Letter To My Crush

Dear Crush,

I remember when we first met….. damn….. has it really been twenty years? I guess so.

I remember walking into the gym, from the hallway, and watching all the people shuffling around on the bleachers. Players were dressing and undressing, families were finding seats, and all I wanted was for everybody to get outta my way, so I could get back behind the score table and do my job LOL. This was pretty much the scenario every week, and then one day, you showed up.

You were kinda short for my taste, but incredibly cute. You had this innocent look about you – I hadn’t yet learned that that should have been the biggest indicator that you were far from it LOL. I just wanted to know your name.

I got lucky when I realized you had come in with some people I already knew. I didn’t want to make it a big deal, so I tried my hardest to downplay my inquiry, but your uncle saw it coming from a mile away LOL. The nice thing about it was that you had asked about me too. Oh happy day! LOL

Weeks went by and we’d had a bunch of conversations on the phone. One week, you even threatened a boy who was playing too rough with me on the basketball court. You were my hero – I felt like the blonde-haired girl in the karate kid and Peter Cetera played in my head every time I saw you after that LOL. Then one day, you were gone.

I asked your uncle where you were and he said you were on punishment. I was bummed, but I figured you would be back the next week….. but you never came back. I called a couple of times and your mom said you couldn’t have any phone calls. I wondered what such an innocent-faced boy could have possibly done to get into so much trouble, but after a while, it didn’t matter anymore. I stopped calling, because I got tired of not being able to speak to you and I figured you would eventually just call me when you got out of the dungeon LOL. But you never did. And just like that, you became a memory.

I wonder whatever happened to you…… oh yeah, that’s right. You found me on Facebook and now you’re my boyfriend LOL. Funny how things work out, huh?

See you Saturday! LOL

Forever, Dig