Summer of 2010

It was the start of summer and I had no care in the world. I just graduated from an awesome year of high school and my expectations for the summer were just filled with parties and hanging out. Never would I have thought it would be filled with romance and battles that later would come to pass. Love and I never really mixed because the girl I always wanted never want me and the girls that are interested, I pay no mind to, so you can say I was a hopeless romantic to keep it short. But on June 18, this would all change.

I remember that day like it was yesterday. It was about 9 in the morning and I was woken up to a text from my aunt saying there's a family friend coming over from France to stay a month to check out the states. But one particular part I remember was when she mentioned that family friend brought a daughter and that she was cute. Instantly I was like is she my age!? pleaaassee let her be my age!, my aunt replied by saying she wouldn't mention it if she wasn't. This feeling in my stomach started to flutter I was instantly anxious to meet her. from then on that morning turned into a wild prep session of running around trying to find the perfect thing to wear I ended up just wearing white t shirt with some sun glasses. in my head I had a somewhat of an idea of how she would look like from what my aunt was telling me but nothing would prepare me to when I actually meet her. I took the bus to my aunt's house and I was contemplating on whether or not I should get some flowers because I was so sure that guys from France usually do that but then I thought no because I didn't want to come off too strong. Haha, as you can tell I was a nervous wreck. I got to the house and to my surprise no one was home… I asked my uncle where everyone went, and he told me that everyone went grocery shopping. My anticipation grew and I heard the front door open… my aunt came in smiling at me. And then there she was… my eyes had never seen anything so beautiful before. Her hair dangling by her sweet small ears, the chin piercing that would look weird on anybody else, but her no... Not her... She made that a part of her beauty as well. And the way her eyes connected with mines and that smile she had made me melt like a snow cone on a warm summer day. My aunt introduced us then I saw her lips move and  "nice to meet you”. I swear my heart took off from there, she had me. You know they say French is the language of romance but I think it's that English accent that gets us American boys haha.

From then on I was hooked and stage one began, "the chase".

Our first conversation was also adorable now that I think about it haha. I saw her sitting in my grandparent's room on the laptop just surfing the net and so right then and there I decided to really talk to her. I sat down and started asking her a billion questions about how France was and if she had any plans while in the states and then I noticed a strange look on her face. It was the same look I had when I'm in math class and Mr. Boardman pulled out a new equation for us to learn, completely dumb founded! haha she said in somewhat ok English that she was still learning and that I needed to slow down. I couldn't stop laughing I was so embarrassed and so was her! Her laugh was like music to my ears… I wanted to hear it all the time. I told myself I had to find some way to talk to her better and so I did the next best thing. I scooted over next to her pointed at the laptop to use and started using Google translate to get my point across haha sitting next to her felt so warm and I remembered a faint whiff of coconuts coming off from her but I couldn't tell where.

We were asking each other questions like teens through aim instant message except we were right next to each other. And then right after that was when I got this strange sixth sense about how this relationship was going to be a little more tricky than my other encounters with the opposite sex. Her grandmother came in and gave me this look and her aura felt very intimidating. She asked her what she was doing and that I was too close… and the very next thought I had in my head was "great, an over protective grandmother…"

It was apparent that her grandmother didn't like me and worse that she was over protective, so that meant every moment I spent with her I was being monitored and my every action critiqued and criticized. I didn't care what she thought or said about me. That girl was the only thing on my mind and I would do anything to make her smile.

From then on we would go behind her grandmothers back and constantly give each other signals that we were definitely interested in each other. And just the excitement of not getting caught added to the romance of the warm summer air. I felt truly alive when I was with her and completely in love… I remember bugging her about her accent and saying she sounded like Dracula. It didn't make sense at all but it so was cute to see her frustrated that I couldn't stop haha and then that day came when I got the clear message from her that all my effort in trying to impress her was working.

