I'm Here For You

That feeling when you can't do anything for the ones you love...

That feeling when you can't give that someone the thing they need to feel fine...

That feeling is worst than being that someone that is hurt.

-Camille

BTFs Forever&Always

I will never forget your face the first day of fourth grade... GOD! You scare the hell out of me. However, I realize you haven't change a bit. Always so grateful, kind, friendly, extrovert, happy, etc. I guess your personality is crucial for our friendship....

We've been friends since we were 10 years old, and honestly I can't find someone that understands me better than you. We know everything about each other, we know our dreams, our fears, our favorite stuff, hobby, food, etc. Seriously, like you say: We are soul mates. My soul sister :):)

This New Year I want to start it as good as I can, and this means to be good with you. We can laugh, have fun, enjoy, be crazy, seem perfect, but we also cry, get mad, and most of all: fight. You know what's great about these fights? Our reconciliations... these reconciliations which prove us that we can't be without each other, the ones that show us the power of our friendship, the loyalty, the love between each other.

The consequences of these fights can be big... lets not make them reach us. This 2011 let's not fight that much, let's pray God to give us patience, to give us happiness, to give us love. Let's ask Him for better things, let's ask Him to become better people. You know what my wish this year was? To make our friendship bigger and bigger each day, to become more Best True Friends than we are, to have more of each other, to never let this die.

When I met you I never imagine that you'll become as special as you are for me now... I LOVE YOU BTF, you are my sister, you are my world, if something happens to you, I know I would die. WOW! What a friendship! ILY GIRL!

Here in Bennett, Cali, Colombia, is just the two of us, we are the ones that share the most, the ones that are like ONE SAME BODY... LOL, and we need to share THIS again. Accept my New Year's present and let's make of this 2011 THE BEST YEAR OF OUR LIVES!

Lot's of X'S and O's

-Me, Camille

Happy Birthday to Me!!

YAY!! Today is my seventeenth Birthday... Today is suppose to be full of joy and happiness, and believe me, it is full of it. There is Izzie, Emma, my sister, my parents, my family and rest of friends to be with me. However, I can't help remembering the people that is not with me today, the people I have loved and still love, and I want to write something for them:

• Grandma: I miss you... even though we are not strongly connected, I wish you were here... I wish God hadn't take you away from me so soon. I remember my Birthdays with you, just seen you was the greatest happiness, just hearing your voice was enough to say: I had the best Birthday ever... trust me, it's true.
• Tiago: I hope you were here with me!! But I'm happy you are happy on Canada... I hope you have the best of the times over there.
• Pipe: IDK how to begin... I love you very much, and I hope you were here, giving me cake! :):) I miss you with all of my heart and I will love you to be here with me! MUAH
• Uncle: The fight between you and my dad, believe it or not, have really hurt me. I need you this day, at Christmas, and just the rest of the year. I need my WHOLE family again, united... I hope you will visit me or at least call me... I hope you still love me and think on me.
• YOU: Yes... you are still with me, but not the same way you were my last Birthday when we went buying my gift together, when you still love me the way I do... I just want you to know that this "friendship" we have... maybe is not what I want, but it's enough to have you at least 5 minutes of the day by my side, Thanks for that.
• Claire: Last but not least... and not even getting near from that. I just don't know what to say, I don't know how to express how much I miss you and how much I want you today with me. I love you are living your dream, and that makes me happy. You are my sister, and you know you will always be. I love you BTF

With nothing else to write, I wish myself a very HAPPY Birthday and I hope you enjoy it! I will have a piece of cake for you... just kidding!

Love,

-Camille

ENDLESS

You must be wondering why our blog has been renamed Claire & Camille; well is NOT because we are not still four BTFs, it’s just because Camille and I are the most dedicated BTFs with the blog.

However, it started with Emma’s and Camille’s horrible fight. A couple of weeks ago Emma and Camille were having problems, at first it was a fight but then it turned more serious; they were ignoring each other, not talking anymore, etc. It was so hard for me to hear that the only two BTFs that where close (in distance) were fighting. I heard very awful phrases such as “everything is coming to an end” and “there’s nothing left to do” I was so sad I even cried one day. We are four BTFs, I mean if our group separates that would be as odd as a three legged dog, or a three wheel car.

Hope is the last thing you should lose, that’s why every day I kept praying Emma and Camille could work things out, because: what could be so bad to ruin such a strong friendship? A friendship that has been getting stronger through 10 years. The thing is that it wasn't just ONE reason, there were many little reasons that were accumulated for a long time and they all exploded just now.

Thankfully they love each other and finally (after what felt like forever) they work things out. They just had to remember that our friendship and love for each other is so tight, strong and unbreakable that nothing can get over that.

So, even though everything is back to normal again, since Camille and I are the most passionate about this blog we decided to stick to the new name, which doesn’t mean we won’t keep you updated on Izzie’s and Emma’s anecdotes. LOL

-Claire

YOU!

There's always the friend who you have known since you were a kid. The oldest friendship of all... in my case, is one of my two best friends: Izzie.

We met when we were in second grade, I was six, and our first words were: "HEY! Can you lend me the blue color?" OH! I remember, she became my best friend instantly, and I can't think in some one better than her. My life has been so much easier with her at my side; she's my big sister now... although some times I seem like the oldest: SHE'S A YEAR OLDER THAN ME! LOL

I think that she's one of that few people in my life that would never give up on me, that no mattering how, she will fight until she is capable for our friendship. The blonde and the brunette... we are the perfect mix, we are funny, sarcastic, sweet, confident... seriously, we are best friends because are parents couldn't handle us as sisters.

