The First Boyfriend...

This year I found my first boyfriend. We went out together, and I thought that he was a really cool guy. At that time he was good for me. However, I've moved on because I've realized that I just didn't like him anymore.

It's not that our relationship was horrible (though we had broken up a couple of times... we always got back together). But there was something missing. I now realized that I should've listened to my cousin K... and my mom... and my friends. But there's one thing about this situation that people didn't plan on.

You see, a lot of people didn't want me to go out with Mickey because they assumed that he would end up hurting me. And I guess that, in a way, he did. However, I was the one that broke up with him. NOT the other way around.

I decided that I would need a guy who would treat me the way I want to be treated. Like a lady. Not that Mickey treated me like crap or anything, it's just that I wanted the kind of boyfriend that would be a gentleman. Opening doors for me, someone who I could joke around with without end up BEING the joke, you know, that sort of thing.

And while I was dating Mickey, I found a guy that would be perfect for me (at least perfect for me right now). I met Peter, my adorable theater guy. Even when Mickey and I were going out, I couldn't help flirting with Peter. I didn't think all that much of it though, I mean, sure, he's cute, but at that time we both were seeing other people.

But then, Peter broke up with the girl that he was dating. And slowly but surely, I found myself starting to like him in a way that was more than friendly. But, whenever I got out of practice I realized that I was just being an idiot, and that I really did like Mickey.

I didn't think that you could like two guys at the same time. I was wrong. You CAN. But eventually, your heart will tell you that you like one more than the other. And that's what happened. I realized that Peter was a perfect gentleman. He's very polite, he doesn't say anything bad about me, he has a wonderful family, he comes from a Christian background, and he has morals (Gasp! A guy that has morals? He MUST be a keeper!). And when I found out that Peter liked me, I realized that I liked him too, and that he could make me happy.

Peter, being the gentleman that he is, decided not to do anything about his feelings for me because he knew that I still had a boyfriend. However, I broke up with Mickey for several different reasons. There was one other problem though. You see, Peter and I live ten miles away from each other... that may not seem like much, but when neither of you can drive, and you don't go to the same school, it can make things hard. We decided just to be friends.

However, later, way after the play was over and we were cleaning up the stage, Peter came over to me. He told me that he wanted to be my boyfriend if I still wanted to be his girlfriend. He asked me out and he was so cute, that I just couldn't say no.

So, for the past 24 hours, I've been really happy. Sure, it's not like I expect us to last forever or anything, but I know that I've been blessed to find such a cool guy. For now, I'm just taking things one step at a time.