My match

We've been friends since our mums encouraged us to play tennis back in year 7, now 12 years ago. Across the net, we'd yell 'sorry' when we so much as hit a decent forehand into the others' tramlines, apologising as if we were being unkind to the other. We lived together last year and through the first lockdown, becoming closer than ever. Now we live in different cities, but calling her is the highlight of my week and it'll never get old. She's my rock and will always make me feel validated and true to myself. She is my true soulmate and that'll never be lost.