Miss

The definition of a friend, according to the typical dictionary explanation, means a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard, a person who is on good terms with another. But looking back at all the good times I had with my friends, I know that a simple dictionary definition cannot explain the true meaning of the word friend.

I remember the day we first met as though it was just yesterday. It was right here on the grounds of the American College of Dubai on the 11th of September and it was my first day at college. Naturally, I was feeling nervous and was desperately hoping that I would not lead the next year in college without any friends.

But then my eyes caught a young girl sitting in one of the chairs, her face looking downward, wrenching her hands so tightly that her knuckles appeared white. When I asked her what her name was, she replied in her sweet, high pitched