Best friends become best friends suddenly, and without knowing that’s what’s happening until it happens. One insignificant day, only weeks after our Mr. Toad’s wild ride, I looked at Carrie and realized she would be in my life for a very long time. Before I failed Spanish, I remember the teacher describing the eve of fluency as when one night you dream in the language and suddenly can speak it the next morning. That is what it felt like when Carrie and I realized we were best friends. To the exclusion of everyone around us, we established our own Sanskrit that baffled the locals and
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