It's FINALLY happening!

Backstory: My sister Shannen was in a singing competition a few months prior when she met a guy named Kris who introduced her to a group of friends that he was friends with as well. Kris met Shan's BF (now husband) and invited him to play basketball with his friends. Around April of 2015 I just got out of a year long relationship and swore to myself that I was going to be single so I can enjoy the single life and "YOLO" it out. But, as you can imagine life has a funny way of going against what you plan for yourself. Luckily for me, things changed unexpectedly for the better. It was June 17, 2015. My Brother-in-Law Justin took up Kris' offer to play basketball with his group of friends. I decided to invite myself and tag along because I was kind of bored at home (Shan actually let me come because she felt bad I just got out of a relationship but tbh, I wasn't really sad about it haha). Okay, so when we got to the basketball court I wasn't really expecting much, I just wanted to get out the house. So, Kris introduced Justin to his friends. The 2nd (maybe 3rd) person he met was JM. All I could remember was just how many questions JM was asking Justin. My first impression was "Wow, why can't he just be quiet and stop trying too hard". I crack up every time I think about that first impression. Obviously, I know now that JM is just that type of curious person. Any way, back to the story! It was definitely not love at first sight (Again, I crack up thinking back to this moment). I've never really been interested in Filipino men and thought that it just wasn't my "type".

Fast forward to July 16, 2015. Shan, Justin, and I went to another basketball game. I hadn't seen JM since and after the game everyone went to go eat at checkers. I remember accidentally giving JM a bootleg coupon on accident not knowing it was expired already LOL. When we sat down to eat, I was sitting at a table by myself (adjacent to Shan and Justin's table) since most tables were filled (each table had 3 seats max) but randomly JM decided to sit next to me and I didn't really think much of it since I didn't want to sit alone. I don't remember exactly what we talked about that night, but I do remember him laughing at almost everything I said. Now I know I can be funny at times but not THAT funny lol. It definitely raised my suspicions that he was starting to crush on me! It wasn't until July 22, 2015 when things took a weird turn. Those same group of friends extended an invite for us (Shan, Justin and I) to go to the springs as a fun friend trip. Us three happily accepted. We went to Blue springs that day. It was so hot but I already knew to expect freezing cold water. The group all headed down to the entrance of the springs. There was a bit of a walk down and a steel staircase leading into the springs. JM had already went ahead and jumped in with other people and I was taking the slow and agonizing way in (Everyone knows ripping off the band aid is a lot better than peeling it slowly off!). Anyway, after I was belly button deep down the staircase, I decided to jump right in! I was wearing water shoes and the current was pretty strong that day and the water was pretty deep at the entrance of the springs.. I'd say about 8ft?.. Maybe? Deep enough I couldn't touch it! JM was standing along the edge of the springs on the other side of the staircase where it's shallow enough for him to be able to stand comfortably. I immediately have regrets when I was trying to swim against the current with my freaking heavy ass water shoes and I was not moving one bit!

I jumped in right in the center of the springs and JM was about a few feet away. I was getting so exhausted, I took off my water shoes and took one big leap towards JM (he was the closest friend nearby) and hopped on his back. Needless to say, he was shook, which makes sense because I did catch him off guard. He kind of accepted it and just went with the flow. This is where I definitely started to catch feelings, but I was hardcore denying it. He was everything I thought I didn't want but was actually the perfect person for me. Fast forward to a few weeks later: He came over my house in an orange collared shirt and khaki shorts. He sat on the couch with this look on his face that he had something serious to tell me (I was freaking out! In my head I totally knew he was gonna tell me he liked me). I was sitting over by the breakfast table when he starts to say "Over these past few weeks, I have really grown to like you". OMGGG, I KNEW IT!. I had so many thoughts running in my mind that I didn't realize a minute or two had past before I said anything. He looked so terrified LOL, I chuckle a bit thinking back to his facial reaction after that silent pause. I was running through my head what a "perfect" response would be for him but I didn't really know how to say how I felt so I just went with "I like you too!" A few months later our feelings grew even stronger and we declared our love for each other. I remember crying when he told me. I've never heard a more sincere, heart felt declaration of love in my life. He meant every word he vowed to me when he told me he loved me and hasn't broken anyone of those love "vows" he made to me. As for what he vowed to me, he said: "Sheena Elaine Ybanez Satorre, I love you so much, I promise to always make you happy and be there for you in tough times. What's mine is yours now." I KNOW. SO cheesy right? But he meant every word. UGH, he's such a great guy :') If you've made it this far, thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed!

