i "dated" this boy when i was in 5th grade,

he was the first boy that i would have ever been on a date with.

we were gonna go see deep impact

but my mom told me i couldn't go unless dina went with us,

and i was like "no way!"

so we never went.

during the last few hours of school

we sat in our classroom and watched a goosebumps movie

and wrote notes back and forth in his yearbook.

he told me he was going somewhere over the summer

and he wanted my address so he could send me post cards.

i gave him my address and waited all summer,

nothing ever came.

we didn't talk throughout middle school or high school

because he was considered one of the popular kids.

tonight i finally got to see a movie with him

and i'm glad we're friends, just friends.

i wanted so badly for tonight to not be a date

and i did everything in my power to make it not a date,

i'm glad i did.