I remember it like it was yesterday. It was the beginning of high school soccer season, my junior year, when my teammates and I were leaving school after soccer practice. As we exited the locker room, we turned into the hallway, where this angel crossed our path.
Lacye was a freshman, at the time, leaving school from softball practice. Immediately, I was enamored with the site of her. She was about 5'5'', athletic, had long blonde hair, blue eyes, and braces (which I never even noticed). Lacye was everything that I wanted in a future girlfriend.
As she walked away, I turned to one of my teammates (which we'll call JJ) as I pointed and said, "I'd kill to go out with her!" JJ quickly took it upon himself to act on my statement and yelled out, "Hey! He wants to go out with you!" This is where life went into slow motion. I saw Lacye fling her hair over her right shoulder as she whipped around and stopped. I stood there, partly in shock by what was just said, and also mesmerized by the smile on her soft, porcelain face. I must have looked like a dope, standing there with my mouth wide open.
As Lacye finished turning around, the soft, porcelain smile disappeared, and transformed into a different look. Her brow furrowed, her blue eyes turned into fixed laser beams, and the corners of her mouth retreated South. She opened her mouth and uttered these four words, that I'll never forget. "I don't think so!", she exclaimed, as she turned back around and walked out of my life, for what I thought was forever.
God had other plans for Lacye and I, though. We weren't supposed to meet that day; but, one year later, we went on our first date.
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