My best friends...

I have special friends in my life. (This is not grammatically incorrect, but when we say "special friends" it often jokingly implies there is some kind of romantic involvement. I agree with @twanintokyo for the beginning.)

y best friends and I attended the same middle school and were in the same class. However, our first year (for Americans at least "Freshman" is a term we generally use for High School or College, not middle school. We would understand but it would seem strange to us to use it.) we belonged to different cliques and didn't really get along.

Our second year, when we were 14, we got along better because our seats were close together. We talked and laughed a lot even though it was nothing speacial.

But then our history teacher gave us a fated* homework assignment to visit a famous place related to history. (Or: to visit a famous historical site.)

A group of four or five of us decided to go together. It was really exiciting because none of us had ever been somewhere (far away from home)** without family. On our own we had to find our way and learn about the place's history. It was actually really cool homework! We had lots of fun and it bonded us as friends. We are still friends today and whenever we meet up it's just like we're back in middle school!

*I used "fated" just to add some drama to the story. Meaning you might not have been as good of friends if the teacher hadn't given you this particular assignment. It was fate!

**"far from my house" or "far away from home" These are probably unnecessary since I assume it was a local trip and not somewhere you had to stay overnight.

My best friends...

My best friends and I were in the same middle school and we also had the same class when I became a freshman of my middle school.

Before that time (or When I first met them), I didn't get along with them especially with girls that had their groups (or cliques) and hung out together.

During my second year, I was 14 years old and I got along with them because our seats were very close and we talked and laughed a lot even if it was nothing special.

One time, my history teacher gave us a homework assignment that required us to go and visit famous places related to history.

So, four or five students made a group to visit historical places and it was so exciting because we have never been to places that are not family oriented ( means that person likes to spend time with biological relatives like children, cousins, siblings, parents, grandparents, etc..) or far from my house.

It meant that we had to find how to get there and learn about the places’ history.

That was a cool homework assignment!

We had lots of fun during that time and I can't forget a memorable travel with my friends.

They are still with me now.

Whenever I meet them, I feel that I can become a middle school student.