The term boot camp besties captures how the friendship started, but not how it had reached the level of intensity it now had. During those years in Oklahoma, the friendship entered a new category. Kami and Tilly were together constantly. Kami followed Tilly’s suggestion to switch to a college that was closer to her; they took all the same classes so that they could share textbooks and save money. Kami had recently ended her relationship with her controlling boyfriend,