This day came when we were all heading to six flags for July 4th to catch the fireworks. Of course her grandmother was on guard duty so I spent the whole day trying to talk to her and show her around but her grandmother always called her back. Yeah I knew it was a challenge but I wasn't giving up that easily. I had a song I found online and I wanted to show her because it was French song and it sounded so sweet. So then the perfect time came for us to meet up. It was when everyone was trying to find there spot to look at the fireworks over the lake, so as you know it was moment of madness and there I can slip a little alone time with her. I saw her walking in the crowd to where the fireworks were being held and I came from behind and grabbed her hand and pulled her out.

I remember that very moment it was so magical… my hand holding her hand…her gripping even tighter as if I was saving her from the clutches of her grandmother's watchful eye and I looked back to only see her smile right back at me… it was just like the movies but better…I took her to one of those game booths right by the lake to show her my impressive skills of hooking toy fishes with a magnet! haha She was sitting on the counter booth with her legs stretched out and her hands over knees watching me as if she knew I was trying really hard to impress her. Maybe she didn't or she did but her smile and eyes said everything. To no prevail I wasn't that good at the game and kept winning small prizes, I had to do something. So as she was going to buy a soda pop at one the other booths and I slip the dude who was working there a thirty for one of those big pink teddy bear prizes. She came back and was so surprised to get a huge prize but she instantly gave me this look of disbelief because I lost so many times. I just shrugged and told her I just got lucky. Then Boom! A stream of flickering light shot up in the sky and burst into a million beautiful sparks.

Fourth of July fireworks started! But the funny thing was I didn't really remember the whole show I was distracted by just how the colorful lights would shine off her face and how it would make her eyes glitter. Right after the show, we went to a bench and sat so I can show her the song I've been waiting so patiently for her to hear. This song was called Comme des infant by Coeur Des Pirate. That song later became the anthem of the summer and what we called “our” song. We had one headphones in each other ears and I remembered right in the middle of the song my hands moved closer to hers till I eventually held it on my lap… pulled her towards me so she knew I wanted her attention… I stared at her lips and noticed she was biting it which was sooo lack of a better choice of words… sexy… I leaned in and right then and there our lips touched for as long as what felt like a lifetime. I didn't want this to end… I remembered finally figuring out where that hint of coconut came from and it was from her rich luscious lips…

I finally got the girl…

Our summer after that was filled with life and adventure. Even though we didn't really understand each other, our body language said it all. Her smile when she thinks I'm cute… the way she stands holding her hands around because she's shy… her assertiveness when she finally stood up to her grandmother. All characteristics of someone who you can fall madly in love with… we spent our time cuddling alone sharing thoughts and emotions we had at the time. What she wanted to be and how she wanted to go to Italy to see the great arts at Venice. It was ironic because I remembered studying the gothic and renaissance art in a summer program I had and Venice was my ideal study spot I wanted to see. So we had a lot to talk about. Also, she wanted to be a child doctor because of her love for children and she showed me her little nieces and nephews back home and they were soo cute. It's just I never thought that I would be in a relationship like this because of my so many attempts and fails. People who knew me already think I'm loud and obnoxious, but in all honesty I'm shy and quiet. I just have too much pride to let people know who I really am… but with her... I could start out fresh… and just be little ole me.

We didn't really talk about when she would leave even though the day counting down to it was getting closer… because I knew I would see her again someday… also we talked about love and how I didn't really know what love is… and how she didn't know either… but I did tell her… whatever love is… this must be it because I never felt this way about anyone before let alone have somebody else feel the same way for me…
The summer came to an end and all I can remember was the departure at the airport… tears rolling down my face because I knew I would miss her everyday… our long kiss in front of her grandmother which she didn't like at all haha oh well. And me screaming, au revoir my love! really loud at the airport and didn't give a damn who was listening because her love made me want to scream it so that everyone knew that she was mine…

Even though we went our different paths and leading other relationships, we can both say that summer of 2010 was our summer and no one can take that away from us and I will never…ever… forget her…