A romance thought to be forgotten

So... the story of my first love. A total sap story... but I\'m gonna make you read it anyways.

So.. let\'s go back about 4 years ago. No, for the record, let\'s make it 5. I\'m gonna tell everything. My sophmore year.. Rei is 15. One morning, my old best friend Maegan was really excited. I said \"Dude, what\'s up with you?\" She says \"OMG Rei... you gotta meet my new boyfriend, he is sooo Hawt!\" I roll my eyes as we approach the school. We head over to our usual spot. I sit down and start working on my Algebra 2 homework... while Maegan leaves me in search of him.
Just after I close my book, Maegan bonks me on my head to get my attention. \"Oi... what was that for?\" I said as I put my book back in my backpack. \"Because.. I needed to get your attention. Rei, I\'d like you to meet my new boyfriend, Chris.\" I stood up to take a look at him. I knew from that moment on I was screwed. Christopher Michael Jones... I doubt that name will ever leave my memory. His dark brown eyes burned into mine and caused me to shiver. He stood to the side of one of the stairs, displaying a very cocky smirk. His well defined (at the time XD) muscles could easily be seen underneath his Japanese print shirt. I had to distract myself from staring at him... so I did the first thing I could think of.....
Bitch at him.
Well... I was being nice at first. I was explaining to him that I was Maegan my best friend... and that I was also her defender. People used to joke that I was a matchmaker with my friends. If I didn\'t approve their match, they had hell in their relationship. About 99% of the time I was right. But let\'s not get off topic. I started leaning closer to him and told him basically if he ever hurt my friend he wouldn\'t live to see his 18th B-day. Then... he did something weird.
He took my scrunchy off. I said \"What the hell! give that back!\" I chased him all around the school trying to get my scrunchy back. I finally \"gave up\" and walked back to the group. I was getting my backpack and fixing to head upstairs, when Chris came up from behind me and put my hair into a messy ponytail. I tried to kick him.. but he ran away too fast. I simply said \"keh\" and walked up the stairs to my first period class.. but I knew he was watching me the whole time.

Let\'s skip a couple months. It was time for the Strawberry Festival... our local county fair type thing. I went with my mom, a friend of hers, and a kid.. she was about 4. I forget her name. Anyways, we somehow ended up going the same day that Maegan and Chris went. Chris ended up bringing his younger brother with us. We split up into 2 groups... and headed off to explore. I got stuck riding with Chris\'s brother for the most part. I know they did it purposely, because I\'ve never had a bf at that time. One ride though, I got stuck riding with Chris. I swear.. he had his hand on my ass the whole time. I was quiet and never said anything though.
At this point, I didn\'t really like Chris. I knew he was a bad match for Maegan. You could just... tell. Their auras were too different, and often collided with one another. Thus, I was constantly mean to Chris. I almost kicked his ass quite a few times actually. I know he was tempted to kick mine too. Dammit.. I\'m off topic again. But other than the annoying ride, we got through the festival with no major problems.

Alright... we\'ll jump a few months this time. Sept. 19, 2001. Just after 9-11. Maegan and Chris had long ago broken up, and I was happy about that. I had just started my junior year, and I was 16. Still had no boyfriend till this point. I was basically happy though. That day changed my life forever.
It was the end of the school day. I walked up to the buses with my friends to say bye, and then I was going to go to Maegan\'s car to go home. Just as I was saying bye to Chris, he grabbed my hand and pulled me behind the Cafeteria. I said \"What\'s up man?\" He says \"Rei.. I\'ve had a crush on you for a while.. wanna go out with me?\" I nearly fainted. I managed to reply \"I\'ll call you tonight... I\'m not sure...\" and I ran off to Maegan\'s car.
For some reason... all the people in the car (there was about 5 of us) knew he was going to ask... except me. After Maegan dropped off all but me and Melissa, (an old friend.. we\'ll get to that later..) we headed off to do some shopping. After after much begging and pleading, I made up my mind. About 8 p.m. I called him that night. I only said one thing though..... \"Yes.\"

More to come later! This will be long... I\'m warning you.