We met one day in June, I was seeking refuge in new friends and she an escape. That day a new seed was birthed and began to rapidly grow into a strong well nourished tree. We became great friends almost instantaneously I felt alive again and she confided in me giving me greater life and purpose. When we first started talking I knew she had a boyfriend I also knew that it was'nt my place to get involved in their affairs. Soon after we became friends she started to tell me about him and how she often felt ignored, that is when I began to get involved. I learned that he held his video games at a higher standing than her, as her friend I spoke with her and told her that he did not deserve such a beautiful and smart girl. Then I realized how beautiful and intelligent she actually was, soon there after I started noticing more and more how amazing she was.
All living things grow and evolve until they have reached their pinnacle these pinnacles may occasionally be overturned and replaced by new ones. The tree of our friendship was growing into more than what we had ever imagined; feelings were growing inside of me as well and I could not contain them. I feared to tell her for it could affect our friendship, I held back my feelings for several weeks until I could not wait any longer. I knew that things were comlicated and this would only intensify any tension between us but I was in love, nothing had ever compared to this feeling that I was experiencing it was pure ecstasy. As I told her tears came to my eyes I struggled to hold them back as I let all of my feelings burst out. She sat quietly and listened as I told her how I felt about her, as I finished I apologized saying "I understand if you never want to talk to me again".
She then said "That's so sweet, of course I still want to talk to you I love you after all", hearing those words it made me week at the knees and the room started to spin. How could such strong feelings be mutual, I was overjoyed and speechless. Soon reality struck we were separated by hundreds of miles, how could something like this work. Almost as quickly as the thought was conceived she said to me "what about the distance", without even hesitating I replied with "i'll come down there and we can start a life together". I verbally committed to a life with her, and you know what I was ecstatic I thought to myself "you finally manned up".
