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I met this girl in high school when I was 14. She was skinny, blonde and definitely not the popular girl in the school. But for me, she was beautiful. Her smile used to get me every single time. She used to behave too matured for her age, kind of an old soul.I think that’s what made me fell in love with her. We both of us were firsts in our lives. Had first kiss, lost our virginity to each other. At the end of high school, both of us got admissions in different colleges. Very far from each other. The day she was leaving for college, both of us cried a lot. She said ”Don’t worry. We will be together again one day”
As a teenager, you may feel it would really happen as in fairy tales but as time passed, we just moved on. We tried to be in contact through social media but it just didn’t work out. She said she wanted to focus on her career and I thought it was the right thing to do. So we broke up.
I moved to LA after college and was working in a tech company. After breaking up with my ex, I never got into any serious relationship but I was just messing around. Three years later,one day, one of my female friend introduced me to a girl. She’s blonde and gorgeous and had that same smile that used to drive me crazy once.
“Jake, this is Emma. She moved to LA last week. Emma, this is Jake”
“Oh, actually we know each other. We went to the same school”
By looks, she wasn’t the same girl. She turned out to be damn beautiful with the same killer smile. We started hanging out with each other. She’s still the same girl,simple,modest with matured thinking. But, I kept my distance because honestly I didn’t think I deserve her. One day, we were at my place and we were drinking.Actually, she was too drunk than me.
“ Let’s play Truth and Dare. No. Wait. Let’s talk honestly with each other for sometime”
“What do you mean “honestly”? I didn’t get it. Show me how”
“Hmmmm…. You know you look cute with that hair falling over your eyes and everything. How many girls have you slept with after we broke up?”
“What made you think I was counting?”
“I heard guys usually count.So, I asked. Never mind”
“You became from quite skinny to gorgeous. Your physique is too good. Girl, your smile still drives me crazy.Same question for you too. How many guys have you slept with after we broke up?”
“No one. It’s just you(sipping her glass of wine)
“Come on Emma. It’s just me here. You know I’m not going to judge you on that. I’m not that kind of a guy”
“It’s just you in my entire fucking life. You still didn’t get it. Did you. I still love you, you idiot. I moved to LA for you”
I never thought someone would love me that much. 8 years waiting for me. Come on. I would be stupid to lose a girl like her again. That’s it. I didn’t waste any time. I moved in with her the next day.
How’s life now? Later, moved to this simple apartment that’s just enough for both of us. Although we both were earning over 300,000 together, we both were minimalists. so, less clutter in our lives and more about both of us. We just went backpacking over Europe two months ago. Just the two of us. We try to spend as much time as we can with each other. We are not gonna lose each other again.
