Everyone describes love as this fairy tale feeling of emotions how it was so perfect, how you both were just in sync. Well lets say my first didn't start off that way. I fell in love and to this day I still feel it. When we talk, laugh, and smile I feel my heart aching a little bit inside morning his lost. But time is said to heal the wounds of love. Brayden and I were a year apart. He was in 8th grade, me in 7th. I was new to this jr high scene. I loved singing , he loved art. I loved NFL and he loved NCAA. I wanted to be a forensic scientist and he wanted to be a architect. We were totally different. But that didn't stop our flowering love. I lived in a country home where hunting was considered holy while in his home hunting, camou, and all things country were considered odd. My mom was a nurse and his a teacher. My dad did construction while his did architecture. We had two totally seperate lives.
I met him through a friend named Draeke. He's been my friend for as long as I can remember. We'd been in the same class for years on end, now was the only time we didn't spend every class period together. He came up to me almost as in a rush to tell me words I'll never forget. He said, "Whitney!!! Brayden likes you!! He told me so in study hall!"
My heart felt as though it had just grown four sizes as the Grinchs did in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". I quicky uttered, "OH MY GOSH!!!! REALLY?!"
He simply smiled and said yes. I was so happy this guy I saw constantly in the halls, the boy who lived right down the road liked me! Not the blonde, perfect girl Kaylin, not big boobed Kayla, or sexually active Megan, but me! I was so shocked, and excited it was like this light flickered inside my heart telling me he's the one. I simply walked down the hall trying to pretend I was all cool, but inside I wanted to sing and run through the halls. Then came Brayden, exiting 4th hour art with Mrs. Heal. I walked nonshalantly to P.E. As he casually walked past I grabbed his arm and said I needed to talk to him at lunch. His cheeks gained a tone of redness as he nodded ok. I did the horrid running exercises, and rashed to luch as the bell sounded for B lunch period. I went straight to Brayden like a bee attracted to a honey comb. I said calmly, "Hey B." Everyone called him that I still do.
He smiled towards me and said, "Hey Whitney." As slowly his cheeks gained that red flourish of color. I then said pushing the words, "Ok Draeke told me that you like me, and I don't know if you do. But I like you too. We may be total oposites but I like you a lot." I could hear the tension through the air. His facial expression didn't change though he simply grinned even harder and said as though it were breath taking, "I like you too. I think about you constantly. I tried writing you a note but I couldn't figure out how to put my feelings into words. But... Whitney Anne Sarver I want to go out with you, so will you go out with me? Tonight I was planning to go to a movie do you wanna come?"
I shouted with excitement yes! That's how our love first started and I'll always remember those first words exchanged.
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