For Girls Going Through Shitty Crushes

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I'm not one of those people whocrushes. I just don't. Crushing was an extremely rare human thingthat I didn't understand...until I finally started to crush. Hard.

He was in my NJROTC class last year,in 2nd, platoon. It started about three weeks before theschool year ended-when he was a junior. He hugged me for the firsttime around then, and it was magical (not to mention he was the firstboy I ever hugged.)

It was a Thursday, I remember itclearly. Just after third period, my lunch time. I went straight tothe book room so I could turn in my textbooks first, before a line ofpeople showed up. As I was waiting in line, My best friend, Domenicawalked out of her class with a friend, saw me, and waited by theclassroom. I turned my books in and walked up to them. They told methey were waiting for their other friend who was asking the teacher aquestion. So since we had some time to kill, I brought up how Ihadn't seen my crush in class, (properly nicknamed 'bae who doesn'tknow he's bae.) Domenica then brings up to her friend that thephoto's she's seen of him were glorious, (as he's extremely cute,)and then proceeded to tell me that she wanted to see and meet him inperson. As I continue to talk about this glorious creature, thismotherfucker walks around the corner with a huge fucking smile on hisface. He starts walking up to me, but I have no idea as I'm talkingto my friends. He calls to me, "Hey Colston!" and spreads hisarms out for a hug. I panicked at first, but ended up walking up tohim, and wrapping an arm around his waist as he wraps both aroundmine. I had a huge binder and I couldn't just drop it on the floor,so I held it against my chest, which separated us. After a couple ofseconds, (although it felt forever) I go "Wow so we're huggingnow." Because 1.) I don't hug people and 2.) I didn't know we wereon that level of friendship to hugging. And he just chuckles andgoes, "Of course we're hugging!"

I died.

So after we puled apart, I got a hugewhiff of his cologne, and in that moment I knew that there was a Godfor blessing me with this wonderfully smelling, chocolate-eyed boy.