Lacey Brown has admitted that she and Paige Miles shed some tears together, after she was eliminated from American Idol last week.

The 24 year old Florida girl revealed that she and AI roommate Paige (who also hails from the Sunshine State) became very close during their time on the show and will definitely stay in touch now that she’s left. In an interview with People, Lacey said:

She was my roommate through a lot of this. We kind of just went home and cuddled. She cried a lot and I cried a lot. We had a lot of time together but not enough time, so I’m going to visit her very soon. We’re really actually very close. She’s like a new sister to me and we’ll be in each other’s lives a really long time, whether she likes it or not!

Lacey also admitted that she has loads of mementos and souvenirs to remind her of her American Idol journey. She said:

I have a couple things. Wednesday night, American Idol handed over my number, which is the little sticker you wear on all your auditions and all the remaining contestants signed it for me, so I am going to keep that for a while. I have tons of pictures and me and Paige just had funky mirror pictures every day, and I have a necklace that Katie gave to me last night that’s really cute that I’ve worn to all my interviews. I want to go home and make a scrapbook of my American Idol journey. I’m really just going to treasure the contestants’ friendships. We’ve all grown rapidly and even though I’ve only known them a couple of months, I’m going to have very long and happy friendships with them.