Young Love- February 10, 2010

When I met my ex boyfriend Mike Defeis in 8th grade, I definitely didn't think it would go as far as it did. Numerous birthdays, shore trips, Valentine's Days, Chrismases, and three proms later, it had been three years.

We had slowly become Lindsay and Mike, never separated. We were always together and while I loved it then, I really think it was the main reason for our downfall. The boy who suprised me at school with flowers for Valentine's Day, planning cute picnics, and who bought me a beautiful ring.

I can still remember that Valentine's day, I got a voicemail from him, "Babe, go check your car!" I didn't know what to expect, but when I ventured out in the darkness of the night, a single white rose was on my car. The next morning when I left for school, a purple rose on my front steps. Around 2:45, I got called to the office. A dozen pink and white roses were waiting for me. I never expected this loving and sensitive boy in my life would become the most jealous person I know.

GOD FORBID I wanted to go out with a friend, specifically my best friend Stephanie, he had to know exactly where I was at all times. It seemed as if I was always doing something wrong when he had a dark secret, his "friend" Jackie.

It still hurts me to think about moment when I saw all of the messages between them and realized that they were more than what I had thought the whole time, and we broke up. But, as a normal high school couple a few months later, as everyone expected, we were back together. Things were good, until the jealousy set in. Mike began to get a lot of anger towards me, accusations of lies, etc and I couldn't take it anymore. We broke up, and now even a year and a half later, I miss certain things. Songs that we always would listen to come on the radio or someone will say something that sounds like him, but while I'm saddened at first, I realize I'm better off.