Me, Myself, and I

Starting Over

Orlando, Florida is a very touristy city. Walt Disney World, Universal, LegoLand, etc. Moving to Orlando was a dream come true for me. I visited Walt Disney World several times growing up for cheer competitions and had fallen in love with it. I knew that I was going to be okay, because my grandparents were very loving people.

Given that my grandparents are older and live in the state of Florida, they are very progressive people. They fight for racial and homophobic equality and try their best to donate and help the environment. I knew that I was going to be in safe hands in Florida with them.

After moving in, they got me a season pass to Walt Disney World, which I used a lot. We went to many dinners together on the property and some days I would go over after school to hangout alone or with some friends.

It didn't take me long to make some new friends at my new school. I tried out for cheerleading and made the team in the fall of my senior year. Our football team was not very good, but it was still fun to cheer and of course my grandparents came to every game that I had; home and away.

That winter I decided to make a bold move: I got our girls basketball to include cheerleaders. At that point, girls sports were kind of overlooked at my school. I went to the athletic department and with the support of my teammates and coach, we were able to convince them to let us cheer at both boys and girls games. It was a big step in the right direction to get girls sports recgonized at the school.

I had one girlfriend - if you even want to call it that - my senior year. We mainly went out to movies or to Walt Disney World together and made out. We never made sex because I was too scared. However, she did introduce me to something that would change my life forever: tickling.

One night her parents were out and we were sitting in her head fooling around when she told me she saw something online that she wanted to try with me. I completely trusted her. She tied me to her bed naked and I was breathing hard and my heart was pounding. I didn't know what to expect. She placed a blindfold over my eyes and then a gag into my mouth. To say I was scared, is an understatement.

I suddenly felt her nails on my soles and screamed with laughter. I pulled and squirmed the best that I could, but my limbs were not going to come out of those restraints. She tickled all over my body and it was truly exhilerating. I loved every second of it. From that day on, I was hooked.

I went to prom with my cheer teammates and had one of the best nights of my life. When the school year ended, I was in the top twenty of my class and things were really looking up for me. I knew that I was going to be okay.

After graduation, I tried to spend as much time with my friends and grandparents that I could. It was going to be hard to leave my grandparents and go to college, but I knew that it was going to be worth it. University of Florida wasn't too far from home, but gave me enough freedom to have fun and find the love of my life.