From IMessage to normal text. Why does it keep changing?

I am messaging and texting a friend who also has an iPhone. Now All it will come up with the green text but in some rare cases it will randomly turn to iMessage.
Why does it randomly change without me doing anything?
- jack clarke

From Apple's own website, Troubleshooting messages which states:
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Recipient Types Allowed
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MMS
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3.1 and later
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