Story time!
So about 12 years ago I met this amazing person. I remember it so well because he was so damn tall! My mom had taken my brother and I to this family party up in northern Indiana. I was like one of the oldest kids there and didn't want to hang around the younger kids. Well my mom's friend showed up with her son. I remember walking up to her and saying "Wow he's tall!" she laughed and said I should go talk to him. So I did. He was super shy and didn't say much as I sat there babbling on about my interests and likes. I don't think it was until I started talking about me being in band that he actually joined the conversation. If I remember correctly I even said he reminded me of Gerard Wey from My Chemical Romance (I was hardcore into MCR at the time just like every other 7th grade girl), because he had dark shaggy hair. I finally got his name out of him. Damean. Little did I know that this name was going to stick with me for a very long time.
We hung out the entire day and walked around the block a few times and played around on this tree stump just talking about the things we liked and stuff that made us laugh. Later that evening we were upstairs watching this movie called Steamboy and my boyfriend was blowing up my cellphone and texting me like crazy because I wasn't answering and was accusing me of cheating ( yeah, I dated someone who was 2 or 3 years older than me). I remember Damean saying" You don't deserved to be treated like that." and I said yeah I know. We sat there watching that movie on the bed of my mom's friend and he leaned over and kissed me. I remember the feeling of my cheeks getting all red and feeling this flutter in my stomach. I think he apologized for kissing me but I can't remember entirely. He made my heart smile. I broke up with my boyfriend and we started dating later on.
There was this one time shortly after we started dating, where I had went out to his house for a few days and him and I had went walking all over town. Not doing anything spectacular just hanging out and enjoying the simplicity of life. His mom took us to this bomb ass Mexican restaurant where we sat drawing funny things in my notebook. And my ex had even called my cell phone while I was with him wanting to know where I was and Damean told me to shut my phone off so he couldn't call me anymore. So I did. My last night there my mom had came up and his mom and her had went out with friends. We stayed home with his mom's friend who took us to Wal-Mart and let us listen to Lords of Acid on the way there (which was totally inappropriate now that I look back on it but makes me laugh every time). We ended up getting little pizzas or pizza rolls, something like that, cream cheese and salsa (which is absolutely one of my favorite snacks now) and she got stuff to make bloody marys. That night him and I sat down stairs on the couch together eating our food and drinking bloody marys and watching The Matrix. We stayed up late and ended up going out on the porch early in the morning during a storm. I remember it. We stood there watching the lightening scatter through the sky and listening to the the thunder. At some point we went back in and fell asleep on the couch watching the Matrix again and waking up each time to the same damn part (one of our favorite memories). I had never felt so connected to someone. He ended up coming and staying 2 weeks with me that summer. While here he watched me play softball and we just enjoyed each other's company. Although one night our power pole fell outside the house while I was in the shower and it freaked me out. My mom made me get out of the shower and kept telling us not to touch the walls of the house (because we live in an metal trailer ). I had no clothes and was running around in a towel still dripping wet from my shower. Lol. We unfortunately ended up breaking up because of the distance.
About 2 years later we got to see each other again at my parent's wedding. I was so happy to see him and I practically tackled him after the ceremony. We danced and spent time together at the wedding and had a blast. At the end of the night he had to go back home with his mom. I remember being sad and was in my parent's hotel room and was crying about how much love I had for him and how much I missed him and someone said then go get him! So I literally ran out to the parking lot and hugged him and said I want to try again! Can we please try again. His mom ended up letting him stay the night because one of her and mom's friends who lived near them was going to our house that night. I was so happy. We cuddled on the floor of the living room and fell asleep in each other's arms. We started dating again. I went up for about a week up where he lived at. He was on the football team in high school so he had football training during the summer. I was on break from marching band until the end of July so I went up there. It was so much fun. I remember being in the kitchen cleaning with him and listening to 30 Seconds to Mars. And he said to me, one day I'm going to marry you. Now we were only 15 at the time so I just laughed. We spent our days watching Man vs. Wild and playing video games. We also went walking a lot and we went to the drive-in! It was so much fun. Then when it came time for me to go home, my parent's came up to pick me up and stay the night. We surprised them with a water balloon fight really late at night. It was hilarious and we were pissing the neighbors off. Later on that year he came up for my Christmas dance and went with me. My mom was trying to surprise me about him coming, but I remember getting the text while I was at Pep Band that he was on his way. I hated letting him go back home afterwards but we managed our relationship by talking on the phone till late at night or until we both fell asleep with the phone to our face. We again ended up breaking up because of the distance.
Over the years we've had communication here and there. Never truly falling out of touch with each other. I even invited him and his mom to my wedding when I got married because I couldn't imagine him not being there. He said it was probably a good thing he didn't come because he would have objected. Which actually would have saved me, because after almost being married for 2 years I divorced last year.
Naturally I was having a really hard time in life and needed someone to talk to so I called him up. He was so happy to hear from me as well as shocked. I told him everything that had been going on and that I was feeling very low. He, as he always does, managed to make me laugh and smile. And again my stomach got those flutters that they had before. Even after all this time he still gave me that feeling. He lives about 6 hours away from me but later this year I am moving to Chattanooga which is about 15 minutes from where he lives. So distance won't be an issue this time and hasn't been. We started dating again back in October and have been working on ways to seeing each other. He came up here in November and spent almost 3 weeks with me. I loved every minute of it. He keeps me on track and is so supportive of my dreams and my schooling. And still manages to make me laugh every time we talk.
I went down and visited with him and his family for 5 days in December and had a blast. We went to a battlefield down there that was gorgeous and went hiking. We also went to downtown Chattanooga and walked in the park and rode the carousel with his little sister. We went out to dinner at this awesome restaurant that has these huge ass cakes that are so damn good! Then he watched me as my nerdy side came out in this bookstore! It is massive and I can't wait to go in there often! We drank spiced wine from a tea cup, because we're fancy and we cooked together. It's like no matter what we do we enjoy each other's company. And now I don't know what I would do without him. I can't wait to be closer to him and not have all this distance. We're going to make it this time. Because he makes me happy and I make him happy, and remember he's going to marry me some day. :)
By the way, he'll be here next Thursday to spend a whole week with me.
I love you Damean.<3
Xoxoxo Marleah
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