A letter from September 24th, 2018

Peaceful right?

Dear Future Alex, You always thought that you were going to go through high school without ever getting your first kiss or ever going on a date. But then you met Gustavo. I don't know if you and him will still be together when you receive this, but I hope you are. He's treated you so sweetly and it's a wonderful experience, way different than any other. Your first kiss, Junior Homecoming September 22, 2018, wasn't what you were expecting, but it was still amazing. And he proceeded to kiss you three more times that night. Do you remember the song he kissed you to? It was "Stand by Me" by Prince Royce. You've experienced different kinds of love. There was Jenna, and Shirley, but neither of those were like the love you have experienced so far with Gustavo. I don't know how to explain it other than an overwhelming sense of happiness and affection. I see him everyday at school, yet I miss him so much when I'm at home. I want to kiss him every time I see him, and I just want to hold him tight and stay like that for a long time. He makes us happy, Alex. And I sure hope that he still does. You really deserve to be happy. If things didn't turn out so great between you and you don't really talk to him anymore, next time you see him, say hi. It may be awkward and weird and just unnecessary, but he's a good guy either way and who knows? Maybe you guys can be friends? I don't want things to end with him, but you never know what's going to happen in the future. i just hope that you enjoy everything and make sure that you spend time in the moment, not in the past. You'll never get the chance to be sixteen again, as dreadful as that sounds. But that's the way life works. I'm currently sixteen while writing this to you, and you should be seventeen when you receive this. Time flies quickly, Alex, it's something that frightens me now and may still frighten us in the future. Remember that this is your life, and you should live it your way because you only get one shot at this. When you receive this letter, I hope you don't think of it as some stupid thing your younger self did. I hope you actually take it into consideration and remember how you were a year before. That's all I have for now, so good luck, Alex. I hope you are okay, and if not, remember that you will be okay. Sincerely, Your Younger Self

Epilogue

over 2 years later

Dear Younger Self,

I remember when I first received this letter, I cringed when I read it. You wrote that at sixteen, and I received it at seventeen. A lot...

Wno it,sh nda i a aulhg jsut daer in denchag eyerv iemt utb tno i abd awy neo ttah ni yare.
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Rof ritsf ksi,s eh a wsa wheil oyur ayhe, sa tub vtagous ti,gshn ellw ifrts telyw,es ngisth nddee you myan eh yretbrli daetret as. Eta,gr eewr a tn'ewer 'natws but eoms ti thta dab rtehe snianecst ttah hiriopnlaste. End a sjut it dba hda. Dan eatrtm t'ndo t'nsdoe oyu meayon,r ti takl fnkalry queti mhi ot. Sims i odof but mfro do stanrertau eth sfiam'ly ish. Of haah ginog ustj rerdo rcary m'i eon ot tuo asdy teshe. .
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Rpsaihotlnie tors fo era nma ni whti j a we a endma. L. . Oyu i off osrt needd o,knw tegtgin hwit in lywasa nad sdolmnyteep teh as ahve nda abeescu od as mna hety nda you idd setn he up oyu adn ays yl,iraimt a be tmgih of. Yet thiw oabtu ew lwli thob btu we earedg adn ceah otu hlwei aynm ri,pt psosbeli kile ulowd nglo, ae'tnvh ot and ew ti we taht ryt, togtheer hilwe nbee there rtho,e idsetal hsit tnr'ae orkw nto yma be. S,ono see he fi and ot ell'w the tasrwe tiwa stuj stet he'd and ,sedo e'wre eleva ingog to heva. .
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I be adn we esvreed us rfo od aecprtpiae ot ypah,p yuo htat atgwnni. Ohw rtuggsnlig know abck were ethn i ouy. Sgnirtglug ,etxnet an wno aer we ot tisll. Uor i eilrare nmgintoein ihwt ot sconrcne a erttel rnutrec 21ts my rwtoe su ofr atmlen oru rdibayth halhte. Esnroa inknhgit ebsaceu it on teh ehwn ilfyam to that rea i niogg i cemso si tbu wya efle atmenl htis stimnde our fo seaecub pkee sah snellis eavh d,oog ignths ot. Dae,llc si sselnil si a sa it nmteal ti. Ehnbc w,ldro ligniv erthwhe trtaem of 'ntosed het ti rkap the a pot hoem nagclli ro ta my i'm. But okya eb to we hte eb that will ggion eivl hwit for uo'lly tsre ,ielf ruo 'ist of nsiehtmog. Oyak be wlel'.
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Sa imte ssapgin dose u,s ti tslil it ifehgrnt edso. Her uoy we evlo eht istll in carlk fmro one fo (i knusc was dna ediod ossng niel. Uatbo taht yautclal nile if atlk got feehslr nxeeits we htiw to ouy ,ti nac "lwl'e ) a,a"ngi belveie evren ddieo be. Ni ttsa'h stm,ie and a 'vei ctrnoec obht tcewi ehr lrtea tme sene tub rof featr hre yotrs a.
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Shti eon in i'st caesu oru but yfnun aoneraintinrc ,leif bievlee si i. Nad teg ngi,ilv ot it neccha it i nto ew in ruso sa uerctrnyl tshi singth eon ew umts tel eht minakg way viel of hte si flei are rou keta. Nhkti isth ti yneoj tib aws not'd a i i p,iudts letetr htta tuqie. Nptoisarilshe iaesd nda oals ovel sele i vole btoua di' mfro stlil btu t,i to yuor ?fiel ahtw o?kay oaubt extn i tiem oerm cunrert obtua oyu beamy muhc ewirt is os twrie etlert onwk to ouyr ubt reha ahtt, goign on notd' twna a.
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Scren,iley.
Em.
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P. S. Lyal nwo ,nflalyi go llo we yb -.

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