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My story of my relationship starts several years ago.
We met in our high school art class when the teacher moved the seats around thus putting myself next to the charming lady that would soon be my girlfriend. We talked to each other a little bit and got to know each other better etc etc. This goes on for a while, I introduce her to my friends, she does the same with me, and we get to be really good friends. Next year of high school starts and we're still best friends as always. However, it wasn't until around the senior prom that I gathered up the courage to speak the words that I wanted to say to her.
So after practicing in front of a mirror for some time, I got the drive to ask her to the prom. So I asked...
And she couldn't go.
But the story doesn't end here. Since she is a year younger than I, she still is in high school after I graduate, but due to her parents work, she had to move about an hour north of where she used to live. She starts going to a new school, and I'm off to the local community college starting my freshman year.

We remained friends, calling each other every once in a while, and I take short trips over to her house occasionally. This goes on for the year, and then at her graduation for her school, me and my best buddies go to her graduation. I haven't seen her in a while at this point (maybe like 2-3 months) and when we see her once the ceremonies are all over, I suddenly find myself yearning to be with her.

Then the next year of college starts for me, and her (we started to go to the same college), and we get even closer to each other than before. We see each other pretty much every other day at this point. I can tell we are getting to be very close friends at this point as we start doing a lot of things together.

Fast forward to the next year...

So I graduate from the college and transfer to a bigger one, and she is still at my community college. This is when we start getting serious. During the first semester, I finally throw out the question to her (when I'm back home for a weekend), "Would you like to be my girlfriend."
She sat in her seat, put out her hand, and said, "Sorry, I'm just not ready now..."

So when I get back to college, I'm heartbroken, (We are still friends though at this point) and the depression starts to set in a little bit.
But once the time gets to be about February, I say to myself that I'm going to get myself a girlfriend for Valentine's Day if it kills me.

So I start to scour the campus looking for potential girls. Day after day I search and search but no luck at all.

But then, the day before Valentine's Day, I get a call from a certain girl that I know... the very same one that turned me down only a few months before.

And here is what she said,

"I've been really thinking about it these few past months, and it turns out that I think I really do like you. I really do want to be your girlfriend!"

We're still together now, having celebrated over six months together of happiness and joy. Over 5 years in the making. And we're inseparable when we are together.
(Sat 30th Aug 2008, 17:40, More)