Remembering

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Posted by: YourAverageTommy Original: 11/20/2006 1:53 AM Views: 1 Comments: 0 eProps: 0 Read Comments Post a Comment Back to Your Xanga Site

Monday, November 20, 2006

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One year ago today a chance encounter kicked off what would become the most topsy-turvy year of my life.

So I had a great plan that Saturday a year ago. Drive down to Ann Arbor, spend the day with Lorraine, and that night hang out with Darcy and spend the night in her dorm. It was around 1pm or so, I'm all ready to go, when I realize that Stephanie had the digital camera. I really wanted to take pictures with Darcy that night, so I decided that I should track down my sister and get the camera back from her...

I called Courtney, since her and Stephanie would always hang out together. I found out that the two of them were at South Lake watching the play "Robin Hood... Sort Of." Really wanting that camera, I decided to drop by South Lake to get it back from my sister... it was around 2pm by that time, I had planned to be at Lorraine's by that time, but I was sick and tired of not having the camera.

I get to South Lake, not knowing what time the play had started, and I just kind of walked around the front lobby-ish area for awhile, not knowing if the play had just begun or if there was an intermission between, etc. Finally I just entered in and just quietly sat down in one of the back rows, kind of scanning around the auditorium looking for my sister. A mere 10 minutes later, to my surprise, the play was over! I had good timing.

So as the cast and crew stepped down from the stage, I found my sister and recovered the camera. I stuck around and said hi to a few people that were still in school... Ranger, Melissa, and... Elena. We gave each other a big hug, I told her where I was at school, lied and said the play was great, the trip to Ann Arbor after the play, etc... She said that she missed me, running into me at school, the random hugs, and even the random games of grab-ass. I remember she grabbed my ass and I obliged and grabbed hers... and I also remember thinking, "DAMN, she has a nice ass."

And seriously, much of the drive down to Ann Arbor I was thinking, "DAMN, Elena has a nice ass."

I forget which one of us messaged who first, but two days later I left a comment on her myspace with my email and cell phone number, honestly not expecting to hear from her. She ends up calling me back a few days later, giving me her cell phone number and home number.

And that's how we (re)started. Two random outings in late 2005 just hanging out and talking, having fun.

And at New Years there was this digging, itching feeling in my mind, body, and soul that told me this year... this year would be different. Oh my God, if I could go back and tell myself that I'd be right.