I remember being in high school and getting a text message from a friend who wanted to set me up with one of his friends. I remember sending Nick a text and our relationship starting to grow. We went from texting to walking home from school together--and also finding out that he had moved into my neighborhood and his house was two blocks away from mine! After a couple of weeks of hanging out, I got a phone call from Nick asking me if I wanted to go on a date with him and I said yes--while trying not to lose my cool as well.

We went from being friends to being a couple pretty fast. We started having an inside joke called the memory book after anything funny, romantic, crazy, and etc that happened. I remember going to our high school sweetheart dance and slow dancing to one of our songs (Home by Phillip Phillips). The beginning of our relationship was a good time for the both of us.

After being together for about a year we decided to celebrate our first year together. He planned out and cooked a nice dinner. It was a candle light dinner until someone played with the candles and almost started a small fire. I’ve been very blessed to have him in my life. I never thought anything bad would happen to us.

But, I was wrong about that. Not too long after our second year together, things got a bit rocky. I had started college and I had gone to school not too far from home. He was in his senior year of high school and was stressed out about his future. I was trying to help him the best I could and it wasn’t easy.

Things started to change for us. He went out of state for college and I was busy working while attending a different school. After three years together we decided to take a break and to stay as friends for awhile. It allowed us to figure out what we wanted for each other. Only time would tell if we were to be together or not.

Then on Christmas in 2015 I got a text from Nick saying that he was in town. He wanted to see me and catch up. It was cold but I went and meet up with him anyways. I was shocked but things went really well. After the new year, we started to talk more often and I planned to visit him during my spring break. Let's just say we were back together after spending a couple days together.

I came back to visit that October to celebrate being together both romantically and friendly as well. But when I came to visit we also had a hurricane and lost power for three days. Overall we still made it work and went to a couple of hurricane parties. Then he came back to visit over the Christmas holidays and we were able to spend New Years Eve together. Things were going very well for us.

Fast forward to February and I came down to visit for my birthday weekend. I had also scheduled some interviews to test the water and see if I got any bites. I ended up getting a job offer and was given about a month to move down. So I flew back home and started to pack for my new life in Florida. I was excited to start this new chapter in my life, both career-wise and relationship-wise. I’m not going to lie, I was nervous but excited as well.

I moved in with my boyfriend and things went really well. I got adjusted to my new job and waking up every morning next to my boyfriend. Unfortunately, things got bumpy and I was worried for the future again. I ended up leaving one job and I was going on many interviews to find work. It took a while but I found a job and things were getting better. I made some friends and was keeping busy.

So as you can see, my relationship with my boyfriend has been a bumpy ride. But I believe our relationship will always be tested whether we want it to or not. Things have been getting serious lately, we have been talking about getting a bigger place and maybe getting engaged in the future. Who knows, maybe I’ll be talking about wedding plans soon?