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                      *2 years ago*
17. This was the last time that M would be 17. It was October 5th, one day before his 18th birthday. A simple high school senior, and yet he looks back at his juvenile years and wonders to himself, "has it really been that long? This long in the making?". What he was talking about? Well, he only wanted one gift for his birthday- a girlfriend. And he felt as though he's met the one, 17 years in the making, but he had never been so sure. See, he wanted to ask out his best friend, V, to be his. He wanted to it in a more memorable way, but the two were long distnace. He lived in Vancouver, and she lived in California. The two have been talking over a social network for the last year and a half, and M has liked her for about a good 6 months. He's contemplated, back and forth, about his decision. But he knew when he wanted to do it, and how- midnight, luckily they both have the same time range. V was on a fall break right now, and when this happens, she usually stays up until at least 4 am. What made her even more of the one- the two had met on a SneezeFetishForum discussion. So, he knew that she wouldn't have a problem with him having a fetish towards it, cause she had one too. 11:58 P.M. He logs on to his laptop and proceeds to go to video chat. The call rings... immediate answer. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DORKALICIOUS!" V surprises him through the call. He had forgotten that she had told him about his birthday. "Oh, heh, thanks." M replied, still shocked. "How does 18 feel? Hmmmm?" See, V was already 18- she's 2 months older than M. "Uh, when you take into consideration that I've only been 18 for a solid... minute and a half, not much different!" He laughed. "So, what do you want? I am so down to draw a picture of you!" V was a cartoonist. "Hehe, now that you ask, there's only one thing I want", he sort of cringed at that- he sounded so cliche. "Oh yeah? What's up?" and then, he proceeded to do something incredibly dumb. He pulled up the audio to a song that V was very fond of. He played it from his phone. "Haha, what's up with that?", she joked AND blushed profusely. M was blushing so hard at this time, he got choked up. He was so nervous... he actually was on the brink of a breakdown. "M? Are you okay?", a concerned V asked. "I.. I'll be back." He closed his laptop slightly, and went to the bathroom. He was way too nervous, and he had no idea why. He liked her, and he most definitely wanted to do this. So, why couldn't he? Maybe it was the cheesy gesture, maybe it was the possible failure of a long distance relationship. He just felt, in his mind, that there was way more of a chance that'd she say no than she'd say yes. And he didn't want that- he wouldn't mind the rejection all that much, but he didn't want to lose her as a friend, either. A good 5 minutes pass, the song is still on loop somehow. "Hi, I'm back." "Oh, are you okay? What's wrong?", she noticed his eyes were red and he was a little sniffly, which the sniffles intrigued her, but she had a feeling. "Sorry, I was just... I mean.. I've been thinking about how I wanted to do this. For a long time... and no amount of cheesy gestures or words can really express to you just how much I.." He paused, looking at this beautiful person. "... how much I love you." V spun in her chair, "seriously?", choked up. M nodded, "and i'm sorry that I'm doing this in the worst way possible... but I do. I do love you. In many ways. V, there's only one thing I want for my 18th. And that's you. You and me, together." V starts fanning her face and covering it with her hands, as to hide any tears. "M.. oh my, M." "V, I want to be your love. I want to be your best friend for many years. I want to be yours. Will you be mine?", M finally popped the question. "Yes, in a heartbeat. I love you, birthday boy!", V agreed. M fell face first into his bed, crying. He was so much in shock and in love. "I love you so much, tiny bean.", he said. "I love you, I love you, I love you so much." And that, was the beginning of their relationship. And many more years to come.