Falling in love so hard and so young is a challenge that is 100% worth it in the end. You get the chance to watch each other grow into adults, and be there for every step of the way. Even when we fall, trip, or forget where we are going and why. You have someone always on your side while you're trying to find your way in this cruel world. You laugh, you cry, you sit in defeat, you accomplish goals, you start your future, and you grow up.. You do all of this together, and you hope to do it together for the rest of your life. You have to learned to grow together and accept that you will both make mistakes along the way and you will both grow into different people. However, if you get through that you have a life long partner in crime.

I know the statistics. I know what everyone else says in the world, but who cares? We have gone through hell and back together through the years. My friends became his friends, his friends became my friends. We went to high school together, we saw each other everyday, rode to school together everyday, and even did band together. That all changes now since I graduated and am going to college. He assures me nothing will change and he promises to never give up.

However being a young adult you know life doesn't always go to plan and it gets in the way of these beautiful things. One day I might have to let go of this person that has been there for me every step of the way or I'll have that person the rest of my life. You never know, I think that's the worst part of young love. Not knowing where you will end up in 10 years, together or apart.

Then I start to look back. Look back at all the funny selfies, the silly texts, the love notes we wrote to one another, and I begin to wonder where did all that time go. We will never be those kids anymore. We will never be free of responsibility's again. Will we be able to survive in this world as couple.

I will fight with everything I have in me to keep this person in my life because in all reality, no one will ever know me like him. No one will ever have my back like him. We made each other who we are today and we are still helping each other shape into the young adults we are becoming. I feel in my gut this is who I should be with and I am exactly where I am supposed to be in life. We have a lot of hard decisions to make over the next five years that will alter our lives and our relationship, but I am happy to say I have someone to help me make these decisions. I'm anxious to see where I end up in life, where ever it is, I hope I still have my best friend by my side.