A Growing Bond

Dear Steve,

You are truly my best friend.  We have been through so many times together and it has made our bond stronger.  You know this whole thing we have been going through with the the Cirque Du Freak thing and Madam Octa and Van Hurston?  I am glad be have each other to confide in with it.  That's how I know you are truly my best friend.  You are the only person I can trust and I know you feel the same way about me.  I always knew you were my best friend in the whole wide world and the only person I can tell anything to just now when even though you know that what I did (stealing Madam Octa) was very wrong you are my best friend and we think alike so you made me ten times happier when you said you weren't going to say anything and when I saw the look of excitement on your face.  We are best friends and wouldn't rat each other out no matter what so it's not like the only reason why you said you weren't going to say anything was because I blackmailed you with a secret of yours.  We are both not going to say anything because friendship means trust.  We have a whole group of friends but you mean more to me than they do, our bond is more special and unique than theirs.  Also, I'm sorry about lying to you about me seeing you talking to Van Hurston and then even more for chickening out and going home.  I know you probably already know this because of that special bond we have but I just wanted to clear the air and make sure. I also know that you are sorry for not telling me but that's okay because just like we always do, we worked through it, together. One last thing: I know you knew I was lying and that something was up and I should have just gave up on the lie but you know me and knew that I wasn't going to give in no matter how bad of a liar I may be. I know I said that the statement above was the last thing but that was lie. This is the actual last thing: no matter what happens with the whole Madam Octa and Van Hurston thing I know you have my back and I have yours and if any thing happens we will get through it together and we will be okay.  But hopefully, it won't have to come own to that.

From,

Darren

Everybody has that one person in their life that they feel that they are attached to with super glue and have a special bond with.  That person stands out from the rest of your group of important people in your life.  You guys are probably alike in so many ways yet different in so many more but it doesn't matter because together and apart you guys are still one.  You guys will always have each other's back through thick and thin and it is just something that is unsaid but you both know it.  It's that person that when you have good news is the first person you go to but also when you have bad news.

In Cirque Du Freak, by Darren Shan this book has many different odd, freaky and outright scary moments for Darren (main character) and his friend, Steve that they lie to each other about things and start to distance themselves from eachother.  But when Steve steps up, they talk it out and it makes them stronger and it's better for both of them because they both need to let out their secrets.  They let it out to each other and they are all better and aren't as worried anymore about what's going to happen because now they are better together than alone all by themselves.

            I wrote this letter from Darren to Steve talking about how they get through things and basically saying how he realizes that he has met his special confidant. Instead of writing just a letter or response on some event that was easy to see, I dug deep into the book into and choose a not so obvious element: friendship.  This friendship and bond hit me right in the face and I knew that this was worth writing about.  I thought I should do it in a letter from one of the characters so you can get a look at what the characters are thinking and what I am describing in their friendhsip.  You can clearly understand now what I am talking about.  There is always something deeper in a book if you go down past the surface.

You never know when YOU will meet that person or actually realize that you have met that person.  This person can be a husband or wife, a friend, a sibling or parent that you have this special bond with.  Once you realize it,  maybe by something one of you guys do, or how you resolve a problem or the way that Darren and Steve do, then you will realize that you will always have someone by your side. You will feel safe in any situation and you will be able to deeply connect to Darren.