On new year's eve I was at my aunt and uncles for their annual party. After an hour of being there Luke asked if I wanted to go to their church's service. His family came to pick me up which made my family even more mad and jealous of Luke and his family. When the service started we just went through and lit candles and said what we were thankful for. I was too nervous to get up in front of everyone and I am pretty sure Luke was too since he didn't get up. When It was his mom and dad's turn they both said how much they where glad I was part of the family and how I have been so strong for all of them in the past few weeks. I sat there in my seat and started to cry tears of joy. That was the first time they had said anything like that. At the end of the service it was about 5 minutes until midnight. As we were walking toward the door to let off blow horns there was a mistletoe hanging. We were going to ignore it being there but his mom didn't let us. She looks at us and says, "Don't act like you don't see it." We were embarrassed to kiss because it felt weird to both of us to kiss in a church. When it finally hit midnight we did a quick kiss while everyone was looking outside and screaming, "happy new year." He said, "Here's to many more together."
We supported each other in everything we did. I went to all of his basketball games and he went to all of my band stuff. There was this one game that I distinctly remember the best though. We were at West and I was sitting with his family. After he played his game he came and sat next to me for the varsity game. While we were watching the game he worked on his homework. He had a project due the next day in English. I asked him what it was about and he said his most prized possession. He said he would have wrote about me but he wasn't allowed to write about a person. I thought it was a sweet gesture but I knew there were other things that were more important to him. It was the little things he said that helped me know he loved me, not the girls that wanted him and tried to break us up. We sat there talking about possible things he could write about. I asked if he had ever received anything from a grandparent that was memorable to him. He instantly had this face like a light bulb had went off in his head. He smiled and said, "It's perfect." I asked him what he was talking about and he started telling me a story about a toy his grandpa had gave to him when he was a child. He was so happy and full of joy when he was telling me about it.
Until the weather became warm again we would hang out at each others houses. We didn't really care. We just wanted to be with each other. One time he came over and we threw some blankets and pillows in the floor. While we were laying there he played the wii. Suddenly my sister and I both attacked him and tried to tickle him which he hated. It ended up not working because he was much stronger than both of us together. We didn't have to be all cuddles all the time. We also liked to pick on each other like that.
I was never a fan of valentine's day, until that year. Sure, one of my boyfriends from the past got me a little bear holding a heart that said 'Be Mine' and the next year I had a secret admirer send me a fake rose and box of chocolate that I ended up not being able to eat because my friends ate it first, but I had never had a real valentine's day. That morning when he came to pick me up he brought in a trash bag and put it in my room. I knew it was my gift and when I went to open it he told me I couldn't until after school. So of course I didn't open it until after school. After we got to school it was like any other day, until we went to lunch. As we were going through the line the lunch lady stopped me and said, "You're dating Pertuset aren't you?" Looking confused because he is right next to me every day in line, I look at her and said, "Yes, ma'am." She smiled and said, "That's what I thought. Boy do you have a surprise ahead of you." I didn't want to ask what she meant so I just walked away. At the end of the day I was called over the loudspeaker to go to the front office. When I get up there the secretary was joking and said, "Oh boy you did it now." She then gets up and hands me a bouquet of roses in a vase that said be mine on it. I didn't know how to react so I just started to cry because I felt so happy. When I went back to class everyone was staring at me. No other girl in the whole band had gotten flowers from their boyfriends. I felt special for being the only girl with flowers. After I had gotten home I went straight to my room and to my present. When I opened it there was a card that explained our relationship perfectly and a 3 foot tall pink unicorn. After I opened my present he texted me asking how I liked my presents. I of course was in love with them. I still to this day have the card, the vase, the card that came with the flowers and the unicorn. Later that day his mom asks me how I liked my flowers. I told her that I felt special for being the only girl to have any given to her. She looked at me and smiled. She said, "You almost didn't have those flowers. I had to go to the flower shop and get them and then sneak in through the kitchen so you wouldn't see me bring them in the school." At first I didn't believe her, but the next day the lunch lady asked me how I liked my flowers and that she really wanted them.
