If I did my math right, 13 years ago was when we were 5 & now we’re both 18. All I gotta say is, if I could tell my 5 year old self “Hey, that blonde kid next to you, yeah he’s gonna be your best friend & the most important guy in your life”, I would of thought “wow..really? yeahh right”
we went to the same grade/middle school (private which explains kindergarten - 8th). I didn’t think much of him other than his name is Alex & he’s a kid in my class who is obsessed with playing sports. 6th grade came around & I knew he was having a rough time with his family, so I decided to I.M. him (lol wow) telling him I hope he’s okay & I’m here if he needs to talk. I never said a word to him my entire life until then. After that, we just started talking & the more we talked, the slowly we became close friends.
6th grade we “dated”, but I mean c’mon we were waay to young & didn’t know anything about love or even what a relationship was, so we agreed to just be friends.
As time went on we became closer & closer. After school everyday we’d wait for each other & walk to the parking lot together. Since we were still young, there wasn’t much to talk about, but for some reason it was okay & not awkward. We just enjoyed each other company.
In 8th grade there was a Valentines Day Dance & for some reason, that night I knew, I wanted to be with this kid. I remember running around the gym with him, laughing, talking, dancing & pretending I didn’t like him even though it was so obvious that I did.
March 9, 2007 we dated again. Another fun night of boys vs girls basketball game & I remember just being so happy to be his girlfriend. I even got muscle cramps from playing my heart out in basketball. Not only because it was the last time I’d ever play basketball seriously, but to show off :)
We dated the whole summer, but beginning of Freshmen year he broke up with me. This time by now we went to different high schools because of the “zoning areas”. It was probably the hardest thing I went through, especially being young.
We still remained friends, but we got closer than ever. As much as I hated when he broke up with me, it made us become closer. He became like a brother to me & I know that sounds weird, but that’s seriously how close we were.
April 13, 2011 we got back together, but this time it was sooo different. We were much older, have dated other people & it felt more right.
We’ve been with each other for 1 year & 3 months. It’s been the most incredible & amazing year of my life all because of him. He makes me so happy & I’m so lucky to be called his girlfriend. What I love the most is we knew each other before all this. We knew each other when we were those little awkward 6th grade kids & we have gotten the chance to watch each other grow into the young adults we are now. We know each others past, what we used to look like when we were younger, embarrassing times, future goals, etc. Basically I can just be me without worrying about getting judged. Plus no other girl can say ‘hey, chill out, he was my friend before he was your girlfriend’…because I’ve ALWAYS been his friend :) We never really had a fight, & if we do it only lasts a couple hours. We don’t even yell at each other, we talk about it & try it to work it out. But again, we hardly ever have arguments.
In about a month & 2 weeks, we’ll be going off to 2 different colleges. I know ferr sure it’ll be hard to adjust from being 10 minutes away from each other to 5 1/2 hours (although, we can always meet up in our hometown which is the middle). A lot of people give us doubts & just tell us to break it off now before it gets any harder, but I believe differently.
I rather try it out & see what happens than break it off & always wonder “what could of been…”. I know it’ll be really really tough, but as people say LDR is the true test of a relationship. We’ve been in each others lives for so long, he means sooo much to me & I’d do anything for this to work out.
& even if LDR doesn’t work out, I know we’ll always be close to me no matter what. We both have a special place in our hearts for each other.
Alex, from the day I I.M.ed you on AIM, till now & this day on & the rest of my life, I will ALWAYS Love you. I’m so proud of you & all the achievements you’ve accomplished. You’re my Batman, but with Superman powers too. You’re just so amazing & I can’t thank you enough for all the time we’ve spent together & I can’t even describe how much you mean to me. You’re my world & I’d do anything just for you.
I Love You, Always have… <3