It's amazing to think that I met the woman to be by my side forever back in 2015 in a middle school basketball court of all places! I remember just finishing playing a game with my cousin and some of our friends and he had mentioned that he invited someone name Justin, whome he explained is the boyfriend of a girl he befriended at a singing competition to come join us. I thought to myself, "that's cool, now we can play full court!". When he showed up, there were two girls that showed up with him, Shannen (the girl from the competition) and her sister Sheena. When I first saw them, I didn't think much of it. After playing a couple of games, I decided to talk to Justin and get to know him a little more (side note: people that know me well, know I don't talk much but when I want to get to know someone, for some reason I start to). After that, we went to Checkers to get a bite and Sheena just happened to sit at the same table. I thought she was cute but at that time, I wasn't really interested in relationships or really looking for anything, although I just wanted to get to know her a little. I don't know what it was but when we did talk, I just couldn't help but laugh at a lot of the things we conversed about even when it wasn't necessarily funny. As more time passed the more I saw Sheena, Shannen and Justin with the group. At one point, after another basketball outing, we went to McDonalds and as Sheena and them left, our friend Babs looked at me and laughed saying, "you like her!" and he teased me all that night about it. I denied the fact, even though she did start growing on me.

After some months pass and Justin, Sheena and Shannen are officially part of the group, we all planned a trip to Blue Springs. At this time I was a little interested in Sheena, so I tried to be around her without her noticing (even though it was completely obvious). I remember getting into the water and all of a suddenly feeling someone randomly jump on my back. It was Sheena! She told me that the water was too deep for her since she's short and I just happened to be in front of her...and tall enough to keep her from going in too deep. I didn't think too much of it, but I definitely enjoyed it haha! from that day on, I just felt like me and Sheena started to have more of a connection. We talked a lot more, hung out more. Even Justin joked around in a group chat we're all in saying #SSJM, which we both denied. Fast forward to when our friend Vicencio was moving out of his apartment and into what would be known as "The Strat", that was the day that I confirmed with myself that I really liked Sheena and I didn't know how to express that to her, During the transition, me and Sheena were left alone to gather the last of the boxes and meet up with everyone at the Strat. We talked for a bit while taking a break and the air got a little tense because after some time, I contemplated whether or not I should tell her that I really liked her. I happened to miss my chance because one of our other friends came back to the old apartment to see if we needed help since we took a while to return. At the end of that night, she invited me to come by her house the next day to just hangout for a while. I was a little shocked but I gladly accepted. Before I knew, I was sitting on the couch, talking to her and thought "now's my chance!" although my brain was willing, my mouth was hesitant lol. I was quiet for a bit because I was so nervous and a little scared of being rejected but how would I know if I didn't try?

After I summed up some courage, I finally told her how I felt. In a very shaky and nervous tone I said, (along the lines of) "I've really grown to like you a lot, will you go out with me?" I didn't know what to expect, I felt like my stomach was in my throat. Then when she accepted my feelings, I was so relieved and happy! At first we didn't know what to call each other, because we didn't want to use "babe" since it's such a basic term. At first we came to say "My Someone" (kinda like MU or Mutual Understanding) since we were just new with our relationship. We eventually talked and shortened it to "Myso". Now, 4 years later, Myso became my everything and will always be my forever. I am so blessed and lucky to have met and fallen in love with this beautiful soul and so happy that though thick and thin, she still loves all of who I am.