My Love for Him(stephanie florez) My love for you was stronger than ever. I met you through my sister Elizz. It was around spring time when we had gone to hang out at the park. You were new to that side of town and as you got out of the car, all eyes turned to you. Elizz told me that she knew you from school, and that she wanted to get together with you. I didn't know if she was lying because she had gotten out of a bad relationship with her ex-boyfriend who, by the way, cheated on her with some ho, but time passed and months went by, and she never came around you anymore because she fell in love with her ex boyfriend’s brother, Javier Torres. So, every day after school, I'd come and hang with you. Some time my brothers would be there too, but most of the time, I wished they weren't, so one after none I called Elizz when I was with you, and asked her where she was and she said at the house with Javier. Already, I thought to myself they had only been dating for 3 days, and they acted as if they had known each other for years. So, I and you walked over to where they were, then all of us walked to pizza hut where we bought drinks and laughed for at least 2 hours.

When your home girl walked in, she was like my best friend. Her name was Mercdes. When she was done eating, she came to sit with us, until we got kicked out for being too loud. So, we walked back to my house and turned up the music in Javier’s truck and chilled there. I saw you and Mercdes talking and I thought maybe you liked her, but I was wrong. Mercdes came to me and said you liked me, so I was like cool and told her I liked you too. It was already dark and my mom told everyone it was time to go. You were standing by the truck telling Javier bye and I was standing by myself looking at the stars, which by the way is my favorite thing to do, you came to me and asked me out. I was so happy, I said yes. You left and I ran inside and told Elizz what happened.

The next morning, I went to Merceds’ house and you were there. We went to her room and she made us lie down and hold hands, it was fun because I had never really done that before. Later that night we all were together again and at around 3am, we fell asleep, in the back of the truck. So, things got better. We saw each other every day in the summer. We would go out to eat or spend the night with each other and other stuff too.

Later in the summer, about almost the end of it, things went bad, we would always get mad at each other. By that time your brother, Scott, came back, and you stopped seeing me as much and started to hang with him every day. As time went by, I got to know Scott, which I didn't think would happen but it did. We would all hang out together, till that stopped!! You got mad at me, and I got mad at you like almost every day. I don't know what you did to make me mad, but I never thought I'd be that kind of girl, that gets mad at her boyfriend over dumb things, like Elizz does. We were already going out for about 6 months, it was late and no one was home with me, so I left, went to the park and called Scott. We were good friends, almost like brother and sister! I called him to meet me at the park where just about everything goes wrong at, but it was still my favorite place to go to at night.

Scott came but I didn't tell you. Why would I tell you what I was doing with my life? Scott got his phone out and showed me a text saying to tell me it's over, but I didn't care because right after that, a guy I met at a game asked me out. Scott asked me if I wanted to go to his house and play some games on the xbox, I said, “sure”. I knew I wasn't allowed over there but I went any way. When we got there, I thought maybe you were there so we went in his room and he locked the door. For a second, I was scared but I got over it, but he pushed me on the bed, kissed me and said he had always wanted to do that. The next thing you know I wanted to leave, but I didn't want his mom to see me because she would have called the cops and my mom would have been so mad. I tried telling someone, but what was the point? No one would care, I was known for the girl who messed around when in a relationship. So, the next morning, I stayed with them for the last time, and the morning that followed, I left, and as I walked down the street, I knew that would be the last time I'd stay with them, and as I walked, I remembered all the things we used to do together and how I always made you smile. Tears rolled down my face as I thought to myself, 'I will never fall in love again.'

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