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She's gone.

She's actually gone.

My Hanna is gone.

I remember that when she first came to our school in the sixth grade, I was the one that first talked to her. I showed her around, introduced her to some of my friends, and helped her get used to our school and the classwork. And in that instant, we were best friends. I always used to make fun of how much of a loser she looked, with her pony tail and collared shirts. But I remember...She had a pair of these shoes, Polo shoes...They were like a tan kind of brown, and they had the person playing polo waving that big stick around on the side of them. I hated those shoes. Almost every day I would say "Ew, get new shoes, hun." But now that she's gone...I love them. I'm trying to hold on to everything that I love about Hanna...She's one of my best friends, one of the ones that are really special and close to me. I remember she called me one night, and I was finishing my Social Studies homework, and she started crying and she told me she had cut herself. She said she didn't want to sound like a poser, because she's usually fun and preppy, but she just had problems at home...And I cried with her, and told her that I would always be there for her, no matter what. And today, December 12, 2007, she moved to Ohio. My mom and I were at Safeway, and I burst into tears...I could just imagine her on the plane, crying and looking out the window, with her 4 sisters and her mom and dad...And now, it's 7:11 P.M. at this exact second, and she's probably at her new house, unpacking and getting ready to go to her new school...And I remember today at lunch, her Youth Group leader, Adam, brought us Chipotle and we like INHALED the burrito, it was so good =] And now...I don't know what to do...I could never imagine a day without Hanna...She was always hyper and fun, and she always picked me up when I was down...She was the one who saved me from a fight...Sirenna was right in the middle of slapping me, and she got in the between us and said, "Hey Maccine, let's go watch that movie!" She pulled me away, and I said, "What movie?" And she said, "Spider-Man 3." And I was like "Dude, that came out in July. It's November, stupid." But she told me that she was just trying to break it up...And she was the one who told me not to act so slutty and to take it easy with guys...But I wasn't a slut, she just didn't want me to be like that. And today, when I last spoke to her, she wouldn't hug me because I had this weird lingerie looking punk bodice on that I got from Hot Topic, and I had to take it off before I hugged her...And I gave her two HUGE hugs, and her last words were "Maccine, behave yourself...I don't want you acting like that." She had a smile on her face when she said that, and tears stung my eyes and hers...And also Cassidy's, Sarah's, Jade's, and Salvatore [Sal]. See, we loved her so much that even guys were crying...And I know that I could always talk to her on the phone, but that's not the same as her here being with me. She's my best friend, that Hanna...

I love her.

But now she's gone...

Actually gone.

But I know she'll be back some day.

She'll visit.

I know for sure.

Because you know what?

She just loves us too much.