As an incoming freshman, I was animated, vivacious, eager and enthusiastic about secondary school. I was a 4.0 GPA student on the basketball team & I respected my family, my friends, my life and myself. What you don't detect is that I had just encountered a difficult process in my life with my best friend moving away. Two months subsequent to the start of my freshman year, my mother was determined to receive her teaching credentials & learn American Sign Language (ASL) to broaden her knowledge of sign language since she was previously fluent in Signing Exact English (SEE), a different signing system. Since I lived more than 30 miles from my school, it was mandatory to quit the basketball team so that my mother could pursue what she wanted. I understood her wish

Being the freshman that I was, I panicked and thought my high school career was over. I had gone through a period of euphoria in the first two and a half months of my secondary school education, and I slipped into depression. I lost all optimism and at the opening of the second semester of my freshman year, I was suicidal. I didn't know where to go for advice since I had no close friends and distanced myself from my loving, caring, sweet & very wise mother in fear of being rejected.

After I flew back to my abode, Xavier was upset and accused me of cheating on him. I tried to convince him that there was nothing between Rob and me. As I look back on that, I consider that serendipity. A week following my argument with my semi-boyfriend, I flew up to Xavier's prom and a million of things happened. I flew back home, once again and called our relationship quits. The day after I got home, "fres X o2" showed up in my buddy list for the first time ever since I saw him in DC. I IMed him two times that day, the first time I talked to him, he was at home. The subsequent time I saw him online, he was at MSSD. We began writing long e-mails to each other and I rapidly found that I could talk to Rob about anything. We hit it off. I knew he was special, and I was looking forward to getting to know him more. When he was sent home with mononucleosis, he and I talked a great deal. After discussing our feelings, we stated our love for each other to the world on June 6th.

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