part two.

part one here.

{summer 2006}


during the movie, the happy couple snuggled together on one end of the sectional while mr. m & i awkwardly kept our distance on the other end.
so close, but so far away.
we bantered throughout john q about what time is was--my curfew was 11.
every time he answered, "it's 10:30."
i was clearly going to get in trouble.
i remember a few things about that night:


he was a flirt!
i didn't care that i was going to be late
the movie was good
i liked spending time with him


the next day, i broke his heart when his twin bro & girlfriend asked me to come to lunch with the three of them.
i seriously had to work at my grandmas. he still doesn't believe me.


but the game changer was an innocent email, about a week later.
"i was hoping that we could become friends, or something. . ." is just a little of what it said.

"or something."

after that, we proceeded to email each other at least once a day.

mr. m was becoming a great friend & confidant. we shared what we did each day, our thoughts, our outlooks on life. . . 

he was finishing his senior year of high school (!) while i was wrapping up my first year of college. 

i would check my email frequently, waiting to here from him.

i loved his emails.