I always dreamt that my life would end up like it did in the movies. I remember imagining what my future would always look like. I always figured I would grow up, meet a boy, fall in love with him,marry him, and spend the rest of my life with him. But in all honesty, that isn't really the way that things have turned out. And you know what? I'm actually glad about that.

"Here?" I ask Mina as I adjust the picture frame on the wall.

"A little more to the left," She replies from behind me.

I tilt it ever-so-slightly and nearly fall off of the couch when Mina announces that it's perfect. She laughs and runs over to me, wrapping her arms around my waist and lowering me from the couch.She kisses me gently and we stand back to look at the new frame. A picture of Mina in her cap and gown, holding her diploma while I kiss her cheek hangs nicely beside a picture of us at the beach. I lace my fingers between hers.

"I'm glad we finally got to put that one up." I smile.

She grins and kisses me on the cheek, "So am I."

"I think this officially completes our first apartment." I declare as I plop onto the couch.

Albeit dinky and next door to some of the loudest human beings I have ever heard, it's perfect. We get to share a bed and a room, we have a walk-in shower, and we even pay for cable with a bunch of channels. Being an adult is kind of terrifying, but having Mina around makes me not so afraid. I thought I would hate being away from home before I moved up to Maine with her. Now that I'm here, I realize that I could