So, I got into a pretty big fight with my best friend almost 5 months ago. There were many fissure in our relationship before this so it was probably coming for over a year before we broke it off.

Things are getting good between us now and we started small by going for coffee and then even went on a local day trip together. Still, I get the feeling that it's never going to be what it used to be - maybe that's a good thing given that like I said, I saw this coming for a while and we kind of had an unhealthy relationship.

I really do want to be friends with her even if we aren't as close as we used to be, and I also think that she wants to be friends. I get the feeling, even though things are still a bit awkward between us.

I really want to have a discussion with her at some point about exactly what went wrong so that we can "clear the air", but I don't want to harm the relationship especially since it's getting better now and I don't want to make it awkward or bring up past stuff if it's just going to get us both angry at each other. I just don't know if we can have a true relationship without acknowledging the hurt that was there. Like I don't think we can just ignore it.

I'm not sure how to broach the subject, and like I said, I don't want to make it awkward or worse than it is right now. Any advice? Should I just let it go and never talk about it? Or is there a way to diplomatically talk about it?

Thanks for your advice.