They say thatĀ āFirst love never diesā, Iām not a believer in this saying. Iām now in my early 20ā²s and I donāt know why I start to believe that saying. In the year 2010, Iām in my first year of high school, thereās this one guy who caught my attention. He does not smile too often, he is a snob and quite. I always see him downstairs whenever itās breaktime cause their room is located right below our classroom. Every time I see him, I just canāt get my eyes off of him thatās when I realized I have a crush on him (too young to call it). Thereās this one friend of him who had a crush on me, we chat and call, we talk and we casually say hi/hello. He confessed his feelings but sadly, I donāt feel the same way for him. We continued texting, talking, and greeting each other whenever we passed each other but with the guy who caught my attention never did I experienced those things even just a day. The first year passed but I never got the chance to talked to him. On the first day of my second-year high school, I saw him and again I realized I still have feelings for him, but still,l considered that feelings as an infatuation only. Valentineās Day came, I saw him holding a flower, smiling. He walked past our classroom and continued walking to the room after us and thatās when the time he gave the flower heās holding to a girl. I canāt explain the feeling but one thingās for sure I was hurt. I questioned my feelings for him askingĀ āwhy am I feeling this way? Why am I hurt? It is only an infatuationā but I canāt even answer my question and I cried, I cried because of pain. I thought that maybe it is love. Iām in love. I tried to move on and forget about it cause Iām just too young for love. I still see him during the second year of my high school but I tried to avoid him as much as possible. The second-year ends and I congratulated myself for not feeling too much and for not paying attention to my feelings for him. The third-year came, I had a boyfriend. I really love my boyfriend but I know deep down myself that I still have feelings for him but it is less compared before the early years of our high school life. I say lesser feelings cause if I donāt see him, I feel like I donāt like him but when I see him I like (love?) him. Fourth-year high school and Iām still in a relationship But the month of October 2013, I broke up with my boyfriend because I found him having an affair with some other girl. Graduation came, June 2014. I saw the guy who caught my attention well-groomed cause heāll give a speech because heās the Valedictorian of the class. Thereās a girl who approached him and never did I know that sheās the girlfriend. I was shocked about the reaction of my heart cause it still felt pain about the thought of him having a girlfriend but I set aside that thought and feelings. After graduation, we part ways. I went to college, he went to college, different universities and different places. In my 2 years in college, I had a crush on one of my classmates and so he did not even cross my mind because I didnāt see him that long and because Iām in love with someone else but when it was in my third year in college, in August, thereās this event in our town so I went home to celebrate with my parents and also with my town and thatās the first time after two years of not seeing him, I saw him. My heart beats faster than the usual beat, I felt happy that I saw him and thatās when I realized I still have feelings for him and itās shocking. Years passed, 2018 I graduated from college and Iām in a relationship with my college crush (laughs). Now the year 2020, Iām working as a Science Teacher and my boyfriend is also a Science teacher because like I said heās my classmate. Earlier today, I went to school and thereās this guy whoāll walk past me wearing a black polo shirt and wearing a mask and my heartbeat is not normal AGAIN. Even though his eyes are the only thing I can see because of the mask I know whoās this guy walking in front of me, my first love. I canāt deny the fact that Iām happy to see him again but I just canāt believe the fact that I still have feelings for him. For the past few years of having a boyfriend, I thought I already and fully forgot him but then I realized that I never really forgot him, I may not feel the same love as I have for my boyfriend but I know that I stillĀ do love him and is hidden in a place inside my heart no one can ever replace cause he's my first love and as the saying goes first love never dies and I can say Iām now a believer of that saying