It all started upside down on the monkey bars.We were in 2nd grade.He walked up to me and asked how on earth I could just hang there.I gave him ‘the look’-the one that told him just how much below me he was by asking that question. Unfortunately, I was upside down, so it didn’t have the desired effect.
In 4th grade he was my best friend.We were always seen together, typically in trouble.
In 7th grade the teasing began.They called us a ‘couple’ and other stupid nonsense. He got embarrassed or I did, or both, and we stopped talking.
As freshman, we bumped into each other at a party.We slowly began talking again.By the time we were Sophomores we were great friends.He was always there for me.
Junior year was my disaster year.Everything went wrong: boyfriends, grades, gossip, more boyfriends.He stuck by me.
Senior year we started dating.
Freshman year in college we were separated again.
It’s been 5 years, and now I’m here I don’t know what to say.So instead I stand and remember how it started:
upside down.