What do you want most in a friend?

I think what I want most in a friend is some one who is reliable. There is two reasons: first, I think a reliable person can be trusted, then, I think whenever I have trouble, I can rely on him, he will be sure to help me a lot.  

First of all, as a friend of mine, he must be reliable, so that I can trust him. I think friends are the ones who share secrets with me. I must make sure that he is reliable, then I can tell my even the deepest secret in my heart, may be the skeleton in the cupboard. Well, I am just kidding, but I do think that being reliable is the most important factor of a friend. Imagine that once you told your secrets to your friend, and you found in the following day that everybody in the school was talking about your secret----not a secret any more---how would you feel? It`s such a horrible thing, is not it? Besides your huge anger, the only thing you could do is to regret that you didn`t choose a reliable friend. Now you can see how important choosing a reliable friend is.  

Secondly, a reliable friend is always ready to help you whenever you are in trouble. There is an old saying that ˜ friend in need is a friend indeed?which is very meaningful. That is what a reliable friend does. You can always rely on him. We can say that a reliable friend is a true friend. One is lucky if he has even one reliable friend in his life. Not too many words are needed for a reliable friend to help you, just one sentence ˜hank you, my friend?is enough and you needn`t think hard in the pay back because that is not necessary. That`s the reason why I see reliability as the most important factor when I choose my friends.  

A reliable person can be trusted and relied on---that`s the two reasons why I think reliability is what I want most in a friend.