The Story of Us. Part two.

My last post made me think.  I haven’t ever really hashed out my and Andrea’s story… from my point of view of course. 

The last post could technically be part one. So this is part two.

January 23rd.  Day after my birthday.  It’s late.  I had just gotten home from being arrested for my 2nd DUI.  I wasn’t really home, because 10 days previous I had been evicted, among other things.  My dad was staying at an extended stay hotel, instead of crashing in a bathroom again, I went to his hotel and crashed on a couch.  His laptop was out, so I got on and logged on to Myspace. (remember that?) 

I saw that Andrea was online.  Previously we had never spoken on Myspace.  Just at the bar, (and that one time at Church)  I messaged her.  I said, “Man you’re up late.” or something like that. 

She replied rather quickly, and that was awesome.  So it began.  We became friends.  We continued to talk, where she informed me that she was supposed to be at my surprise birthday party, but it got called off because I was in jail.  (*sigh*).  So, I immediately began to message her every day.  I remember I went over to her apartment one night for a movie/pajama night.  I don’t remember how that night went, and if I remember quickly, she had another boy over.  (Though I could be completely wrong)  I think we watched “Dazed and Confused”. 

The innocent talking went on for a week or so.  At this point, I had moved into a house with my dad and my brother.  It was close enough to a steakhouse that I could walk, so I got a job there.  Originally serving tables, but with the second DUI, I was unable to serve, so I moved to the kitchen.  Before I left for work one morning, I asked Andrea if she wanted to come out and celebrate my sister’s birthday.  It was February 2nd.  That night, we went out, and I had a few drinks.  I also, at this point had been clean off of drugs for a little under a month.  I was shakey, so the only way to calm the nerves was alcohol. 

That night was Karaoke night at a local bar.  We were all singing and having a good time.  All of her friends were up on stage singing, “Goodbye Earl”, we were talking and she leaned in and kissed me.  (To this day, she’ll tell you I kissed her. That’s a lie.)  She immediately looked deeply in to my eyes, and gently said, “If you tell ANYONE that just happened, I’ll kill you.”  (How romantic)  So, when “Goodbye Earl” was over, I ran to her friends and said, “I JUST MADE OUT WITH ANDREA.”   yah.  didn’t go over well. 

That night she dropped me off at my house, got out of the car, and we walked to my door.  To say it was awkward would be an understatement.  I went to hug her goodbye and went in for the kiss.  First, I kissed her nose completely on accident.  I figured, oh well, that was completely accidental.  So, I tried again.  She pulled her head away and smiled… at this point, my eyes are closed, and I’m essentially licking her teeth.  She laughed it off, and said she’d call me later.

I went inside feeling like a complete jackass, honestly thinking I’d never have a chance with her again.

So that was the story of our first kiss.  I have WAY more stories to go.  Join me as I remember our story.