"Cause tonight, is the night,I've been dreaming of for so long" Aliyah sung out loud while doing her makeup in the mirror. "Going somewhere?" her boyfriend Aiden asked while leaning against the door frame. "It's Friday, you know, girls night out babe" she said while smiling at him through the mirror. He nodded and proceeded to walk off, "Is something wrong?" she asked noticing the frown on his face before he turned around. Stopping in his tracks, he scratched his temple, "Today was rough, was hoping to chill out with you, but...." she began to frown,putting her makeup brush down she walked up and hugged him from behind,"I could always cancel, it's no biggie." He lifted his head and turned around to face her with a huge grin on his face, "this is why i love you" he said while placing a kiss on her cheek. "I'll order us some dinner." He said as he walked out of the room. Once out of her sight, Aliyah let out a huge sigh of frustration while rolling her eyes and sending out a group text of cancellation. It was the same old sad song every week, whenever Aiden knew I had plans that failed to involve him, he would come up with some excuse sending me on a full blown guilt trip. Now don't get me wrong, he's a great guy! And I love him to the moon and back, but he's definitely a little clingy and controlling. He doesn't put his hands on me or anything like that so I guess I should be thankful for that at least, right? It goes like this, we met two years ago in our junior year of high school. He was one of those cute jocks everyone in school crushes on, and somehow he caught feelings for a girl completely out of his circle. We were both struggling in our biology class and had to partake in a study group. I guess the more time we spent together, the more feelings we caught for each other. So fast forward a year when we are getting ready to graduate high school and choosing what school we'd like to attend. I remember the conversation like it was yesterday
"So Aliyah, have you sent in all your paperwork for Texas A&M?"
With my eyebrows furrowed,
"Babe, what do you mean, we've had this discussion time and time again, I'm going to the art institute. I've have my set start date and everything, remember? You're so happy for me?"
I could see his emotion changing clear as day. "Are you fucking kidding me right now? You can't be serious about going off to pursue some imaginary ass career. We agreed on Texas, we agreed my parents would take care of our living fees and we could focus on school...together...at Texas a&m"
"sorry Aiden, but I can't live my life based on you"
I'm really not sure what happened inside of him in the next few seconds but he snapped and punches a hole in the wall. I jumped. I was frightened. He saw that, and ran over to hug me going on and on about how sorry he was for scaring me. How the thought of being away from me made him angry. I was a sucker for it back then. I literally broke down and applied to the school he wanted and we've been here...in Texas every since. Im here pursuing a career in Nursing, while I know my true passion is Fashion. I love him, but shouldn't I love ME more?
