My grammar school days were that of almost every child, a boyfriend in school that wasn't really a boyfriend. You know, we both liked each other, but would never openly admit it to each other. We were young. My mom had a friend who lived down the road from Mike's house, so when she would visit with them, Mike and I would hang out together. Anyway, we both definitely had "something" for each other, and a very serious "something" at that! My world came to an end one day when my mom announced the fact that we were moving out of state. I just couldn't imagine how I could live 1,500 miles away from him. But life went on, needless to say.
About ten or twelve years later we met at a party. Yeah, we ended up moving back north to New Jersey. I spotted him and thought to myself, that is one hell of a good-looking guy. I hadn't recognized him. How embarrassing! He approached me and said hello. I replied,
"Hi, how ya doing?" All the while, I was giving him the once-over, from head to toe, and practically creaming in my jeans. "You don't remember me, do you?" he asked. I thought to myself, "Should l?"
"I'm Mike, remember we went to school together," he said.
Then it dawned on me. Mike, that funny-looking kid I was madly in love with in sixth grade. I apologized for not recognizing him, but boy, had he changed. Becoming a gorgeous hunk of man. We each went to grab a beer and sat down and started talking. I came with one of my friends at this party but she was desperately wanting to go home. Home for her was the Bronx, in New York. There was no way I was going to leave then.
I was much more interested in talking over old times with Mike. We had a lot of lost time to make up for. I was generally interested in what was going on with his life, what he did for a living, if he was married, etc... And he seemed interested in what was going on with me. Yes he was married with children but it didn't ring a bell for me. I was mesmerised by his presence. We talked for what seemed like a few hours. All the while my mind kept thinking about those flirting looks we used to give each other during English class, and the notes we used to pass between the rows of desks to each other. After we'd had a few beers and were pretty much talked out, Mike suggested we go for a ride. I asked where we were going and he said,
"You'll see when we get there."
Well, we went for a ride, and it turned out to be the ride of my life! We drove around for about fifteen minutes, and then Mike pulled into one of the hot spots or should I call it a lovers lane?