The One I Love

The One I Love

Amber Larson

English 101

Buehler

9/24/2007

Saint-Exupery once said; "Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction." Meeting someone you have "known" for eight years can turn out differently than you think. I would never have guessed I would end up marring him. Even though you fight, everyone has their differences but at the end of the day you still love each other.

Coming into my senior year of high school I finally met him, Sam the guy that I have seen and gone to school with since I was in the fourth grade. My best friend Haley started dating his best friend Genesis which was convenient for us. Everyone was telling me about him and how we would hit it off. One night Genesis decided to get a tattoo and like any best friend I went with Haley to support him. They both decided to call Sam so we could meet. He came down to the tattoo parlor at midnight even when he had to work at six o' clock the next morning. It wasn't exactly the fairly tail meeting, he had a few bad habits that I could not stand. Like smoking I personally think that is the nastiest habit ever, and that night he smoked in front of me. Fortunately with every bad habit of his there are twice as many good ones. So the night went on we talk and walked to seven eleven. He spoke Japanese to me, it was a little weird but very cute. The night finally came to an end I walked him out we exchanged numbers and he called the next day.

First dates are always nerve wrecking. On our first date we ate at Bj's restaurant which is a pizza joint, I have never been there but it was really good. After we ate we went to the Red Rock hotel casino and got ice cream and just walked around. We really hit it off, we continued going on dates and then started dating. It all happened so fast we never really got the chance to be friends. I still remember our first kiss, we were at this party our friend was having and we were in her kitchen. I was sitting on the counter and he was standing directly in front of me and it happened. I truly had a fairy tale kiss, he was perfect, so it seemed. The first six months we dated was amazing we didn't fight at all it there were no problems with our relationship.

Then came our fist break up it was hard not only because it was our first but because it was on New Year's Eve. You know when you get that feeling that everything is perfect and that you have it all, that is kind of the feeling I had right before he called me and broke up with me. I had to go through the whole night thinking what is he doing, where is he at, who is he kissing? I have to admit that was one of the hardest things I have gone through in our relationship. We stayed apart for probably a week maybe a little longer. During the breakup I was out of control I went out and partied ever night. I did not care about school or life; I was in the care free mood. There was nothing that