My Companion Five Years

Our relationship began like very few relationships do, on Facebook. In June of 2009, after I had been accepted into a Fall 2009 freshman class, a boy said hello in a message and a 4-page paper could not even touch the surface of our relationship in those past 2 years, but I will do my best to explain as much as possible. Over the next few months, the

We wake up at 8 a.m. and head to the airport, as soon as we get there we get on a plane for three and a half hours. It is 9 a.m. when we arrive, I notice that we live in one of the main parts of California, LA. Luckily it's only Friday and I don't have to start school until Monday. So on saturday I wake up and decide to go out for coffee by myself. As I am walking I receive a text from my mom and at that moment I bump into someone and fall. I get up and and see a cute guy standing in front of me, I go to say sorry but he speaks first “Watch where you're going!” He exclaimed as he walked away. I didn't even bother to stop for coffee I wasn't in the mood after that unfriendly

Freshman year, I imagined that year to be amazing. I wanted it to just have an awesome flow but did it? It did in the beginning then a bomb went off during the middle of the year and turned freshman year into a complete disaster. Freshman year was supposed to be about having a great start to the rest of your high school life before you enter the big bad world but other students just couldn't help themselves but to create that bomb during the middle of my freshman year.

I really liked the way he was, because he was a guy who worked , he wasn't a gang member, he very respectful, very nice and sweet, and we had almost everything in common, it was like the perfect match and I though that was great. In November of 1993, we really got to know each other better. He is on vacation from work at the time and and we would see each other everyday, and also talk to each other everyday. We would go to the zoo, the park, to eat, driving around, we would also go to the lake. We always got along really well since the beginning. Out of all the places we would go to, my favorite one was the zoo, I would always asked him to take me and he would always take me, even during the winter time he would do it. Zeke has been the perfect boyfriend, which now is my fiance because we got engaged December 10, 1994, we've had our ups and downs, but that's normal because nobody has a perfect relationship, even though our relationship is as close as it can be. Zeke has a great sense of humor and so do I, that why it makes it so easy when we are together, Zeke is also a very understanding person, and he always gives me advice when I need it, we communicate a lot and we believe that is very important in a

On one of our band trips to San Diego, Naks introduced me to his parents. His mom was the sweetest women, his dad always looked mad but whenever he looked at me he smiled, his smile was just like Naks. Days we spent on the trip, we were mostly together eating or sight seeing. The 2nd day we were in San Diego was my birthday, and that day we went to a small plaza. Most of the band group went to a museum of air and space, including Naks went in the museum but not me. Instead, I went to the Zoo with the other half of the band. After going to the Zoo, we regrouped. There I found Naks and he surprised me with a keychain from air and space because he knew I collected any type of keychains.

This year has flown by quickly and sometimes I wonder where all the time went. When I first got my classes I was nervous because most of them were honors with two pre-AP classes. I learned that the classes were not hard if I studied and did my work. I wanted to drop out of my English class but my mother convinced me to stay in. My favorite class was science because we were always doing something interesting and I connected well with everyone. I got the opportunity to be in the school’s Show Choir which was amazing. I feel sad because in our Show Choir we are mostly composed of seniors so I got used to them and now I will miss them terribly. I feel like they were my second family.

My freshmen year was so fun. Although I didn’t participate in the sports like I planned; he made sure I had extracurricular activities that’ll further my character. Every other day I think I was either at museums or fundraisers for third world countries. I’m so thankful that he brought me with him, because some of the exhibits were so graphic that I’m grateful for the privileged of being an American.

He’s admired me since we were in Level Three. Plus, since he’s two years older than everyone else so he’d always been bigger and more intimidating and poor me became his the victim of his affection. He was really sweet for the first few weeks. I was probably only twelve and while I am tall for my age, I weighed little to nothing, and he always stood taller. He’d help me reach for books in the library, he’d offer to carry my things, and then things slowly got worse. He’d grab ahold of my hand or wrist and pull me along, no matter how hard I fought. He’d stalk me as I’d walk home, and on the last day of school everyone was invited to the big bonfire that was being held. Of course I went. I might not have been a social butterfly, but bonfires were rare, and I was obsessed with the

In 2014, I had a lot of things happen. I taught in Ghana and Switzerland. But one of my oldest friends, Sister Althea Augustine, died. It was a good and bad year all mixed

He has become the big brother I never had. I now ask him and others for advice and help with seemingly minuscule matters, but it does not bother me anymore. I need help, and I will ask for it without fear or shame. He has been the only coworker in my life I would walk through a fire in my bare feet for. Our fun yet profound friendship caused me to care for and trust him. I never realized how amazing it feels to know that someone needs you and cares about you. I always thought that distance in relationships lock the pain away, but I now know that love and friendships heals the pain. I convinced myself that I was happy in my own lonely world. Joaquin introduced me to a world where people could rely on and support each other; that is the world I now want to be a part

The room was filled with people, yet he was the only face I could see. We had only talked for a few minutes when he told me he got us tickets for the Lunts. I was so thrilled to see the show, I had planned to go for ages. He hurried me outside to go catch a cab. Fortunately, one arrived fairly quickly. Once we entered the cab I stared outside my window for a while. I couldn’t get myself to turn and look at him. My legs were twitching with nervousness. A few minutes passed then I felt him slowly move closer. He gave me this sort of bizarre yet lovely glare, then he put his hand on my chin and pulled me towards him. I quickly gave his hand a light slap and pulled my head back, slamming it into the

Though I have lived for a very short time I accumulated a lot of memories over the years. I have had crazy and insane things happen to me, as well as funny and positive. One year in particular protrudes from my memory when I begin to think about it. The year 2013 was a crazy year but the things that happened to me back then made me who I am now.

Now he’s a fellow grad student, and I’m screwed. Because nobody plays the piano like Erik Williams. Not even me. But the worst

I mean He is always around me, always speaking, so let me clarify. I became available to Him, I opened my heart back to Him and let Him minister to my brokeness.

That one year wasn’t that much pleasing because of my private and relationship problems. The problems which every teenager goes through and especially if in a relationship. It is even harder for those who were in relationship when was in their country and left country to study abroad. Their relationship suddenly becomes a long distance relationship, and United States is on the other side of the world. The distance does challenge couples, but most of the couples break up, even those where together for many years. This kind of problems happens to most of the