy and Willow were just complimentary together and how their friendship was always really important to them, above and beyond the slaying.