Friends, last or not?

Friends.

We all have heard that word, and almost all of us have at least one. Either that's your dog, your human friend or your... imaginary friend. :\

Do they last? Is "Friendship lasts forever" too much? Who made that stupid phrase up? Okay, it's not stupid, it just lacked a few...spices. Or maybe it is stupid.

A while ago, someone told me this,

"You know, your so-called friends that you have, Maybe, just maybe a few of them will last. You know, until the end of the world. Most of them, will be just strangers that you say hello and goodbye in 5 minutes time when you pass them at the mall or on facebook. You say happy birthday to each other, yes, I know. You think it's going to last, you think you know how to keep them your friends till the end of the world, but you don't. I'm saying this because I know so. You go and believe anything you want, but just, give it a while. You'll see what I'm talking about."

I know she might be right, but I hope she's not.

...the bad news is, she is right. No good news.

Is it always like this? People you know in High School for a year or two wouldn't last? Maybe if you know them more and you sit with them and you talk to them everyday, they will last..but for how long? You have the BFF that you talk about your crush with. You have that other so-called BFF that you don't tell about who you have a crush with, but ask if there's any homework today in science class. That's the differences. I mean, you can have a thousand friends that will go (accompany) you to the movies and/or grab a bite, tell each other what's going on, but you can only have that few, a few from all those friends, maybe just one of them, that you can rely on, trust on, and know that they are the ones that last, maybe forever. You don't know for sure, but you believe it. Soon enough, we will move on. Soon enough though, there's always a turn, a parting streets like on the fairytales where Mr. A has to travel west and Mr. B has to travel East.

All right. Maybe you hang out a lot, have a few vacations and laugh and cried...with let's say, ten people. Those ten people, there's always who are closer to who and who aren't so close to who. Say, A is closer to C and B is closer to D. A is friends with B and D, but C knows every little bit of secrets that A has. So maybe they talked and laugh with the rest of their friends. Then, the parting started. Maybe C moved to another country. So A is left with B and D. Will A still be in contact with B and D? Maybe, in some cases, they do. But, in some other cases, they don't, and A moved on.

That's what happen. Friends, do they last? Do we have to be best friends with every group we have in high school or college, or do we just let go a whole bunch of them, keep a few of them as Best Friends Forever, and then make new BFF's or friends? Are those people who you call once in a while to grab something to eat at the new cafe and accompany you to see the movies you both haven't seen worth/ can be called the friends forever?

In a group of then, will everyone of them contact each other when the 'connector' parts? The 'Connector' the person who introduces everyone to everyone else. If the connector is there, everyone will be there. Because he/she is the center. He/she is the one who connects everyone, who introduces A to J. Or D to F. What if... the connector is gone? What if they're not there anymore? Will maybe, E be left alone because he/she is not invited to any other events anymore? Will E be just another stranger that past through them?

How sad. When E already thinks that E is friends with those people, and then two weeks later, the pictures are posted in Facebook, saying, "Yesterday and the week before, at the Coffee shop." and E isn't there, even when E has the time of the world. Just because the connector isn't there. Just because E is not a best friend.

Wouldn't that break her/his heart? Then what's left for E?