How Prom Changed My Life

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When I was eighteen, I thought life was perfect. I had an amazing boyfriend, Mason, who treated me like a princess, every girl’s dream guy. I had an amazing family that loved me. I had stellar grades and a bright future ahead of me. My life was everything I had always wanted it to be. What else could I have asked for? But, then everything changed. It was a Thursday. It was prom night, that magical night in every girl’s life. I, like any other girl in high school, felt like prom was the pinnacle of my high school career, the moment I had been waiting for. It was a night where anything could happen and in fact, anything did happen, it just wasn’t what I expected. I am now thirty and I still wonder if there was anything different …show more content…
He was also a freshman when we met. He was a star tennis player whose grades were on the fence. His coach pushed him to get a tutor before the season and that’s where I came in. As the top student of the freshman class, I was automatically enrolled as his tutor. After winter break, he started coming over my house to do his homework with me. I would help him with nearly every subject, helping him study and finish assignments. While it could be annoying at times, it was still a lot of fun. Before I knew it, we were going steady. That summer was the best time of my life. Mason was a tall and handsome young man, sun-kissed from countless hours on tennis courts. As we grew up, he only got more attractive, but other than appearance nothing else about Mason changed. He stayed the lovable goof he always was. He was nothing but good to me, coming over my house to watch movies, to be the shoulder I needed when I was sad, and anything else I could have asked for in a boyfriend. He was absolutely perfect and I believed, wholeheartedly, that we were meant to be. I knew, that no matter what life threw at us, we would make it, together. Little did I know that one night was all life needed in order to turn my life upside

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