This is the beginning of the Love Series (or the story of us)
I say it began in the 8th grade...Seth says it started on the playground in elementary school. I was one of those chubby, brace faced, four eyed little girls and Seth was the scrawny kid running around with a crew of buddies. I was a year older than him so I never knew him very well, but apparently he had some major crushes on me during recess. I also learned that when him and his buddies would call me it was him that had the crush on me not his friends. I still think that is hard for me to believe, due to the fact that I had an extremely awkward stage pre-Jr.High. Thankfully by the 8th grade I had contacts, no braces, learned how to do my hair, and had turned into another string bean pre-teen with purple eye shadow.
So in Jr.High, Seth finally got up the courage to "ask me out"or did his friend do it? I can't recall, but it doesn't matter. I thought he was the cutest kid ever. I think we "dated" for a few months but first I should clarify what "dating" meant for us; it meant that we hung out after school and made up secret handshakes (Seth was clever enough to sneak a kiss in at the end of one of those handshakes. We both remember that very clearly!), sitting together at lunch, and writing each other love notes. At one point I had my best friend tell his best friend we were breaking up, but then his best friend told my best friend he was crying in the bathroom so I decided to stay with him. I'm assuming a few weeks maybe months went by when Seth broke up with me and said..."I want to save you to be my girlfriend in high school". How cute and confusing? What is funnier is that he did :)
We didn't talk for a few years and it wasn't until he tapped me on the shoulder at lunch (I was a sophomore and he was a freshman) and said, "Hey, you know the band Relient K!?" I was wearing one of my new Relient K shirts that I had gotten at a Youth Conference that summer and little did I know that I had fallen in love with the new, punk rock, Christian band that also happened to be Seth's favorite. Thanks Relient K for your matchmaking!
my valentines day present from Seth in 2001
Part 2: High school heartbreakers
Part 3: Dating at a Distance
Part 4: Let's make this forever
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