Age: 29
Height: 5’9ish
Hair: Brunette
Method: Nostalgia
Advancement: Not Just Like Old Times
When I was a kid, there was a girl who lived down the hill from me. This was back in the days when I had a penchant for falling in love at the drop of a hat. So, this girl and I were friends. I remember playing with her and hanging out all the time. She was the quintessential first crush. And yes, cliché as it sounds, I fell for the girl down the street. She embodied butterflies, summer, tomato-hued cheeks and the purest of loves.
Fast-forward 20 years and Facebook is rampant in society. A few months back I get a friend request, and I saw the name and she was no longer just a girl resolved to random memories and an afterthought of looking at childhood pictures. We did the flirty wall posts back/forth, transitioned it into some flirty AIM banter. AIM to phone. Phone to plans…the plans I bailed on for the ex.
She was around town, and I was a mere Metro North ride away, so we made plans and we walked around all our old haunts, talking about all the things that have going in both of our lives lately. We had some weirdly similar stories about college, post-college, relationships, and freakishly similar Halloween stories. Then came the moment. There was an awkward pause.
I’d never played doctor with this girl. I never got the kisses on the cheek and pretended they were gross, even though I would have become a puddle instantly. I never got anything from this girl. But this was the chance I had to kiss her. Suffice to say, I did. We just stood there silently for a few seconds after, and I had to go and ruin the moment. I have this unbelievable talent for never shutting up.
I can check that off my childhood to do list.
She laughed, and punched my arm. I then remembered how she used to kick my ass on a consistent basis and how I never minded it then, and still wouldn’t.
hahahah thats really cute