So here’s the deal. I have known Alex since we were both three years old. We went to pre school together and I actually have a video of me asking him to marry me on the playground and him saying no, then he “married” my friend kira (our other friend we had in pre school) next to the swing set. I ended up switching schools and we grew apart. In 8th grade I reconnected with some friends from my old pre school and they we still in contact with Alex. We ended up reconnecting and hanging out in large groups of people occasionally. He went to a private boarding school and I went to a local public school so I would only see him on breaks when we would all get together. We both played ice hockey in high school so we would go skating about once a year when you was on his winter breaks. I never thought of Alex as anything more than a friend and he didn’t either because we were both consumed in other serious relationships. After high school he went to college is California and I went to college in CT. I was currently engaged to a sailor in the navy who was nothing but wrong for me. Alex ended up leaving Cali after the first year to take a gap semester and apply to other schools. In that one semester we would hang out with our other good friend pretty often. He watched me cry day in and day out over my fiance that wasn’t treating me right. Eventually Gabe and I broke up and thats when Alex and I started hanging out every day. Literally 18 hours out of each day we were together and when we weren’t together we were constantly texting. We really got to know each other and the connection was unbelievable but neither of us wanted to test the feelings and ruin our friendship. He ended up getting excepted to an amazing school 2 hours away from me, so the distance added another factor into our funky situation. All it took was one kiss, one kiss and we realized that we NEEDED to be together. He asked me out about a week before he went to school and we have skyped and both driven to see each other every weekend since hes been gone. I have never felt the way I do about Alex and I have been in a lot of relationships. I am so lucky to be able to call him mine<3