Last night was one year since Joe and I officially noticed each other. I can't believe it's been that long already.
I can still see us standing there, and remember our first conversation. It was nothing intelligent at all, and leaned towards being lewd. But for some strange reason, there was this mutual attraction, that certain spark that is few and far between.
Christine: Hey Joe, I noticed that your hair stays in a flip without any gel or anything. How do you get it to stay like that?
Joe: I just get out of the shower, and go like this! *motions flipping his wet hair with his hands* And it just stays like that.
Christine: Oh, okay...
Joe: *mischevious* D'you wanna touch it?
Christine: Ummm..okay, I guess! *begins touching Joe's hair*
Joe: (to Sti) D'you wanna touch it too?
Sti: Sure! *begins patting his hair as well*
Joe: (in typical teenage boy fashion) I've got two girls touching my head!
Intelligent, enlightening conversation? Not at all. Does it have anything relevant to the world? No. But those silly little words mean so much to me. It might sound sappy, but he changed something in me that night. I didn't even realize that I was falling for him until around a week later.
It was at a sweet sixteen. Staring down at the napkin in my lap, it just flashed right into my mind. I like Joe. I like Joe a lot.
I just love him so much. A relationship can evolve so much over time, that's it's a beautiful thing. We know we have staying power. I want to be with him for the rest of my life. And that might sound final. You might be thinking, you want to be chained down? Seventeen in almost a week and you've already mapped out your future? I don't expect you to understand, unless you've been there and experienced the deep and true and utterly pure love we have for each other.
Adults don't understand. They think, how can teenagers experience such a love? They forget that they might have had that love when they were young too. Or they might not have experienced at all until later in life, and therefore assume that everyone doesn't really experience it until later either. Well, it's not true. I know in my heart that I'll never love another person as much and as truly as I love Joe. It's just a given.
P.S. I was floored by Spork Review's review of my diary. Thank you so very much, for the compliments, and the comments. I very much appreciate it.
