I've seriously thought long & hard about wanting to share, what I thought/felt was a bit of a similar /eerie story as to what Tatiana Yvonne(Michael Jackson's video co-star from "The Way You Make Me Feel") had gone through.

Out of respect, I will not mention my friend's name so as not to embarrass him at all in any way, in case he does come across this at any given time, however, he does know who he is.

To this very day, I still have not, nor will I ever forget it.

Anyways, lets get started then shall we... it all started at the very beginning of my high school years which was back in the fall of 2002.

I was a freshman, & my best friend was a sophomore at the time.

It happened prolly around the month of October, & one day I walked up to where he was sitting, & I spoke to him.

Then, out of the blue, he asked me if I wanted to see a musical that was playing(that was if he was going at the time) & I told him that I needed to get my grandmother's permission. However, at that point it never happened, prolly due to my friend having to deal w/ something else. But nontheless, it was kinda like when MJ invited Tatiana to the set of his music video "Leave Me Alone" but a little bit different, since it turned out not to be the case, but I appreciated the invite anyway. It was very sweet of him to do so & basically that was how our friendship started off.

Well, apparently one day at school, I was eating lunch w/ him, since we both had that period together that year & right after we both were getting ready to head to our separate classes, I gave him a hug, which to him, was not an issue to worry about.

However right after doing so, I took it upon myself to go about doing something, something which I'd never done, in all the years I'd been in school & something just came over me.

I immediately walked up to my best friend & kissed him on the cheek.

As soon as I did that & saw the look on his face, it certainly looked like a shocked look, I immediately thought to myself, "Maybe I shouldn't have done that!"

So, the very next day, i spoke to him & told him that I was really sorry if I threw him off in any way. He told me not to worry about it, & that it was no big deal.

After that, I NEVER did it again which is a bit different in Tatiana's case, since she took it a step FURTHER.

But, I'm assuming that he'd told some of his friends about it, (only the ones who knew me) although, to be perfectly honest, I don't know for sure, but it could've most likely been the case.

Then, I remember one day, when I was visiting w/ my grandmother, & suddenly for whatever reason, out of the blue, she told me that she felt that my friend actually did like me(as in having feelings for me) just like Katherine J. told Tatiana that her son had feelings for her.

However, in my case, it was SOO NOT true & when she told me, I looked at my grandmother like she was crazy/nuts. So I completely ignored her on that one.

So, it seemed pretty obvious to him, that I liked him alot, but unfortunately, I didn't tell him how I felt about him, til WAY after I graduated from high school.

My feelings for him lasted a good while, longer then anyone I've ever had a crush on.

They lasted about 6 years, which is quite a long time, from 2002 all the way through 2008, even though I graduated from high school back in 2006, so it went on til about a year or two AFTER i graduated.

It took me a REALLY long time to try to move on, but I FINALLY had the courage to move on w/ my life, however, for whatever reason, my mom(she can be a pain in the butt sometimes) still thinks that I still have feelings for him, when I no longer do, but I suppose I'll always have a very tiny soft spot in my heart for him.

I even had to go about literally yelling at my mom, almost crying in tears at that point, to try to get her to listen to what I had to say when it came to the fact I had moved on, as far as my feelings were for him.

Also, during the time when my friend & I hung out at school, alot of people, who knew both of us thought we were a couple, when I had to go about setting the record straight & say No, we were just good friends. That's it!

He & I have spent some time together outside of school, a few times, & those moments, I consider to be very special to me, & NO ONE can ever take that away from me. I'll always cherish those moments. We've been very good friends for a long time, & still remain to this very day!! ;)

The funny thing is my best friends mom & MJ's mom both have the same first name, (even spelled the same way) which I thought was a bit of a surprise.

Also, the other surprising thing, is that Tatiana & I have a bit in common, which are as follows: We were both born in FLA,(different year/diff city), both have 7 letters in our first name, both same zodiac sign (Taurus) , & we're both American Indian(different tribe)

Tatiana is part Cherokee, while I am part Algonquin.


So now there ya have it!

Hope you enjoyed it as well, & some of you may even have some questions for me, & if so, then please, please do not hesitate to ask!

I'd be more then happy to answer any questions you may have for me!

MUCH LOVE ♥

PS: I've also made a video as well, however, I have not posted it on my YT channel but will do so, when I get the chance & I will post it for you all to view :)