...hands down the camaraderie. I had a very tight knit group of friends in middle school, about ten of us in all. We were inseparable, well sort of. We were such a large group that there would be times where just two, or three, or four of us got together and did something; when it was a big event though, we were all there and we were all best friends. We had sleepovers, which meant movies all night and sneaking out of houses to walk around the woods. We went to concerts together. We all hung out in the same little mob during dances and only a few of us were brave enough to venture out and ask girls to dance. We would go into one of our basements, turn on AC/DC and we'd throw each other around. It was innocent and it was fun.
I only have a few really close friends these days for many reasons, the biggest probably being my personality. I adore the people close to me yet I miss those days when I knew, no matter what, any day of the week, basically any time after 10 am that I had at least one, and usually a whole bunch of people to hang out with.
Even if all we did was sit in my basement listening to music.
