First off, yes we’re 16...

Met up with boyfriend of two months just yesterday for the first time and it was one of the best days I can ever remember having.

We met through a friend of ours (thanks Snapchat!) and after about three days of thinking he was a potential creep, we really started talking and he quickly (aka, immediately) became one of my best friends. We’re very similar and have had a lot of shit happen in our lives so we were able to confide in each other a lot. After literally five days of non stop talking he said he was into me (blah blah blah), and I was thinking “fuck... are we going to make this work?” (I’d known I’d really liked him since we started talking but kinda promised myself not to get too involved bc he lived two hours away [big deal to two sixteen year olds who can’t drive]). He said that he wanted to be with me even if we weren’t exactly conventional. About four hours later we were FaceTiming and he accidentally said ‘I love you’... just a bit of a shock. I was super shocked and had about ten seconds in my thoughts which went like: “well... you like him. A lot. More than anybody before. He knows everything about you at this point doesn’t he? And you’d like him to be in your life forev- OH GODDAMMIT YOU LOVE HIM.”. The next three weeks were the typical oxytocin-driven love fest... I was literally shaking and flushed all the time. It was amazing. My friends were all supportive... my parents didn’t rly know.

So after a couple of weeks I had to leave for a month long summer camp out of state. Was a very emotionally challenging month without this boy who’d been a regular part of my life for a few weeks. Every. Single. Day. We wrote each other letters. I still can’t read them and not cry.

I’ve been back for two weeks now and it was weird at first. I thought maybe he was losing feelings or that something had happened. However, we had a very emotionally open conversation where I told him some things I’d never told anyone before (blah blah) and we were back to normal. :)

Yesterday was his birthday. I’ve since gotten my license, so I drove up to see him and meet his family. We had pre planned that we were going to have sex (both of our first times). This was a big deal. He’s pretty religious (not in a bad way, but he’s active in youth groups and such.), so virginity was particularly important to him and he only wanted to have sex if he was positive it was someone he loved and wanted to marry in the future if he could.

So I get to his house. He gets in my car. We drive to this spot under a bridge by the river which is kinda known as a hookup spot. I bring out the condoms from my glovebox. It’s game on.

Having sex was actually really nice. Being with someone I know well and love so much made the awkwardness slip away easily (trust me... the minute he got in the car it was SO awkward!) and we were able to laugh off any slip ups. After we went and picked up lunch (where then I got my normal, extreme extroversion personality back and it wasn’t awkward anymore),

we went and were back in his room eating (and taking some cute pics) when his mom came home. We went with his two little brothers (12 and 14, such sweet boys) and his mom to the movies in the nearest bigger city. We saw a different movie than they did... thank god too bc there was lots of action there too. ;)

We stopped by a store to pick up some stuff. I get to spend more time with his brothers and mom which was nice too. His mom ended up being one of the nicest ladies I’ve ever met.

When we got back home, I needed to leave pretty soon so I could get home before too late, and he was going with some of his friends to his youth group. Basically was a 45 minute epic cuddle/ makeout session. Was amazing.

As I left I met his stepdad (who was very quiet but pretty nice). Stepdad and mom told me the best way to get home, and boyfriends friends were there to pick him up. I said goodbye and went outside. Hugged boyfriend and got one final kiss, and before I got in the car he said (look on the floor by the passenger seat. The dumbass left me a pile of t shirts and a sweatshirt which all smelled like him and oh my lord I just love it so much. After he said that his mom told him that she really liked me (and invited me to go on a camping trip with them soon?), and he said his stepdad liked me and was talking to me way more than he usually talks to people.

So yeah, I can easily say it was one of the best (if not the best) day of my life I remember. Even if we don’t get to be together all of the time, it only makes you treasure the moments you ARE together. ❤️