Twenty two years ago, a young boy with blond hair and bright, big & blue eyes sat down behind me in Mrs. Cobb's class. I remember him from the year before, but he wasn't in my class so I knew he was somewhat new. He didn't say much at the time being shy as any new student would have been. I looked over my shoulder and said, "Hello, my name is Holly." And he responded back telling me his name, and he said, "Joe."
That was in the 4th grade, moving on to the 5th and finally to the 6th grade. For three years, I had the biggest crush on him and I tried everything I could to get him to notice me. I realized after going through all of my school (group) pictures-I was going through a ugly duckling stage. I just couldn't believe my mom would "let me wear this or wear my hair like that"...aackkk! Anyway, after we graduated from elementary school, I went to school in Allen County and stayed there until my high school graduation.
And I thought I'd never see him again until I met Farrah, a friend who had a boyfriend that was in the same fraternity as my ex, Will so we became friends. One night, she and her room mates had a party and lo & behold, Joe walked through the front door with some friends. And that was how we first got to know each other until much later in the second semester of our sophomore year. I had just broken up with my ex-boyfriend and Joe had just gotten out of a relationship as well. Back to Farrah, she invited me to go to Florida for Spring Break of '98 and Joe and his friend, Derek were going as well. I'll admit...I was so glad he went. Ever since the trip, Joe and I were inseparable.
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