My First Life

My First...Summer Love

Q: Who is he to me?

A: My everything.

Q: Does he feel the same way? 

A: Is that even a question?! Of course he does! I mean, it wouldn't be a summer love if he didn't.

Q: What is his name?

A: Esteban Valentine

Q: What would be our ship name?

A: Mayban Valentez

Q: When did I meet him? 

A: August 21, 2015. He was at my birthday party last year. He's also my brother's closest friend. I wouldn't say they're best friends because they don't hang out all the time, but they do play video games and talk over the phone a whole lot. I'm not really a phone kind of gal because I think when you talk in person it seems more realistic and natural.

Q: How did we meet?

A: He was getting some punch at the same time I was turning around with some s'mores in my hand (the party was in my backyard at night and it was kind of a bonfire theme) and I sort of dropped some s'mores along with the melted chocolate on the both of us. As I went to pick it up, we bumped our heads together. Everyone started dying of laughter. Now this is the part where a normal girl would just run up to her room and cry. But I'm not a normal girl. I started laughing and my mom came out and saw Esteban and I covered in s'mores and laughing. So she told us to go inside and get cleaned up. We went inside and Esteban already had some clothes because he and my brother were planning on playing video games all night and waking up some time in the afternoon. But anyway, he got changed and I got changed. When we were done and were getting ready to head back to the party, we realized we had the same exact outfit on. It was literally the same shirt, jeans, and shoes, even socks. It was super freaky. I seriously thought I was looking into a mirror. He didn't notice how calm I was and just started freaking out because he thought he was wearing clothes that were meant for females, but I actually just like to shop in the men's section of stores. So I looked away because I saw s'mores my mother had made while we were changing. I literally ran for them because they were across the room. He kind of just stood there confused until he saw them, too. He just casually walked over and took the s'more out of my hand and bit it, although he knew there was a bunch on the table. I just glared at him for about 5 seconds and the both of us just started laughing. So I took another s'more and ate it, while he devoured his in, like 2 seconds. We started to talk about how we're wearing the same outfit and also about my brother. It was the best birthday I've ever had. The next morning, I jumped on my brother's bed because I thought he'd be sleeping there, but Esteban was. He just started groaning. I didn't see a sleeping bag anywhere, so I thought Esteban decided not to sleep over. But I didn't see his face because he was under the covers. My brother had just gotten up early and was in the bathroom. And may I remind you that I knew none of this. So I just started yelling, "OMG, Daniel! Wake up! Your friend Esteban is super cute! Is he single?! This is totally why I love being your twin. BTW the party was awesome. It's twice as fun as a regular birthday party. OMG! When is he coming over again?! I'm totally not kidding, but I think I might like him. And I'll totally just shut it down right now if you tell me you don't want us together because it'll always be twins before everything and everyone! Please say something because I think I really like him. C'mon dude, please. I've never liked any of your friends before and since you guys are already friends, he doesn't have to go through that whole impossible 'Boyfriend Material Test' that you always do to every single guy I've ever liked." He didn't say anything, so I started to shake him. "Please, Daniel! Wake! Up! Now!" He started to speak and I knew it wasn't Daniel after the first word he said, "I like you, too." I gasp and pull the covers off his face (which, by the way, makes no sense because it's summer. But anyway...) "Oh my gosh!" I ran out of Daniel's room so quickly, he didn't even see me leave. "Wait! Maya, come back!" He starts running after me and finally catches me before I lock myself in my personal bathroom. "You weren't supposed to hear that." He looks at me with his perfectly perfect eyes. "But I did. And as I said before, I like you, too." He pulls me into his arms and holds me tightly. "M! Why were you screaming?!" Daniel walks into my room and sees me in Esteban's arms in the doorway of the bathroom. "Oh. I get it now. He passed the 'Boyfriend Material Test' a month ago. I was just waiting until our birthday to introduce you guys. I knew you'd like him, and I knew he'd like you, too. By the way, he's basically the guy version of you." I break out of Esteban's arms, run to my bed, grab a pillow and throw it at Daniel. "You jerk! Why'd you have to wait a month?! You could've just introduced us before or, like, a week after your stupid test!" Daniel, Esteban, and I start laughing. "If it was that simple, I would've. But you're always with Lana and Dana." We start laughing again and when we've finally finished laughing, we race downstairs for breakfast. We smell something super good halfway down the stairs. We then stop. "Yay! Pancakes!" After that, we start to run faster down the stairs.

Q: Did we ever date? 

A: Yeah. We're actually going on a date, later. 

Q: How long have we been dating? 

A: It's almost been a year, now.

Q: Do we have the same interests?

A: Yeah! We both love swimming, we both love gymnastics, and (surprisingly) we both love One Direction! It's so cool! I've never met a guy that likes One Direction. Of course it's just the music, he doesn't even know their names. But it's super cool that our favorite bands are Little Mix, 5 Seconds of Summer, and One Direction (in that order). He even ships Larry Stylinson. Of course he doesn't know that it's a combination of Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson's names, but I guess he's making some progress because he at least ships them. I even came up with Laya Marlinson for Louis and I (Maya Martinez + Louis Tomlinson) and Marry Myles for Harry and I (Maya Martinez + Harry Styles). My best friend, Dana and I actually came up with those.