SURPRISE! I couldn't let your birthday pass without giving you something special. It is so nuts, of all these things I have made, you have yet to get one from me and it is hilarious we were just talking about them being in the same place this weekend since I planned on writing this for you as soon as I remembered aka you telling me, it was your birthday. ;) Something I always struggle with is finding the right words because no matter what, I can never seem to capture how much someone means to me in words. There ARE no words to tell you how much I have valued not only their rp friendship, but our OOC friendship we have created. From the instant Aly arrived at ~buddies, I felt a connection. I never played with an Aly before and ~buddies was my first attempt at playing Zac. I picked him up randomly when I was excited over how good 'The Lucky One' looked. He suddenly seemed like a guy I could play so I gave it a try. You don't even know how insane it is to think I have been playing him off and on for almost a full two years now. It has gone so fast and I am so thankful I have gotten to know you really well over those two years. RP is such a small world and it is still funny to me that we knew each other as other people previously to playing Zac and Aly together. It is no wonder they clicked. I don't click with people too often. It is rare I start playing with a new person, click with them and find out I haven't played with them before so anytime I click so well with someone, I figure I HAD to know them before and it was even true in this case. I loved you back then too. It almost feels as if we were meant to be friends.
First, let me start by saying Zac valued Aly's friendship as much as I value yours OOC. She was always there for him. I normally don't have an issue finding a romantic line but I always struggled finding good, solid friendship lines. Which I guess is why valuing friendships has become so important to every last one of my kids. I would rather have good, solid friendship lines, than a romantic one. Romantic lines were always a nice bonus for me once I was happily settled with a lot of good friendship ones. I was so lucky with Zac because he had A LOT of close friends on ~buddies and then when it moved to ~parade but Aly was definitely one of his best. Aly was the one that was ALWAYS there, no matter what and as much as I hate to admit it, I do think he took advantage of that sometimes. I know my Zac wasn't always easy to deal with. Aly adored the shit out of him and would do anything for him yet I am aware he made her feel as if nothing was good enough. Aly meant so much to Zac. Their vent sessions over how they hate all the same people, how they shared in their love for AI, The Bachelor, and then Big Brother. I can't watch any of those without thinking how our kids would compare notes. They had something so amazingly special. I know when we had awards last year, it was nice to see someone as deserving as Aly take them all. She brought so much to the comm and I know it hasn't felt the same without her. I am thankful we both lost our kids at the same time because I know it wouldn't be the same for Zac without Aly around. She was always so giving of her time, whenever he needed her, I know Aly would be there. You are Aly for me and always will be. I can't see Aly and not think about you. I knew nothing about her and all I do know is from you but from what I do know, you brought her to life. She was always there for her friends and was incredibly loyal even when they didn't deserve it (like Zac! Don't lie, you know you agree!). I know Zac would tell her she is loyal to a fault but that was always a compliment. It was a quality she should be proud and stand behind. Zac knew that no matter what he did, Aly would may not always like his choices but she would still be there for him which was something really special considering he was always worried about what other people would think about the stupid decisions and choices he was making. Aly kept him sane. She brought him back down to earth when he needed it and just I can't express enough how she meant to him. They have been through so much but their friendship always continued to stand strong and now I am getting emotional thinking about them haha moving on.
You're such an incredible writer. Bless you so much for dealing with me because I am a pain in the ass considering I don't enjoy scening at all and I know you do. You were always so patient and put up with my stalling ways and distractions with AIM conversations. Not just anyone would do that. You bring so much to every last char I have known you as and I am so proud to say I have gained another good friend through rp, someone I always want to bring along with me whenever there is another comm I like or maybe want to try. You have very easily become one of my closest rp friends. Whenever something happens, you are always the first person I go to because I know how much I can trust you and I can honestly say I would trust you with my life and we haven't even met. It means so much to me to have you as part of my rp life. I don't know where I would be without you.The hours we would spend talking IC and often times,those IC conversations would turn OOC which I never minded because whether it be IC or OOC, it is always, always a pleasure talking to you. You are one of the most unselfish, loving people I have ever met in my life. I hear about your life and the responsibility you have to your family and I hope you realize just HOW special that is. There are a lot of people out there that would rather die than take care of anyone other than their self. You honestly would do anything for those that mean the most to you. You are the epitome of putting the needs of others above your own and where I used to feel I do that sometimes . . . you put it to shame. ;) I don't believe you do it because you have to either, you do it because you just simply want to and that is how much you care. Let me tell you, I am so thankful to call a person like that a friend and even better to have someone like that as part of my life. You are great. I adore you and love rping with you. I hope you have an awesome birthday because you deserve it and not even a post like this can express how much I appreciate you and the fact I can talk to you about anything and know you will never judge me (and typically you feel the same way too ;)). I wish I had those right words for you to know just how incredibly wonderful I think you honestly are. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!