Short Stories of Rayna

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   Rayna met Mateo in December. Just after her 17th birthday. She just thought it would be a fling. Not lasting any further than a month or 2. Never becoming more than friends. Rayna was used to it by now. 

Mateo was different. They talked and they laughed but in her head that's all she wanted it to be. She never knew it would develope into so much more.

They would talk and talk for hours on end. Even stay up all day and all night talking. Mateo could talk for hours about absolutely anything. Rayna loves to listen to him. His voice was sweet and thick with flavor. He was Puerto Rican after all.

Rayna didn't want to get into another long distance relationship. In the past she knew they weren't successful. He pursued her for a very long time, but she was reluctant and untrusting. Piece by piece he broke her walls down and when he finally had her it brought them both great joy.

After a while conversations started getting shorter and shorter until they just stopped. She was patient and waited for him to talk to her. When he did it was like before. Talking for hours about everything but she could feel something was different.

A the summer past and she started school again. This was Rayna's senior year in high school and she had to make the most of it.  She focused on her studies and extra curriculars and less on her relationship. They both we're focusing on different things and didn't really have time for each other.

In the end they agreed to part ways. Mateo said they would remain friends but Rayna knee that wasn't going to happen. Although she still loved him she moved on and worked on bettering herself.