At 6, I Promised My Best Friend with Down Syndrome We’d Go to Prom Together – 12 Years Later, Mom Said I Could Go with Him Only on One Condition

me in silence without making the silence uncomfortable.

He knew which jokes would make me laugh when I was angry and which subjects to avoid when I needed space.

He had simply been there for so long that his presence felt permanent.

Everyone Assumed There Was More Between Us

People had been asking for years whether Noah and I were secretly together.

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