Jasmine

       Chris and I met in front of my neighbor's house in Adelanto, CA. I was 15 and he was 17 and Chris had just moved in the house down the street. We met through my next door neighbor. I was outside talking and goofing around with my neighbor after we had come home from school that warm afternoon. Chris had come outside with his nephew so my neighbor called Chris to come down the street. Once he came over, my neighbor introduced his sister and then me last. We shook hands and I sat down on the curb while everyone else stood and talked in the street. I was quiet the whole time they were talking and Chris said to me, "Why aren't you talking?" I shrugged my shoulders signaling, "I don't know," so he said, "Come on, talk," I ignored him and kept looking away grinning with my hands covering my mouth. I was being shy because I knew I had an immediate crush on him as soon as I saw him. So, as the conversation between him and my neighbors went on, I let time go by up until Chris had to go back home. Now I have never been the outgoing type. I was the type of person who would wait until the last minute to say something. So as soon as Chris said he had to go inside, I immediately stood up off the curb and stood by until he said he'd come back outside after he ate dinner. We all said our goodbyes and I watched until I saw Chris disappear. I went inside and waited for Chris until he came back outside, but he never did. The next day, my neighbor and I were walking home from school and as soon as we turned the corner Chris was standing in the same spot he was yesterday talking to my neighbor's brother. When he saw me he stood there as if he were waiting on me the whole time. He called me over and we said our hellos and I told him I would be back. I went inside my house to put my backpack down and change into some regular clothes. I went back outside and we stood on the side of my house and talked. That was when he met my mother for the first time. He charmed my mother so much that she couldn't take the smile off her face. We kept seeing each other everyday as friends until we were in front of his garage at his house. That is when he first kissed me. I was just talking about something and then he just kissed me out of nowhere cutting me off in the middle of my sentence. It was something I wasn't expecting but something we both wanted...badly. Chris and I never thought we would have a romantic relationship, we though we would just be friends. Maybe a big brother, little sister relationship but it just so happened to be more than that, seeing as how much chemistry we had, how much we had in common and how much we vibed, we would have ended up being up being more than friends anyway!