He had been my boyfriend in 8th grade (Junior High). He was the quarterback, I was the cheerleader….but before you kick in the stereotypes…..we both had straight A’s in all classes and the reason we liked each other was that we could talk about art and literature and music. (True story.) He asked me to go steady in November (and I had been prepared because the rumor was flying that he would) and I accepted. Then about three months later, he broke my heart when he broke up with me. I was devastated since he was my first official boyfriend. He was just so special to me.
At the end of the school year, a mutual friend had a dance party at his house. It was a warm end-of-May-night, the patio was strung with lights, the smell of Brut was in the air (lol) and I spent the evening chatting with my close friends and dancing with everyone…but him. The lights were a bit dim, not bright, so it was all very romantic and the hormones of adolescence were raging. (Think “The Wonder Years” because that’s about the right time.)
Then, it came to the last song. I will never forget it. It was Creedence Clearwater Revival’s, “Long as I Can See the Light.” I had given him the album that song was on for Christmas. I had seen him looking over to our group all night and when he started to cross the patio toward where we were sitting my heart just almost leapt out of my chest. He smiled and put his arms around me and we danced a slow dance. He then just pushed me away gently with his cheek to find my mouth and <sigh> it was just as I always had imagined a first kiss to be. It wasn’t a peck, either. It lasted a good bit. My knees were buckling.
Needless to say, I floated home that night. But I always wondered why he had waited for so long. And was it okay to be kissed so passionately when you weren’t together anymore?
(That last thought lasted about five seconds.)
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