Aidan has been my best friend longer than we can literally remember. We've grown up together, sharing a bunch of interests and inside jokes through the years. Though we have changed significantly and run in different circles with different passions, we always find time to hang out and do whatever just like when we were kids, which to me is a refuge of healing from the growing pains that is the shift into adulthood. Being able to reference years worth of inside jokes and stories with rich history is a signifier of a beautiful, persisting friendship, and my confession is that I hope we remain friends until the end.