posted February 15, 2015 02:58 AM            

So, i go out with a friend to a local restaurant and who do I see working there? My very first boyfriend ever! I dated him when I was 16, he was 18...he is from Mexico and didn't speak a lick of English during our brief 3-month affair. I was the naive midwestern girl infatuated with the cute mysterious exotic boy at the local Mexican restaurant. Well, long story short he broke up with me, got deported, and I never thought I'd see him again. That was fine, the past was just that.

You can imagine my surprise when i saw him. He walked straight up to me, shook my hand, and in much better English told me "You look the same " it has been 12 years..this was so unexpected! What was also completely unexpected was the butterflies, blushing, and awkwardness that made me feel like I was 16 all over again. Every time he walked past my table he said my name and grinned. My friend who was with me said the chemistry was so strong she could have cut it with a knife. I felt it. It was intense. And to make things weird, I was sitting in the same booth I had met him 12 years ago.

I have not felt this googly eyed and giddy over someone in a long, long time. I can't even remember the last time. I saw him again today and was so nervous, in a good way, but so so so nervous...this is not like me at all.