One summer day Krystal was sitting talking with her cousin at a family reunion. Brianne {Krystal’s cousin} began to tell her a story about one day when she was at her friend’s {Kelli} house.
{Kelli’s brother had a bunch of guys over and they were all talking about the new sophomore girls that would be coming to high school {Mt. View} in the fall. There was one particular girl that Kelli’s brother {Keith} was talking about that caught Brianne’s attention…. “She is so gorgeous and newly single”…She asked them again who they were talking about. They repeated Krystal Wilson. At that point Brianne immediately announced that she was her cousin!}
Brianne asked if Krystal knew Keith... Krystal did not know Keith…not yet, at least.
This whole story threw Krystal for a loop! Like any teenage girl who is going into high school she was going crazy thinking of all the older guys she was going to see…and then on top of it…A senior was talking about her! She obsessed about it for a couple weeks, but soon she had to put it aside in order to keep her sanity…Summer was not over and she wouldn’t even have a chance of an encounter for another month! The rest of her summer went by very fast and she was able to keep herself from going crazy.
When the first day of school arrived the butterflies came fluttering like mad. She spent the whole morning asking her friend {Molly} who Keith Scott was and…..where he was? Unfortunately they were in a different wing than most of the upper class students and didn’t see him….By the time her Sports D class came around in the afternoon she had given up her quest for the day…She was very disappointed when not one of her friends shared this class with her…Not even any of her new friends that she had just met that day…She was mad at herself for picking it instead of a regular PE class like everyone else! She went to the locker room though to change and then headed to the weight room. As she looked around she noticed she was one out of three girls! About 75% of the class were boys...and were all older… “No, this couldn’t be!” She was placed into a PE class with a bunch of older guys! She thought to herself what this would mean…She would have to run, lift weights, and GET SWEATY with a bunch of guys! She started to get dizzy and had to really focus to be able to understand what the teacher was saying. He explained that they were to work out one particular body part. So, she sucked it up and started with her legs. As she was heading over to the machine she noticed there was a dark haired boy in the machine right next to the one she wanted to use. She took in a deep breath and continued. As she sat down he looked up and caught her eye. Her heart immediately began to accelerate and those butterflies that she was able to subside earlier that day returned. The boy then spoke. Krystal’s brain was foggy though and couldn’t understand anything, but the tremendous pounding in her chest that was now throbbing in her ears. She looked at the ground, took in another long breath and told herself to focus! She could then understand what he was saying… “Hey what’s your name?...Mine’s Keith.”
Krystal and Keith dated off and on that whole year, but all too soon Keith graduated and they naturally went separate ways. Keith was headed to Utah for his freshman year of college and Krystal was staying in Vancouver for her Junior year of high school. Keith came home a few times during that first year and they would see each other, but soon the distance put a definite disconnection between them and they didn't see each other again. Well not ever again! During Christmas break Keith's senior year and Krystal's junior year they saw each other at Nordstroms. They talked as if they were long lost acquaintances, but the whole time they were catching up those butterflies that visited Krystal that first year in high school came right back. She left and he was all she could think about...And she decided to do something that was so extremely out of character for her...She called him! To her amazement he was happy that she did....They went out that night and then spent the rest of his visit together...They spent all of his spring break a month later together too...And then when he came home permanently from college they spent all summer together and then have not been able to separate since then!
