Today someone changed my life.
Her name is Passley, and she is in my level in the Summer Dance Intensive. This week is her first week, so I've spoken to her some before today. However, today was the day when we bridged the gap between acquaintance and friend, and I only wish I had made the effort sooner.
We were just talking in Repetoire class, chatting about whatever, when somehow love came up. She told me all about her best friend, Zack, who she happens to be in love with. Before she told me anything much about it, I was thinking, Oh, just another cliche love story. How exciting. But then she started delving deeper into it.
To put it simply: I have not been so entranced by someone's words in a very, very long time.
She told me that she has been in love with him for over four years now. She never dated anyone in highschool because she was so in love with him, and she didn't see the point in pretending to feel that way about anyone else. Sure, there were guys she found attractive and maybe even a few she liked a little, but she felt no desire whatsoever to take things anywhere. Her best friend didn't want to date anyone in highschool, so she waited for him, hoping the whole time for a future with him.
He told her, afterward, that there had never been anyone towards whom he had felt any interest. He told her that there had never been anyone but her in his mind. She was shocked, but delighted, of course, to find this out.
Now? Things are pretty much the same... but they each know the other's feelings. They are going to college in different states, but once they get acclimated they will begin to date. Is that not crazy and wonderful??
The most insane part: she has not kissed anyone. Ever.
Why? Because she wanted to save it for Zack. She has been waiting all this time for the absolute perfection she knows is worth waiting for.
She said to me, "You know what? It's like... why pretend? Why act like there is anyone else I will ever feel this way about again? When you find the one, you just know, and you just don't care about anyone else. If I have him, I will be content for the rest of my life."
Her words made me think. I haven't come up with anything conclusive yet, but I'm getting there. I'm trying to wrap my head around it all, and apply it to the twists and turns of my own life. All I know is that I want that absolute sureness. No, I yearn for it. I don't know how long it will take, but when I figure it out, I'll let you know...
Her name is Passley, and she is in my level in the Summer Dance Intensive. This week is her first week, so I've spoken to her some before today. However, today was the day when we bridged the gap between acquaintance and friend, and I only wish I had made the effort sooner.
We were just talking in Repetoire class, chatting about whatever, when somehow love came up. She told me all about her best friend, Zack, who she happens to be in love with. Before she told me anything much about it, I was thinking, Oh, just another cliche love story. How exciting. But then she started delving deeper into it.
To put it simply: I have not been so entranced by someone's words in a very, very long time.
She told me that she has been in love with him for over four years now. She never dated anyone in highschool because she was so in love with him, and she didn't see the point in pretending to feel that way about anyone else. Sure, there were guys she found attractive and maybe even a few she liked a little, but she felt no desire whatsoever to take things anywhere. Her best friend didn't want to date anyone in highschool, so she waited for him, hoping the whole time for a future with him.
He told her, afterward, that there had never been anyone towards whom he had felt any interest. He told her that there had never been anyone but her in his mind. She was shocked, but delighted, of course, to find this out.
Now? Things are pretty much the same... but they each know the other's feelings. They are going to college in different states, but once they get acclimated they will begin to date. Is that not crazy and wonderful??
The most insane part: she has not kissed anyone. Ever.
Why? Because she wanted to save it for Zack. She has been waiting all this time for the absolute perfection she knows is worth waiting for.
She said to me, "You know what? It's like... why pretend? Why act like there is anyone else I will ever feel this way about again? When you find the one, you just know, and you just don't care about anyone else. If I have him, I will be content for the rest of my life."
Her words made me think. I haven't come up with anything conclusive yet, but I'm getting there. I'm trying to wrap my head around it all, and apply it to the twists and turns of my own life. All I know is that I want that absolute sureness. No, I yearn for it. I don't know how long it will take, but when I figure it out, I'll let you know...
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