Testing the Waters
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  • Reads 73
  • Votes 4
  • Parts 2
  • Time 9m
Ongoing, First published Jul 12, 2016
I've always wondered what it was like to live in a happy home; you know the ones with the parents who love you unconditionally. I've dreamed about finding that one true love; the person that would sweep you off your feet and hold you close to them. I dreamed a lot of things, but none of them would come true. 
My name is Reese and well I wished to find a lot of things, but most of all I guess I wanted to find something to hold on for in this world. I'm your average eighteen year old teenager, except minus the fact my parents don't care for me, I don't really know who I am or what I am, I can't even find some sort of happiness. 
I guess what I'm trying to say is life pretty much sucks and I guess all these years I was never actually living my life just standing in the shadows. He showed me what it was like to love something so much it hurt, to be exicited for something so strange, but most of all he showed me that my life had a purpose. 
I guess you can say my life changed on that beach, but now I sit back here wondering just what exactly happened in those few weeks.
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