Today is my birthday and the finals in swimming for men. I'm used to the finals being on my birthday so me turning 25 today doesn't do anything to me. For some reason this year I want to celebrate my birthday but on private and maybe with someone I like being with... Enrique. I don't even know myself why I'm so interresed in him. I only known him for barely two days but somehow it feels like I've known him all my life. Maybe it's fate, maybe it's the universe telling me I was supposed to become friends with him. Normally I would barely celebrate with my friend but I told her this morning I plan to spend it with someone else. She didn't have a problem with it trough she said it's a shock to her that I want to spend it with somelse knowing that the only person I would normally want to celebrate with is her. I eventually told her about Enrique. She told me she was happy for me that I have a real new friend other than her but she reminded me that I have to be careful if I don't want the world to know. I told her to relax and that everything will be fine. She then changed the subject to something else. Talking to her made me realize that Enrique is maybe more important to me than I originally tought. It also made me realize that we are leaving the olympics in two days and that I might never see him until the next olympics. It makes me sad to think about that but I should be used to it by now. Luckly I had the chance to continue seeing Jessica because she's american like me but not Enrique... To be honest, I like being with him because I feel like I'm a normal being talking to a friend and also because I don't feel like Enzo Buckley a famous olympian. I would like to continue thinking about that but I just heard my name for the the 100 meters race which Enrique is also in the competition. I'm already losing my focus on myself just thinking about him. As I'm thinking about him I smile towards him and he half smiles in return. I don't even want to know what kind of smile I did and surely don't want to know. We start to place ourselfs to jump in the water. I can hear the crowd cheering for me mostly but surprisingly Enrique too. As I hear that we hear the conformation to jump. 

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Once I reach the finish line I realize that I wasn't the first one that arrived no... there are three people that arrived before me and that includes Enrique which it means... OMG Enrique finished before me. Wow I can't believe he finished before me. Was I one of the reasons why he finished before me? My thinking gets on hold as I hear that Enrique finished first and I finished fourth meaning he won his first medal in his life!!! He... managed to get his first  medal but not only that, he won a gold medal. Once I get out of the water I do the unspeakable and I hug Enrique like my life depended on it. He surprisingly hugged me back. I know I shouldn't have done that but I couldn't stop myself. I was extremely happy for him. I remember yesterday when he told me he hasn't won a medal yet with a sad tone to which I don't think he realizes himself. I hear the crowd gasp and that's when I stop hugging him. I later have to respond to the interviewers that kept asking me how it felt to not win a medal in this race that I dominated in. I tried to answer with the less details possible. Same thing for the questions about my relationship with Enrique Martinez. They end the interview wishing me happy birthday and that was it. I did the other 4 races in the finals but I only won two bronze medals which were the last two races. I was too shakin up about the whole thing that happened at the 100 meters race. I had to do other interviews to which they asked the same questions and I tried to answer with the less details possible all trying not seeming rude at the same time. I was starting to be annoyed about the questions. All I wanted to think about was Enrique,Enrique,Enrique and yeah my birthday which includes Enrique. That's pretty much it. I can't blame the journalist. They're only doing their job but still I feel irritated about the questions. My girlfriend called me later today to ask me what happened but I was even a little to harsh to her. After the call with my girlfriend I decided I was not gonna answer any phone calls for the rest of today. Today is my birthday meaning my day not the world's day or whatever. After I calmed myself a bit I went to eat dinner.  I later headed towards Enrique's table and asked him to hang out with me to which he said yes all reminding me he wanted to talk to me about what happened today. To be honest I forgot that I only won two bronze medals because it doesn't really matter to me. Swimming shouln't be about how many medals you will won no... it should be about how much fun you had doing exactly that swimming. Even trough that's the way I think, the world still expect for me to win a medal at almost every race since I'm one of the best of the world. I'm Enzo Buckley, an american that is an olympian swimmer, that is extremely famous for his numerous medals. A guy that only cares about winning and has a life like any celebrity. Yeah that's what the world thinks about me but I'm not that Enzo Buckley. The real Enzo Buckley cares about others, struggles with too much pressure on his shoulder, the guy that didn't want to become famous in the beginning. An olympian that cares more about how much he likes swimming then his own performances. A men that is forced to follow what the world wants including his own family.  A boy that wishes to be a normal human being just for once. That's the person I really am. I just wish that tonight I will have a blast with Enrique Martinez someone that understands the real me.