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nostalgic heartbreak

Mini-Intro
Jake POV

It's always been the same...it's like rinse and repeat with him.

In the 9th grade I liked this girl, her name was Bella. We had a few classes together but we didn't talk much. Finally one day I got the courage to go and talk to her and eventually we started dating. She was my first girlfriend it was awkward but fun. Everything was fine of course, until my brother stepped in.

My brother, Jamie, at the time didn't understand his 'charm' it really just came naturally to him. I say it's a curse, a relationship destroying curse. Well, my first girlfriend, Bella, came over after school for the first time. It was our 10 month anniversary but at the time I noticed that she was getting more distanced and seemed distracted all the time. I thought I could take her mind off of what ever was bothering her and surprise her with a (very expensive) necklace. I had been saving for months for that necklace and it took all my savings. In the end let's just say one surprise led to another and we broke up. Seeing my girlfriend and brother lip locked in the kitchen was a sure betrayal.

Sadly it was only the beginning to many girlfriends who simply could not resist my brothers 'bad boy' charm. It sounds cliche I know, but it's my reality. Even though the protagonist's in their own stories are living it up in their real life love stories, they seem to forget me over here. It's okay I'm not suffering...much, my hearts just bleeding and I'm crying very unmanly like it my pillow at night. But I've learned to move on after all of the nostalgic heart break, at one point entering a relationship just seems so pointless. Until recently I got the one thing that gave me hope, that I wasn't doomed to live in an endless circle of anguish...my diploma.

Yes, graduating officially liberated me from my brother's bewitching personality. I think a tear fell from my eye when I got my diploma. I know it seems like I'm a little obsessed with getting a stable relationship and it definitely isn't the only reason I want to graduate. But it's a factor, sue me I'm a romantic and I want to experience what the movies advertise and what my parents have...excuse me...had.

Which brings me to today I have taken a new to a new life in college. Jamie went abroad to study at some college in Europe for 2 years. Leaving me to a Jamie free world, a dream that actually became a reality. I got into Mount Roses University, which is one of Indiana's best colleges. This means a new start to hopefully a breathable future.

Enjoy pandas
-savagethepanda