"Genuine people don't come around too often. If you find somebody real enough to stay true, keep them close."

"Best friends, they know how crazy you are and still choose to be seen with you in public."

"Because of you I laugh a little harder, cry a little less, and smile a little more."

"A true friend accepts who you are. But also shapes you to who you should be."

          L is for Liu. I know, Liu isn't my name or a family member's but it's the name of one of my close friends that I consider my family. Amy Liu is a lovely girl I met in fourth grade. I wasn't so trusting and open to new people at the time, so I stayed close to the people I already knew. I shied away from most of the new people, but Amy had this aura around her that made me curious. Even though Amy interested me, I didn't go up to her for awhile until Hayley and Alyssa had met her first.

          Amy and I had already been good friends for two years by sixth grade, thanks to Hayley and Alyssa obviously. Our sixth grade year was the first year it was just she and I in homeroom. If you know the gifted kids then you know they don't really socialize with other kids outside of the gifted ring. It's not like they think themselves higher than the other kids, it's that most of us are socially awkward, so we rely on each other.

          I got to know Amy better in sixth grade. I got her into Criminal Minds, and she got me to like Fantastic Beasts. Our weirdness only made our bond stronger. Amy most likely doesn't know it but I don't think of her as a friend; she is like a sister to me.

          Amy is like one of those "too good to be true" kind of things; all of my friends are. They took an antisocial girl who barely trusted people and turned her into someone who could care less about what people thought.

          If I message Amy for help, I know that she will reply as soon as possible to help. She will get worried if I'm sick and ask if I'm okay. I know that if I have a problem, I can confide in her for help.

          I don't know what I would be like if Amy and I weren't friends. She is one of the few people who can deal with my weirdness. I need this girl so I can easily speak my mind without fear, be accepted for who I am, and know that someone will always and indefinitely be there for me.

          For a fact, I know that if Amy needed help, I would gladly return the favor. I cannot express how much I wish she was my real sister. In my heart, Amy will always be my sister.