A number of choices brought us to the same 7th grade history classroom, where the teacher decided to assign partners for the upcoming project. The pairings were meant to balance out the overall outcome of the project, so the delinquent and the star pupil were put together. What started out as WWII research at the nearby library, quickly became a wonderful friendship that spanned many years and many "free minutes" phones calls after 9p. He called me every year for my birthday, and I always looked over my shoulder driving down Cabana, just in case. About 10 years later, a blue fairy and Dread Pirate Roberts-look alike locked eyes through the jostling ren fair crowd, and we haven't looked away since.
She ran away.