
I'm sitting here, thinking about the year that has almost passed. A year ago, I was single and convinced that I would be single for the rest of my time in this town (you find someone when you -really- believe that, it always works that way right), with big expectations on my birthday weekend and feelings for a boy that I knew would never be close to me.
As a new years resolution a few weeks later I said that I would be more loose and slutty. Yes, those were my words. Birdy added that I should be slutty in disguise, because I'm like that. I said I would be single and enjoy my last time as a student and really grab the student life by the balls. Literally.
And you might say I did. I partied, had fun, lived my life and dove into schoolwork in a way that I hadn't done before. Late nights in school went hand in hand with beer and friends.
Then one late night in february, we gathered a big happy crowd and went to town, literally. Drunk and brave in a dark nightclub, I found myself facing a guy that I've seen so many times before. The guy that I thought "I think we would go well together" whenever I saw him. I never told anyone because, well, well knowing that you should never dismiss your gut feelings it's still far more often that you try because it feels silly. I felt silly when I looked at a perfectly unknown guy and thought to myself that we would fit together. What's up with that really?
But that time, unlike three months earlier, I didn't flinch. I just rationalised that I would buy beer first, and talk after. So I did. He looked uncomfortable, that he still today explains that with "Well, I got nervous, there was a really pretty girl talking to me just like that".
Nine hours later (after the roomie, food and prostitute incident) he left my place, telling me that I was welcome to come over if I felt like it, I knew where he lived. Two days later he threatened to tip me over in the snow on the first walk we took together. Three days after that, I got approval from his roommate (the roomie date is not to brush off lightly!). One week after that, I found myself really falling for this guy.
It was weird. Now looking back on how we acted around eachother just after a few short days, what by then could be confused with my regular lack of shyness and social normacy, can now be seen as me just feeling really comfortable around him. He was just.. he got me. And instantly.
One early morning, three months later, I was facing him once again. He looked surprised and worried why I called him over and I could just sit on my toilet and hand him the pregnancy test.
He stared at it and got "Wha.. I.. is this correct?"
"Yes."
"... Are you sure?"
"The slight tummy aches? My period being EIGHT days late? (my period had been messy the months prior so I didn't know what it was up to) My breasts hurting? Me feeling weird and kinda sad? The positive test? I.."
The he started giggling.
I got him. Because of earlier circumstances, this should be impossible. But there I was, positive. And a boyfriend that was giggling while looking at the test.
The month that followed is pretty much the suckyest month of my life. I'm not gonna pretend that I ever contemplated keeping the child and I'm not gonna make excuses for it, but that doesn't change me being sad over it And I learned things in the process. Bf proved to be one of the most loving persons that I've ever met.
The help when I felt too sick to eat, him helping me with phone calls to nurses when I cried too much to talk, his warm embrace when he saw my eyes tearing up, his respect for the decisions I made and his positive words the times we walked to the hospital.
A few months on the pill from hell followed, I felt drained and my feelings for bf wasn't as strong as before. I feared that the abortion had damaged our relationship, but stuck it out. Because my temper peaked sometimes, I felt blissful and then in the gutter again, I realised it was the pills. Fucking pills. By the end of summer I stopped taking them and replaced them with the IUD that has its own side effects, but my inner workings are slowly getting normal again.
And here I am today, longing for bf's arrival tomorrow night. I still cry a lot and my temper is swaying, but bf's been the best in handling it and doesn't take it personally, and it gets better month by month. And I'm happy. Kinda bored because I wanna move on in my life and move out of town and all that, but happy.
With just a month left, I can conclude that this year really didn't turn out the way I thought it would.