My Story

This is me (Jenna):

I live in Idaho Falls, Idaho. 

I will be living in Rexburg, Idaho soon. 

I am 18.

I am in love.

Wait...what? Did I actually say that?

This is Justin:

He lives in Montreal, Canada (for 2 years).

He will be living in Pocatello, Idaho (in 2 years).

He is 18.

He is the one I am in love with.

He is a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

This is us:

And this is the story of us: 

(Que Taylor Swift)

I met Justin Matthew Sumsion in 8th grade when he was my "best friends" first kiss.

Good start, right?

You wouldn't think so, but things with Justin and I don't seem to go the way you would think. :)

Fast forward to my junior year. Justin and I were pretty good friends but we didn't talk a ton. High school did what high school does and our group of friends wasn't a group anymore. Anyway, I kinda liked this kid and I was tired of not doing anything about it. I asked Justin to one of our schools girls choice dances. How could he say no when I asked him like this. He answered the exact way the website shows and I was just a 'little' more than excited.

We had a blast. And by the end of the night, I guess you could say we were definitely into each other. He held my hand and kissed me on the cheek and everything. I was a happy camper. 

After that night, we didn't talk for about a week. I was a very confused camper. I texted him asking him what was going on and he responded saying something like, "I'm sorry but I don't want to have a serious girlfriend before I go on my mission. But I really like you." In my mind I'm screaming "DUDE. YOU STILL HAVE 2 YEARS BEFORE YOU LEAVE!!". But he did his thing and I did mine and thats basically how it went. We didn't really talk that much after that. He soon found another girl and I continued my life the way it was before him.

Two years goes by a lot faster than you think.

Next thing I know, it's senior year and we're working on our senior projects. Both Justin and I decided to teach our schools choir class for our project. That forced us to talk to each other again. 

*Side note: we still talked a lot over the last 2 years but there was nothing there. We were both interested in different things.*

Let's just say that teaching a class full of 65+ of your peers is a really really hard thing to do. We leaned on each other a lot to get through this project, and we became really good friends by the time it was over. After our presentations, we went to get ice cream together and that started something but neither of us knew what it was.

Rewind to the summer before senior year. Justin and I went to the same choir camp for a week and he met a girl. They hit it off very quickly....very quickly. They were together until, well, until I came along. That sounds bad. Heh...Let me explain.

Fast forward back to my senior year. Like any other high school girl, I wanted to get asked to prom. By Justin. I knew that wasn't going to happen though. He was still with this other girl and I knew not to get involved. Instead, I got asked by Peter....Peter really is a great kid but to protect my mental sanity, I could not go to my senior prom with Peter. A few of my friends, Justin included, did all they could to get another guy to ask me so I could tell Peter that I was going with someone else. I know, I'm a terrible person. Their plan was not working and I was beginning to lose hope. Justin was texting me and out of no where he said, "Wait! Why don't I just take you?! I already went to prom with [she who shall not be named] at her school so she would totally be fine with it!" I squealed, felt bad, forgot to feel bad, and said yes. :) Again, I know, I'm a terrible person. Well, she really wasn't fine with it. After Justin going back and forth about a billion times, he decided to end things with her and go to prom with me. 

At first I was like,

Then I was all,

So you know, we went to prom and he held my hand and kissed me on the cheek (wait a second...that's familiar) and I fell head over heals all over again. 

But this time he didn't ditch me! 

Things just went uphill from there. We spent an amazing summer together but we both knew what was coming. He still didn't want to have an official girlfriend before he went on him mission so we called ourselves "unofficially official". 

The goodbye was definitely hard. It's still hard to think that I won't see him for another 22 months.

 But we basically love each other to death so that makes up for it. :)

I am not really waiting for Justin though. We both decided that we don't want to "tie each other up" in a way. We must be against the whole "put a label on the relationship" thing. He wants me to date other guys and enjoy our time apart. I don't want to date other guys...haha BUT we're happy and that's all that matters. 

So that's our story. :) 

No one knows how this will all work out but I'm definitely happy with how things are going right now. 

I really like this kid. :)