It was senior English class. I was basically a loner since and my seat partner preferred to talk to other people in the class. When it came time to trade papers for grading, I often find myself struggling to find some one to trade with. Yeah, it may sound stupid but these little social isolations are annoying. Well, what do loner's do best? Notice another loner. I saw that he often stood there with no one to trade papers with. So we became each other's dependable paper-trading buddies. When the 2nd semester rolled around, our class was allowed to change seats. So I chose to sit next to him. Finally some friendly soul to talk to!!! He was surprisingly easy to talk to, and I soon developed a crush for him.
Since we're both lazy and bad at keeping friendships, our relationship should have ended as soon as graduation. However, I began talking to him more on AIM, and even more when I had to go to summer school just a few weeks post-graduation. That's what ultimately made us close. It's unflattering to confess that I talked to him on AIM so much during summer school because I was lonely and in a new environment, but it's true. 
When summer school ended and I got to go back home for a few weeks, I knew I had to do something before we start college and inevitably drift apart. I confessed -- he was taken aback saying "I don't know how to make a long distance relationship work-- we gave it a shot-- It's been four years.
        In four years, we probably spent less than 6 months being actually together. I often wondered what is keeping us together? Of course there is love, but what else? A tinge of desperation? A dollop of loneliness? A dash of fear? I don't know and I don't care. All I know now is that I'm happy to be in this relationship and am eager to have a future together.