It was fall 2002. I was a freshman in high school sitting in honors geometry trying to adjust to the high school way of life. I was day dreaming when I felt a light tap on my shoulder. With a slightly offended look on my face, I turned around to see who had commited this heinous act. I am greeted with a very cute, petite, and curly headed junior.
"Are you Brandon?" she asked.
"Yes" I replied.
"This is for you."
She hands me a note. I try to play it suave and I simply reply "Cool".
"It's NOT from me!" she exclaims.
The note was in fact not from her. I have to admit, at the time I was bit disappointed. The mystery girl was very cute and it didn't hurt that she had, what looked like, a killer body.
"Oh. . . . okay???" I say. (I'm pretty confused at this point)
"It's from my friend. She has a huge crush on you." she explains. "I'm Sheena, by the way."
Before I can properly introduce myself, she bids me farewell and scampers her way to class.
It may sound corny or cheesy but I knew that day that there was something special about her.
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It tooke three and a half years, four drama laden relationships, and one major heartbreak before fate brought me and Sheena together. When we first started "talking", I was grounded. It wasn't the "you're grounded but you can go out on weekend" grounded. It was the "you are in prison lockdown" grounded. I was unable to do anyting outside of school and work. We had to be creative if we wanted to see eachother. She would visit me at work during my breaks. I worked at a deli/salad shop so I would make us dinner. If I ever got off early, I would drive to the resturaunt she worked at and we would sit in her car looking at stars through her moon roof. On weekends nights, I would tell my parents I was going for a walk around the neihborhood but really I was meeting Sheena at the park to look at stars. (We were really into looking at the stars) During this time we had many firsts. We had our awkward first kiss. We had our first unofficial date. We had our first disagreement. We also had a few firsts that I am not so willing to discuss. ;-). At first, Sheena and I were just really good friends that hung out and occasionally hooked up. After awhile, I think we started to grow on eachother.
Our first official date wasn't until a month later. I remember being nervous. The other "dates" were more like practice this date was official. This date could actually decide our fate. I also remeber she brought me a Christmas present and feeling bad because I haven't given her her gift yet. I can't remember if she bought tickets, if I had, or if we had gone dutch. We planned on seeing Ocean's Tweleve but ended up sneaking into The Incredibles. (In hindsight, this was a great decision because Ocean's Tweleve was not very good) Throughout the movie, I held back the urge to "makeout" with her. This wasn't as hard because The Inredibles is a fantastic movie. After the film, we discussed the movie and walked around Regency Square. We kissed a little and made our way back to the cinema where my mom was going to pick me up. I did not have my license left and my parents had this weird thing about me riding in cars with anyone under 18. At this point I have not told my parents about Sheena. I told them I was going to the movies with a girl but that was about it. They didn't know anything about Sheena. All they knew was that I had been extremely happy for the past month. While we gave each other a goodbye kiss, a police officier gave Sheena a parking ticket. It seems we were bidding farewell in a fire lane. I remember Sheena being very distraught. This was the first time I had seen her cry and it broke my heart but she wasn't crying because of the ticket. She was crying because she thought she wouldn't be able to see me for awhile. It turns out the car she was driving was, in fact, her moms and she thought she would get in trouble. It's kind of weird but at that very moment, I knew that I loved this girl. . . . .
The rest is pretty much history. We on a few more dates throughout winter break and everything was going well. We were exclusive but not official. I had this grandious plan on asking her to be my girlfriend on Valentine's day. I was going to go to her job, bring her some cookies and ask her to be my girlfriend. When I arrived, I found out she had been sent home. I called her and she was at home. I went home a little disappointed. I was thinking maybe I should wait a little bit longer. I called her that evening and we talked until about 11:20 p.m. Just when I was about to say goodbye, I sensed something was wrong with Sheena. The conversation went something like this:
"What's wrong? Everything okay?"
"Yeah. . . . It's just. . . Nevermind."
"Tell me."
"I just thought you were going to ask me out today."
"........."
"I mean we've been dating for almost five months, now. And I know you want to take it slow s-"
"Would you want that?"
"Of course"
"I was going to earlier."
"What"
"Do you remember when I called you earlier? I was at your job and I was going to do it then"
"..............sniffle..............."
"Are you okay?"
".........sniffle.......Yes......."
"Do you. . . want to be my girlfriend?"
". . . Yess. . . sniffle. . . More than anything in the world."
"Cool."
"Cool?"
". . laughs. . Nothing."
"So can I call you my boyfriend now?"(I can tell she's smiling)
"Yeah. Can I call you my girlfriend?" (Now I'm smiling)
"Yeah. I guess I'll talk to you tomorrow"
"Yeah. Good night, Sweet dreams, dream about me."
"Good night"
.:click:.
That night, I slept better than I had in years. I know it may seem lame to ask a girl out over the phone but I wouldn't change anything about that night.
Today is our five year anniversary. The past five years haven't been perfect but, then again, who has a perfect relationship. Relationships need trials, arguments, and drama to flourish. I feel that over the past five years, Sheena and my relationship has grown stronger and that we have grown as people. She is the love of my life and, outside of my mother and sister, has taken care of me more than any other women. She is my bestfriend, my lover, my therapist, and my partner in crime. I couldn't imagine spending the rest of my life when anybody else.
- 2day + 2morrow = 4ever
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