I was best friends with Rick in High School 9th and 10th and 11th grade mostly. We hung out every lunch along with two other best friends we had. It was me, Shain, JJ, Rick, and... Robert (We didn't really like Robert lol). I don't remember how exactly we started to hang out, I just remember me and him we're really into films, music and videogames. Hideo Kojima was our god. Our favorite movie at the time was Lost In Translation. We fucking fell in love with that movie. Almost everyday after school, Rick would walk me home. Yes, walk me home. My house was about a 25- 30 minute walk from school. He didn't have to, the bus he needed to take to Torrance was next to the school, but he would just take the stop next to my house. I always enjoyed those walks, we would just talk, and talk about everything film, games, and music.
Around the beginning of 11th grade, my parents decided to moves us out to Palmdale. Palmdale is about 2 hours away from San Pedro. It was the most depressing shit ever. We linked up one time after moving to Palmdale. I came to San Pedro, and me and him went to go watch Anger Management. I remember we both liked it despite the bad reviews it got. That was the last time I actually was with Rick. After that we kept in touch via FB, Instagram, and Steam. We never acknowledged each other on here or gaf. But even through social media, we never fully kept in touch. Just the occasional birthdays, or gaming news shares he would tag me in. We only ever played online once, and that was when Portal 2 was released.
I feel like a piece of shit for never taking the time out of my life, to ask if he was ok. Now it's too fucking late. Seriously man, If you know someone going through some shit, reach out to them. I will never ever be silent again when someone I know is desperately asking for help. Rick thank you for those wonderful memories I have of you in High School. It seems like through the years you made many more friends than what you had in HS, and lots of people really loved you.
Rest In Peace brother.