It was at a New Year's Eve party freshman year. All you and I were at that point was a couple of mutual friends. From that night on, our friend group of about 10 people was defined. We were friends but never close. We can both agree that we were closer friends with other people in our group, we never hung out one on one, until senior year. And that year was when my life changed.
Ever since I met you, I thought you were cute, funny and one of the nicest guys I knew. Essentially everything I wanted, but never had. Maybe you weren't available at the right time. Maybe you had your eye on someone else. Either way, nothing ever happened between us. Both of us went through high school dating the wrong people and feeling hopeless. Suddenly, I am sitting in our senior English class looking at you and from then on you were all I could think about. For the next week, I would purposefully walk past you in the halls, find any reason to talk to you and hope that you would notice me. Suddenly, you were who I needed to be with and who I was waiting for.
The first three years of our friendship, I never thought I would be nervously driving to your house to see you. I finally had a chance with the guy I never thought I would be with. On February 8, 2014 you kissed me and my life changed. You were all I needed. After that kiss, you were mine and I was yours.
To this day, I don't know how we never got together earlier. You were there all along since that one NYE party, sitting right in front of me. I dated losers and guys who were never good enough for me, then you came along and changed my life. You make me smile bigger than I have before, you protect me and support me, and you simply make me happy.
For three years of high school, you were a guy that rode his bike over to my house to swim every other day. The guy who I never thought of being with. You were just a friend for three long years. I had no idea I would ever love you as much as I do. And after almost two years together, you are still worth every day I had to wait for you.
