Ups and downs

Slow change

I was a senior in high school but I wasn't like all the others. All of a sudden my best friend became my boyfriend and my entire life was turned upside down. At first I didn't even notice , I was so consumed with this amazing feeling. It was comfortable, I felt safe. It went from hanging out a couple times a week to constant. He would pick me up for school and after. We would do what he wanted to do until my curfew, then he wanted to sit on the phone until I needed to go to sleep. At first I thought it was cute. What teenage girl wouldn't be flattered that their boyfriend wanted to be with them so much. After a lil while I would try to take myself to school. I had my own car , before him I would pick up one of my friends who lived up the street, we'd grab a soda and sing horribly all the way to school. I missed it. He got mad, this should have been a sign but I was naive and didn't see it. He would make accusations at me instead of believing I genuinely missed my friend and our routine. I tried to make him see but it only made it worse. I finally gave up and just let it be, I didn't want to fight. I believed I was wholeheartedly in love with him and that he was my forever. I spent less and less time with my friends and family and more with his. He didn't want me to work because he thought since I was already in school that was enough time away from him.