Hey, come here. Just a little bit closer so that others won’t hear. It’s embarrassing, but I need to tell you a story. It’s the tale of the girl who fell in love with her best friend.
It’s cliche, but it was love at first sight. We met at the first meeting of gaming club. The moment I walked in, it felt like we were the only ones in the room. I slyly sat across from the boy and watched the others play on their devices.
“Hi, I’m Carlin,” he said suddenly.
“I’m Anna.”
As we talked, I started to fall for the small things he did. Like how he told the story of when he was at a retirement home. He’d smile and look down in embarrassment when he explained how he moonwalked backwards, tripped, and then spilled milk on an old lady. I also went crazy …show more content…
Well, I felt like I wasn’t good enough for him. I was the type of girl that compared herself to other girls, and I compared myself to his current girlfriend Jessica. She was beautiful, funny, and great at tennis. How can you compete with that? After thinking and thinking, I decided to give up. I never logged onto skype, I stopped going to club, I changed my route to my classes, and just like that, I lost my best friend. No matter how hard I tried to forget about him, I’d remember his goofy smile, the warmth of his hand, and the tiredness in his voice over skype. I’d remember them clearly and vividly as if he was there, and I’d feel empty. The agonizing feeling of missing him everyday built up into frustration of wondering, “Why hasn’t he noticed that I like him?”
A week later, I cracked. I logged onto skype and called him. He picked up right away and whispered, “Anna! Where have you been? I don’t see you at school anymore and you haven’t been replying to my messages and I don’t even know where you live!” The panic in his voice made my eyes well up. I knew my voice was going to crack, but I said it …show more content…
MY HEART stopped. I scrambled out of bed and asked, “Wait, what did you say?”
“Anna, I love you.”
“What!! Me?”
“Yeah you!”
“What the fuck? What about Jessica?!”
“We broke up.”
“So I’m your rebound girl?”
“No. I broke up with her. I’ve usually been the one dumped because they felt like I was holding back. After your confession, I just couldn’t stop thinking about it. I kept questioning myself if I had made the right choice. Would I regret it if I hadn’t given you a chance? And I realize that I would. I’m so sorry it took me this long to realize it, but would you still accept me?”
Of course I accepted him, and we officially became a couple. I’m running out of time, so I’ll tell you one last thing. Dating your first love isn’t very common, so the fact that I was able to date the boy I thought about everyday, made me realize the following: never give up. Because of him, I can follow my dreams wholeheartedly with determination and persistence. Although he’s with someone else right now, it doesn’t change the fact that he was my first love.
Oh, why did we break up? Well, that’s another story you’ll have to hear next time my dear
It’s cliche, but it was love at first sight. We met at the first meeting of gaming club. The moment I walked in, it felt like we were the only ones in the room. I slyly sat across from the boy and watched the others play on their devices.
“Hi, I’m Carlin,” he said suddenly.
“I’m Anna.”
As we talked, I started to fall for the small things he did. Like how he told the story of when he was at a retirement home. He’d smile and look down in embarrassment when he explained how he moonwalked backwards, tripped, and then spilled milk on an old lady. I also went crazy …show more content…
Well, I felt like I wasn’t good enough for him. I was the type of girl that compared herself to other girls, and I compared myself to his current girlfriend Jessica. She was beautiful, funny, and great at tennis. How can you compete with that? After thinking and thinking, I decided to give up. I never logged onto skype, I stopped going to club, I changed my route to my classes, and just like that, I lost my best friend. No matter how hard I tried to forget about him, I’d remember his goofy smile, the warmth of his hand, and the tiredness in his voice over skype. I’d remember them clearly and vividly as if he was there, and I’d feel empty. The agonizing feeling of missing him everyday built up into frustration of wondering, “Why hasn’t he noticed that I like him?”
A week later, I cracked. I logged onto skype and called him. He picked up right away and whispered, “Anna! Where have you been? I don’t see you at school anymore and you haven’t been replying to my messages and I don’t even know where you live!” The panic in his voice made my eyes well up. I knew my voice was going to crack, but I said it …show more content…
MY HEART stopped. I scrambled out of bed and asked, “Wait, what did you say?”
“Anna, I love you.”
“What!! Me?”
“Yeah you!”
“What the fuck? What about Jessica?!”
“We broke up.”
“So I’m your rebound girl?”
“No. I broke up with her. I’ve usually been the one dumped because they felt like I was holding back. After your confession, I just couldn’t stop thinking about it. I kept questioning myself if I had made the right choice. Would I regret it if I hadn’t given you a chance? And I realize that I would. I’m so sorry it took me this long to realize it, but would you still accept me?”
Of course I accepted him, and we officially became a couple. I’m running out of time, so I’ll tell you one last thing. Dating your first love isn’t very common, so the fact that I was able to date the boy I thought about everyday, made me realize the following: never give up. Because of him, I can follow my dreams wholeheartedly with determination and persistence. Although he’s with someone else right now, it doesn’t change the fact that he was my first love.
Oh, why did we break up? Well, that’s another story you’ll have to hear next time my dear