We have gone through a lot of things together, our holy communion, confirmation, 10 birthdays, Christmas, New Year, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and a lot more. But we have also been for each other on the bad situations... this year Izzie move to another school, it was a huge impact for us, since we have been together all these years... now, I miss my best friend in class, I miss explaining her the lecture, laughing about nothing, hugging her any time I want, seeing her every day, gossiping about the new couple at school, I MISS HER!!

Baby, you are my best friend because you love me for exactly who I am, my good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty. Even in my worst days, you never leave me standing alone in the rain and I LOVE YOU for that! My life have been so much easier, fun, and just great because of YOU!

I LOVE YOU FROM HERE TO PLUTO!

XOXO

-Camille

Best Friends Are Hard To Find...'Cause The Very Best Ones Are Already Mine

We all have amazing days and experiences with our friends that through time become anecdotes for the rest of our lives. Well today I want to share with you one of the best anecdotes I have. As you may have noticed I’m the only BTF away (I moved to The Big Apple like 2 months ago), but the story today is about my last day in Colombia.

I have very dedicated BTFs, so as you can imagine they wanted me to have the best day of my life before moving…at least that was the plan before the night started haha…the night started a little tense when I didn’t have anything to wear and I wanted to use Camille’s high heels, so she had to COMPLETELY change her outfit to match a different pair of heels…

After almost 4 hours that took us to get ready (5 girls in 1 bedroom haha) we gathered with the rest of our friends to decide where to go. We had only 1 car so the rest of the group had to pay for a taxi. The first place was TOO expensive, the second place was TOO crowded, The third place was TOO far, hahaha at that point we had less money and it was getting late…

Finally we ended up in a club called “El Escondite” (The hiding place)…I thought everything was finally alright, but no more than 10 minutes after we arrived Emma sat down next to me, took my hand (really hard I have to say) and said

“It really hurts, I think it’s broken”

I went “what are you talking about?”

She pointed her foot…and when I looked at it BAM! Her foot had a freaking HUGE BALL…someone stepped on her, and that was all for Emma she had to go with a friend to her house (and to the hospital L )

After that I was sad and it was hard to have fun…but somehow I found the way hahaha…I must say I’m bad at keeping record of my drinks hahaha but THAT’S WHAT BTFs ARE FOR!!! And even if Emma was not with us the whole night, I ended up having one of the best nights ever! Dancing all night + Camille, Izzie & Chloe by my side = A night I won’t ever forget…

I’m the third BTF, Claire, can you imagine a common typical teenager? Well I’m exactly THE OPPOSITE hahaha…I came to NY to make my dreams come true, but I’ve learned from my own experience that no matter what you do or where you do it, you need BTFs as great as mine to get through this rollercoaster people call LIFE.

Love you all,

-Claire

Our Friendship Is Tighter Than The JoBros Pants

School is something that can drive you crazy, all those homework, projects, getting early in the morning… ugh! It can seriously be stressful; but there are always those cool projects you enjoy just by the fact you are NOT having class…

Last year, in my school, that cool project consisted in creating your own micro-business and selling what you wanted. Since Claire is not here, Izzie, Emma and I build our own hamburger business… believe me when I say: those hamburgers were the best ones I’ve taste. Anyway, it was morning and everyone at 10th grade was organizing their local.

Emma and I were putting in order the cardboards… our “publicity”. We needed some scissors, so I went in search of them. I search through ALL high-school and at the end I, FINALLY, found a scissor. Since we had few time, I got back to our local running with the scissors on my hand.

“Didn’t your mom tell you not to run with scissors?” Emma asked me

“OH Em! I knoww, but running with scissors makes me feel dangerous!”

That comment just made us laugh until our lungs couldn’t more… we laugh so much and so loud, that Izzie had to punch us to make us stop!! It was hilarious…

I’m the second BTF, Camille, and through time I’ve learned that no matter how you dislike or how hard is something, as school, you’ve always friends who make those “unwished” things, the best things ever. In live you can laugh, cry, dance, sing, love, hate and a lot more… but trust me, having a friend by your side will make of that action even better.

Enjoy live guys, do what you want with it, but never forget to have someone by your side you can trust and count on.

Take care,

-Camille

It Is What It Is

Asking ourselves what name we were going to use as URL for our blog, the only idea we had was our acronym for "Best True Friends", but we saw it was used already....(btf.blogspot.com). Out of curiosity we entered the page, I was surprised by the conversations it had, and told Camille:

"OH MY EFFING GOD! We are somewhere else on the world!!!"

she just laughed, and then I saw something else and said:

"AND THEY ARE GUYS!!!"

That just made Camille fall on the floor and start laughing her ass off....It was hilarious…well it was probably because it was our happy hour…normally around 11, 12…or 3 am!!! Hahahaha

Some minutes later she stopped dead and told me she was hearing something…like footsteps, so I turned around and started to freak out…Camille said:

“sounds like that time last week when a cockroach came out of the desk”

That was my breaking point….I started screaming even though it was 3 am and said “SUPPOSEDLY there were no cockroach here!!!”

“I knowwww!!”

I jumped over the seat and waited for about 10 minutes…looking everywhere…I wished it was a ghost…at least they can’t touch you…cockroaches are so gross!!!

Anyway starting our blog we decided that each one of us is going to present ourselves to our readers, and I’ll be starting it…I’m Emma, a common 16-year-old with Natural teenage instincts that simply overpower me: I love Facebook, cellphones, msn and iPods…well not as much as I LOVE my best friends, with who I’ll be sharing stories and advices in this blog. I’m about to turn 17 and I have HUGE dreams, I plan to do a lot with my life, well…not until I turn 18…that’s when they are going to start being carry out.

My friends and I have a lot of crazy days like today, and this blog is not only for sharing them with you, but to show you what we have learned from our mistakes.

I HOPE YOU LIKE IT!

Enjoy

-Emma