Because I Knew You

Holiday Wishes

There she was again.
Kristin stopped dead in her tracks when she saw her. Her beautiful brown hair, her sparkling eyes, her glossy lips that Kristin knew all too well. She looked like an angel.

Kristin had a flashback of herself standing right in the same spot where she was standing now, tears in her eyes, not knowing what to do. It was just last year.

The exact same situation as today. Kristin forced herself not to cry and to take a step forward. She could see her beautiful white/light pink dress now and the way she touched her hair.

One more step forward. Kristin could almost touch her face now.
She stared at her. This was definitely not how she imagined her afternoon to be. She originally wanted to spend her day walking through New York City, stopping at several shops and completely focusing on her decisions that she needed to take to find the right outfits. But her legs somehow found their way to a nearby Target, right to the shelves full of Christmas albums. And then she saw her, Idina Menzel, well, not Idina herself but her beautiful face on the cover of her album Holiday Wishes. The rest is history.

Having recovered from the shock and her memories Kristin picked up a copy and looked at the song list. Some of her favorite songs were on that album.

To be honest she didn't even care about the songs. At all. All she wanted was to hear Idina's voice again and the emotions that she put in basically everything she did. She wanted to listen and imagine her life with Idina in it. The way it could've been. Many years ago.

You know you want it. Kristin thought to herself. Just go ahead and buy it. She turned around and went to the cash desk.

When Kristin stepped out of the store she whispered "oh no, what did I just do?" very well knowing that this day would end in her bed, curled up in a ball, crying herself to sleep.