Brian moved into my neighborhood in August of '99. I had decided to do nothing during that last few weeks before college started back up, and I was bored. The day that Brian moved in I was sitting on my back deck relaxing. I got curious about some loud noises I was suddenly hearing from a short way down the street, so I decided to go for a walk and see what was going on.
Four houses down there was a guy about my age around a pile of household goods that had spilled out of a box in the driveway. He was six feet tall, brown hair and eyes and muscular but not bulky. He was wearing jeans and a t-shirt, and seemed to be unloading his moving truck on his own. I walked over and introduced myself.
I was quick to offer a hand with the unloading, and even quicker to be accepted. Within the hour we finished getting the truck emptied and were sitting on the front steps of his new house having a glass of water. We talked for while about ourselves, from this conversation I learned that we would both be attending the same college, and would have some of the same classes. Before I left, I asked if he had any plans for the weekend beyond unpacking, to which he said no, so I invited him to my place to watch the ball game and hang out. To which he said yes.
A couple days later I was hanging out on the porch again when I heard my doorbell. I found Brian standing at my door with a couple sodas and a pizza. We went out to the porch to sit and eat while the game was on and just made some small talk for a little while. Conversation turned to what each of us did in our spare time. I told him about the local short track racing scene and fishing spots. He told me about the hockey club he was a member of. Ice hockey in the winter, street in the summer. Which explained the shape he was in. I'm not in terrible shape but I was a little jealous.
A couple hours later after the game, Brian went home. As soon as he left I couldn't stop thinking about him. I wouldn't call it a crush but I was definitely interested in getting to know him better. Later I got it into my head that I wanted to go out, I called a couple of friends of mine and we all met up at the track nearby to check out the Saturday night races.