our first date

jan 31 2002.

it was the day of the senior games. i remember i was on the black team. i asked kesi if he wanted to get a pizza after the games. he had to get home- at the time i didnt know he was living in another county and should have been going to a whole other school. but we were hungry and were pretty much spending all our time together since our first kiss two days before. (our second kiss caused him to run into the door of the train) and it was my day off. i didnt know when we'd be able to hang out if not then.

we went to oz, the best pizza place ever. it used to be a gym, then they closed it down and this hippie guy turned it into a brick oven joint. and where better than a block away from the high school? i went there twice a week back when i could afford to spend so much on a pizza.

we sat in what was probably the only available table. it was january but naturally it wasnt cold. i had on my not warm enough gap jacket and probably a band tee. he had on a big bubble jacket that belied his skinny frame and his hair was in puffy pigtails ready to be braided. gosh sometimes i miss all that hair he had.

anyway, only available table. he ordered a hamburger slice and i ordered plain cheese. we chatted about our days and friends... we knew so much about each other that it wasnt getting to know you talk.. more like the talk we'd do in a group, only with the two of us. lots of joking. he can still make me laugh. i remember a few days after christmas in 01, he and another of our friends called my house pretending to be two of the backstreet boys.

our pizzas came. yummy. the hamburger wasnt like, rolled like on pizza hut's, it was more flat and on top of the cheese. he questioned that slice for a good 15 minutes.

"what's this on top?"
"hamburger."
"are you sure? i dont eat pork."
"neither do i. yes i'm sure."
"i dont know..."
"eat it. its just flat."

we went on and on but eventually he ate it. but i kid you not he NEVER got hamburger again. neh-vah.

there was additional seating in the closed coffee house area next door. we shared an armchair and talked and smooched. at some point these two girls, rady and jackie, came and totally interrupted our date! they sat on the couch across from us and talked and talked. i guess they couldnt tell by our cozyness that we wanted to be alone... we knew them but at the time i kind of wished we didnt. eventually they left. we stared out the window at rush hour and the people walking by. i'm sure at some point i mentioned that my birthday was coming up. it was nice to cuddle with him. i felt really comfortable.

and time got away from us. he was supposed to leave at 530 and it was totally 6pm. but it was a great date. 5 days later we started going together officially.