I remember the first time I saw him walking down the hall, I turned to my best friend and said to her "I'm going to kiss him before we graduate" and before I knew it I was calling him my boyfriend...five years later but hey who doesn't like the chase?

I've seen millions of movies that depict a below average girl falling for the above average boy and somehow they end up being the perfect couple. As much as I would like the say that the movies are true, they aren't. The time I spent chasing after this kid could've been put into my school work and maybe higher my GPA so I could get into an above average college and be successful. But, the results are stunning so far so I guess I'll have to settle for the above average boy (sorry, babe I'm kidding).

Where to start, where to start, he was talking (that's what the new generation calls dating but not really dating just kissing occasionally and texting each other night and day but definitely NOT dating) to one of my friends and I pretended that I wasn't jealous but it just so happened that, one night he kissed me goodbye instead of her and just so happened to get my number.

As my best friend was crying about her freshman boyfriend not being good enough, I was trying to contain my excitement that the FREAKING HOTTEST GUY IN THE GRADE JUST TEXTED ME and tried to comfort her but my fingers felt the urge to text him back .35 seconds after he texted me. (I'm not obsessed or anything, it's just a phase).

No, we didn't fall in love there but, that's where this lovely story begins.

It was a long treacherous journey to become my high school crush's girlfriend but honestly, I wouldn't take back the "all nighters" crying about how much "I liked him more than he liked me" and the constant eye rolls I handed out to girls talking to him, LIKE THEY HAD A CHANCE.

I've never felt more comfortable with this kid, even if he was the hottest kid the graduating 2016 class. It's so fun to talk about the past and the stupid things we let get in the way of us being together. High school wasn't the time for us to be together, everyone was too immature to understand two kids in love. Boys are too immature to understand how to take care of girls and not be an asshole... (sorry mom).

My advice to freshman girls who laid their eyes on their forever crush, and maybe tapped their friend and said the same exact thing as I said. Never Stop Chasing....but don't belittle yourself and worry about things when he's too young to understand how beautiful you actually are. As hard as it sounds (and probably easier said than done) don't spend your nights worrying about him, he'll grow up and come back and you can choose if he's worth it (and if he's the kid you've been wanting since freshman year) give it a shot and see where it goes. Just as you grow up to be mature, he will too. He'll come around, just don't let him hurt you (too much) before he does.

I've been loving this kid (and my mom will back me up) since that day I saw him strut down the hallway-your typical three-sport athlete and what seems like talked about more than Channing Tatum or Zac Efron in High School Musical. He's all of the things I swear he would never be and more. Like I said, the come around, and of course (no matter how many time you refuse to admit it) you'll be there to let him in.