I met Jesus in 2006 Freshman year at Las Vegas High School. My group of friends and his group of friends would hang out outside the cafeteria doors by the stairs and we just kind of mingled together. I don’t remember the first time Jesus & I actually spoke or introduced ourselves to each other. All I remember is he asked me to be his girlfriend in September. I said yes. Then he never spoke to me again. He would walk me to class in silence and then when he was home he would messages me on MySpace and thats how we would communicate. I broke up with him the same week.  Nothing changed though. We still hung out and he still messaged me on MySpace and we were all just friends.

I turned 15 in October and I had a Quincenera and I invited all my friends. Jesus says I didn’t invite him but I know I did. He didn’t go and I didn’t lose sleep over it. We all hung out during lunch and got to know each other.

On March 2, 2007 I made shirts for Jesus & his twin brother, Angel. Jesus’ shirt said Angel and had an arrow pointing to the right and Angel’s shirt said Jesus with an arrow pointing to the left. I took party hats and blowers and we celebrated their 15th bday.

I started liking a guy from his group of friends and that day the guy I liked asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes. Again, Jesus & I still talked as friends and hung out at lunch and messaged on MySpace. That was the end of Freshman year and I started Sophomore year with a BF and Jesus as my friend. 

On March 2, 2008 it was my 1 year anniversary with my bf and also Jesus’ 16th bday. Jesus called me and said, “I love you” for the first time. I was in a relationship! Jesus had a girlfriend sophomore year and he would still write me friendly notes and message me. Me and the other kid broke up and I remained friends with Jesus. That year I turned 17 and he brought roses to my house. Looking at my journal I realized it wasn’t until around December of 2008 that I actually noticed him in a different way. We got to know each other as friends for two years. So Junior year things changed between us.

In January of 2009 I asked him to the Sadie Hawkins dance! One period I put a heart-shaped sponge in a big ice block and set it on his desk and a note that said, “you make my heart melt” another period I left a live Siamese fighting fish in a bowl on his desk with Swedish Fish candy and a note that said, “Out of all the fish in the sea, I want you to go with me.” At the end of the school day when he walked to his car I had written out Sadies? On the hood of his car in shiny pennies! There’s a picture of it somewhere. Jesus says I scratched his car with all those pennies.  Junior year we hung out a lot and were off and on. Senior year we were also off and on. We both went to Sadies with different people. Then we went to homecoming together. He got a big patch with his favorite band on it (Black Flag) and on the back sewed a tux and a dress and with a needle and string wrote out homecoming and at the bottom it said you and me, just need a three-letter word. Then for prom we were fighting and threatening going with other people and I think we just said fine we’ll go together to just to have photos for our kids in the future haha.

I think in 2011 we started being serious and exclusive. Before then we were just teens, dating people, partying, fighting, making up, fighting again. Now we are married adults fighting, making up, fighting again.

Homecoming

Prom

Jesus meeting you was destiny. You are my soul mate. I love your kind heart and humble ways. Thank you for being persistent and accepting me the way that I am. Thank you for loving me. I love you. Let’s be together for eternity, one day at a time.