I work a job that requires me to be on the road locally. I am assigned an area and I do not stray from that. Three years ago, I was put in the area that my school crush lives in. Now when I say school crush, I am not just talking about the high school years. No, I was always a grade ahead of Amanda and I first laid eyes on her when I was in first grade and her in K-5. I had an instant rush. Growing up together, that crush never went away. Sometime around middle school, I tried to be middle school cute and get her to like me but we were both shy.
Fast forward to High School and I got involved with cheering so that I could be near her but was always too chicken shit to say something. In my senior year we were part of the chorus together and for one of our performances, I was able to dance with her as we sang. Let me tell you up till that point, there had been few hotter moments in my life. Yes, I waited until I found my wife to have sex, so I was still a virgin.
Our college years saw us go separate ways and she found a boyfriend, who she married. I started working and found my wife. I watched her family grow on Facebook. When my wife and I had our second daughter, she was having her first and she came to our shower. The beans were spilled about my longtime crush and I even have a photo of us together and my dream which is me with her and my wife.
So that brings me to today, working her neighborhood, she has gotten used to seeing me and waves this excited sweet wave. This has been going on for a while. Then one day she came through a bit early and stopped for a while and talked. That talk turned into a trip to Starbucks for coffee. She started coming through earlier and the talks got longer.
Today, I was waiting and I had the coffee already in my car. She showed up and I handed her favorite drink to her. She thanked me and it took me a few minutes to respond. She asked if everything was alright to which I responded I was just I had something on my mind.
"Well shoot, maybe I can help you with it!" Amanda said.
"I don't know, I probably shouldn't" I responded.
"Go ahead!" she prodded.