I have spent my entire life being "different" from the other girls. I have always known that I am an individual in my own way. I do things differently than others.

I guess I was what you would call a late bloomer, I didn't even realize boys could be more than opponents until I was seventeen. With this new knowledge I sought out my best friend, a male as all the others in my childhood.

We did everything together and after awhile in my Senior year of high school others had labeled us as a couple, sure we had kissed a few times, we held hands, went out together; but neither of us were ever really attracted to the other. We realized this and decided that the romantics were not working out for us and we became best friends, solely, again.

I had a dream, actually, that gave me the knowledge of my true sexuality and I shared it with my friend. He was very supportive of my new curiosity of women in a sexual manner.

The school year ended and shortly after graduation I was invited to an intimate party with a few of the youth in my theatre group. I really didn't know anyone there but decided to go any how. It turned out that there were only two females there, including myself. So we instantly bonded and spend the evening together.

I had seen Dawn around before and had made a mental note of her beauty. I had also heard rumors of her open sexuality. Well, by the end of the night she rested her head in my lap, and some how we ended up holding hands.

This was the first experience that ever let me feel comfortable in such a way.

We convinced our parents to let us stay the night together and have been inseparable ever since.

After a few months of a courtship we were in love. We knew it and nothing would stand in our way of being together. It has been six months and we are happier than either of us has ever been, I have learned to come out of my sexual shell, as has she.

I am open with my sexuality at work, home, and in my social circle. I have yet to tell my family of my new found happiness, that will come only in time.

What a wonderful feeling to finally understand who I am and why I am this way.