Secrets of Love: One and Only

Always and Forever

I'm from Wisconsin and the kids on the block never really knew me as a youngster. I was quiet and stayed hidden as long as possible. One day on my uncle's street there was a small group of kids walking by, the boy had just moved to town and was making friends fast in my neighborhood. He was cute and I went out of hiding behind the bushes in my blue sailor's dress and tried to yell as loud as I could to say hello, the boy hollered back something I couldn't hear and that was when I whispered to myself that he would be my future husband if I would have anything to do with it! Later that year he showed up with a backpack full of small animals I later found out where sugar gliders. . . All the kids were trying to see them and he noticed me sitting on the front steps. He asked my cousin to talk to me. I was so shy I asked if he could come talk to me, if he wants to. Then when he came up to me I blushed and he asked if he could kiss me. That was so forward I wasn't sure what to say, it must have been something like "maybe, sometime..." and he smiled, I'll never forget that smile. When I turned 12 my unrelated older teenage cousin, she wanted me to have a first teen experience and dolled me up for the roller rink. We went together but she left me alone often to chase boys. I kept having fun by myself and suddenly this handsome, handsome guy was doing something really cool in the center of the rink. The moves were unrivaled, I couldn't pull my eyes away when he glanced my way. . . My eyes wide, could it be him? But he looked so much older, mature and. . . Dare I say 🔥!?!? But I felt way out of character in that silk bra my cousin gave me and went into hiding again. Freshman year was over and here's a kid hanging out the driver's window asking me to jump in! I was just wondering what I was doing with my girlfriend at school so I agree and we get in. We only drove down the street and we were at his house. His friend sat in the living room and started chatting with me while I waited for the boy I thought I just met to come back down from his room. Whenever you're single and mingling there seems to be competition, so I kept quiet but also wanted the conversation to flow through and tried to talk politely as both of the other two boys tried to get my number. When they were done trying to ask me directly the guy I wanted to get to know offered me a soda, then I was asked for my number. . . I was delighted and decided to take his number instead. I still had no idea who I was talking to and he seemed to be familiar with me. A few weeks later I was ready to call him, when he answered I asked if he knew who this was. . . He said "Yes I do, Shaina?" ❤️🔥❤️🔥 Juan and I started dating on his birthday "officially" but it wasn't until the next week we could go out. It was June and we hit the movie after dinner at our restaurant the Cozumel. Well, the movie was fun and he seemed to like me. He asked to take me to a special little place nearby and we sat side by side in the grass that beautiful first date, my first date ever and I felt like I was dreaming. He told me something deep. . .He asked me then if he could have a kiss (a first date ever for me too, officially officially) and his kiss was placed on my lips . . . Let's say ithere was a spark that lasted another 20 years and counting. 💋