how we met
james just left to go to band practice. we were just talking about the night that we re-met and how it all happened. things are SO good with him right now. a few months before we got together, he came into my work looking for lori. he alarmed me because I hadn't seen him in YEARS. he didn't even recognize me as me; he thought I was someone that he knew from working at uptown but when he walked in I saw him tweak his head, trying to place me. I look A LOT different than I did then. one night I was sitting in the back of frog n peach and he walked in again. I was just staring at him because I knew him through my best friend that passed away a long time ago. we briefly said hi again and kept talking to other people. these two total bros came up wearing flat billed hats, chains, stupid clothes and sat with me. I was trapped into talking to them for fucking ever. my friend shane walked in and I grabbed him so that the bros would think that shane was my boyfriend. shane looked at me like "Why are you talking to these idiots," and I saw james lingering, talking to other people but we occasionally glanced at each other. the bros looked up at james to see what I was looking at and said "hey dude, you like music or what." James said uh yeah. they turned back to me and said "I hate guys with style like that who wear tight pants and shit." I said "I think that's hot." they said "What! how could you think that's hot. he looks like every other musician douchebag." I said "Just like you guys look like every other douchebag that you look like?" bert started laughing and the bros got up and left. I grabbed james' leg and said "HEY! I know you through kevin." we talked the rest of the night, first about how we knew each other when I was 13 and how I had a crush on him. I got so excited every time I saw him at farmers market. then we talked about other stuff. at the end of the night, I said goodbye and walked out the back gate. I got to the other side of the bridge when I heard clanking boots running after me. he walked me home and we've spent every day together since. sometimes when I look at his little baby eyes, I think about the way that I felt when I saw him back when I was 13 and it's WEIRD. but sooooooooooooooooooo good. I'm really happy.