It all started on a hot summer day. I just got out of work after a long day. Just when I’m about to head home I get a call from a friend asking to go a get-together for a friend’s birthday that I didn't know very well, but he insisted. I reluctantly agreed since it would allow me to meet some new people and hang back a bit. I get there and surprising see my cousin there. It’s been kind of weird between our families but it was nice to see him since its been awhile. It was there at the gathering that I met all these different people that I've heard of but never spoken to or seen before. The night was a success, I got to know new people and it was fun, but there was this one girl in particular that sparked my interest. She was one of the most interesting people that I had met. It was the start of what seemed like an eternity. It was the beginning of a long journey of happiness and sadness, but nothing I would ever take back.
We started off with just regular small talk and invites to other small get-togethers. As I kept going to the gatherings we just kept connecting and it became obvious to all of our friends that we had something. At this point my friends tried to stop me from going any farther and to discontinue talking to her. She had a reputation of being a flirt and that I wasn't going to get anywhere with her. Being the stubborn person I am, I brushed off what they said and continued to talk to her. We chatted everyday stayed up late into the night webcamming each other. It was great. I didn't connect to a girl like this for a long time and I didn't want it to stop.
I was going to do it. I was going to ask her out. I had a feeling that if I didn't do it I was going to regret it and beat myself up over it. I did it while we were alone and away from our now regular group of friends. I prepared a speech and everything but when the moment came, I forgot everything and just said the words “Will you go out with me?” The tension was high. Seconds felt like hours. I just wanted to get it over with at that point. When she said the word “Yes”, a huge weight lifted off my chest and a rush of happiness came to me.
Not long after this, she told me that my cousin had feelings for her and that he asked her out Christmas, but she gave him an unsure answer. The same cousin that I finally got to see more of. I knew something was going to happen soon. I had just taken the girl that my cousin liked. The girl and my cousin have known each other for from what I can remember about five years. They were really good friends. Every one of our friends tried hiding the fact that we were going out because we wanted to good time to tell him, but realized too late that there was never going to be a good time and that would be the downfall of relationships. I knew he started getting suspicious because of how much the girl and I talked. That was when he asked our friends if we were dating or not. The first friend said no while my cousin and the girl’s best friend said that we definitely were dating. This is the point where a bunch of drama happens.
My cousin was angry. He said he was angry because of the fact we were hiding it from it and we shouldn't be lying to him about it. It was wrong, yes, but I knew the real reason why he was angry. The reason why he didn't even want to talk to us anymore. It was because in under a month, I got together with the girl he had his eyes set on for years. I just swept in out of nowhere and took over. Now things were bad with my cousin and her other best friend. I wondered if should just break up with her and end the drama and kept coming to the thought in my head that “We both like each and want to be together, but he is your family”. It was difficult. If I knew about all this before, I wouldn't have asked her out. There was no going back though. I knew he would of been mad if we broke up because he didn't want to be the reason why we broke up so I decided to keep the relationship going with her. Despite the huge argument between her, her best friend and my cousin, the rest of the summer went well. I was in love and didn't want things to get between us.
It was when college started, things started to falling apart. We went to different colleges cities apart. She started to just drop the calls suddenly when we were talking simply because people came to talk to her. It got to the point where we started to talk less and less and our relationship was fading. A text message finally came about how she wanted to break up. I was conflicted with the feeling of being sad and angry. I was sad because all of it ended, but I was kind of expecting it because of how things were going. What made me very angry was the fact that she did it over text message and that she’ll talk to me later about it because how she was about to go off to dinner with some friends. After a long and difficult to handle discussion with her, it was finally officially over. I started the process of healing, feelings started to fade and I began the better myself as a person.
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