1,324 miles; My LDR story

💗March 2017💗

This month I can't remember too much about, but I'll try my best. So, I was going to school everyday, working towards my GCSEs ready for my exams at the end of Year 11. We had got given a play to perform in Drama in October.

I remember my teacher Mrs Crocker asked us to make up a scene, in pairs, where a talk with a parent hadn't gone so well. My friend Anna had the exact same idea as me. We were going along the lines of me asking my mum if Alex could stay over, but we changed the name and the location. So instead, for our mini performance, he lived in America.

Once our Drama lesson had finished, everyone knew what it was about. And I wasn't shy to tell them. I wasn't shy to tell them my love for him. Because I do. I love Alex so so so much.

Two weekends before I met Alex for the first time, I was at my friend Crystals house for the Saturday night. My two other friends Ellie and Katie were there too. So they got to meet Alex as well. While everyone was in the living room, I decided to go into Crystal's room to FaceTime Alex. We talked until 5.30 am (6.30 am for him). It's safe to say that I was shattered the next day.

The weekend before I met Alex, I went into town with a massive group of friends. We specifically went into town to meet Peter Andre, and we did. Then we just hung out in town for a bit like your stereotypical teenage girls do.

On the Friday at school, I honestly don't know what was wrong with me. I was being really weird and hyper, and to this day I still think it was because I was about to meet my boyfriend for the very first time. Whenever I went to talk to one of my friends, I'd start jumping up and down. I was really weird...

I finally woke up on the Saturday to receive a snap from Alex telling me that he was on the plane. I woke up and put on my grey cropped hoodie with my black crop top underneath and my black ripped jeans. The only reason why I remember what I wore is because of the pictures I have.

At about 12pm, I met Emma in town and we did a few errands. Before we knew it, we were walking to the train station. My heart was racing and I was just talking a bunch of shit the whole time. It had started raining, so my hair was going frizzy. We were stood under a tiny little shelter, right in front of the entrance/exit.

I was telling Emma that I couldn't do it, even though I knew it was just nerves. She checked the time and started screaming because he was 2 minutes late. At least that made me laugh.

Soon, Emma was nudging my shoulder and she whispered, "He's there." I looked over and saw him standing there. I couldn't believe that he was right in front of me. After our awkwardness of just staring at each other, we were soon having our first hug.

After the first stage of awkwardness, we finally left off to Costa holding hands. We hadn't kissed quite yet. However, about an hour and a half later in Costa, Alex somehow persuaded Emma and her boyfriend (at the time) to leave. Which they did. And that's when we had our first kiss. Now, each time we do kiss when we're together, they just keep on getting more and more passionate.

So we walked around town for a while and that was basically how the first day went. We got back to my house and my parents were going out, so my grandparents were staying over for a bit. Of course, along with my younger sister Casey.

A couple of days before we actually met, Alex told me that he was getting me three presents; something you can put in your mouth, something for decoration and something for your eyes. So... he gave me these three presents. The first was Swedish chocolate, the second was a white wooden heart with the words Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favourite and the last was a frame with a picture of my handsome baby boy.

Though, our first day was eventually up, so we had to say goodbye at the train station. This one definitely wasn't hard as we knew that we were going to be seeing each other the next day. Also, that time I didn't go to the platform with him; we got snogged outside the actual station.

The next day, we met again. This time, it was just Alex and I. Again, we pondered around town for a while, when he told me that he'd buy me Zara Larsson's "So Good" album, which at the time, had only come out two days previously.

We went back to my house once again and stayed downstairs where my parents could keep an eye on us. We just chilled and cuddled and showed each other stuff on Instagram. Before we knew it, our time together was up. So off to the train station we went.

            This time, I went with him to the platform and stayed with him until his train came. We said goodbye, promising that we'd meet again soon. The tears didn't hit me until I got in the car, with the song "Symphony" playing.

           I got home, took a shower and went to sleep. By the time I was at school the next day and surrounded by my friends, I was pretty much fine again. Although, I had a shit load of exams to get through that week.

            Once Easter Break came for two weeks, and the very end of March, Alex asked me for my address and my favourite perfume. My birthday was coming up, so my suspicions grew...