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It all started when Chase added me on social media. His impromptu decision to text me first, led us to the rest of our lives. We just started talking at hit it off. I decided to facetime him one night, and the rest was history. Day after day we just got to know each other. Our likes, dislikes, what we had in common, what we do differently (the way he uses the wrong words for things like sneakers vs. tennis shoes, or soda vs. pop). About 2 weeks in, we started talking about actually meeting each other. The only problem was that he was 932 miles away from me while being stationed in Pensacola, Florida. About 2 months went by, and I made the decision to drive 13 hours to go see him. I took my brother and a friend, and we headed off on our journey to see him. It was the best decision I ever made. It all happened pretty fast, but it was a beautiful whirlwind. By the time I went down to see him to make things official, we already had our next date planned for when I'd fly to him. Long distance was hard, but every second spent apart, made all the time we had together so much more special, and I wouldn't change it for the world.

It is with deepest sorrow that I write the end of our story. A short chapter in my book of life. One that I wished would go on forever. Chase was the love of my life, but it turns out that I was never his. Long distance was hard; many fights, miscommunications, detached conversations, and countless nights spent crying. So many factors that we just couldn't work out together. When you put all of your love into one person, and you do not receive that love back, it ruins you. It leaves you empty and broken, with no one willing to pick up the pieces. Chase had found his people in Florida. His best friend, his best friends girlfriend and especially her best friend. They became inseparable, taking up all of his time. What he didn't know, was that I set aside time for him, when he filled what was supposed to be our time with them. A month before our relationship ended, he had already moved on...and I had no idea. Eventually, I was given up on, lied to, and replaced just like that. Without a second thought, he no longer loved me 25/8. He no longer had my 6, and Always and forever turned into once upon a time. Chase has found someone else, living a happy life with another girl. There are so many things he will never know...the gifts I bought him, the notes I wrote him, the things I was saving up for just to be able to afford something nicer for him. He will never know about any of it. He will never truly know how much he hurt me. He has moved on, while I am stuck picking up the broken pieces after I found out the one that I loved with my everything, never truly loved me anyways. Despite all my hurt, I'm glad that he has found someone that can make him happy when I wasn't enough. I hate that I still miss him. I will miss him for a very long time. I know that Chase does not love me, but I love him. Now I know, ironically, that it is better to love him from a distance. So as my final goodbye I want to say. Chase, I love you 3000, 25/8, 1437, IGY6, always and forever, the end.