By the River

When Brock picked me up to go down the river he brought me a flower. It was a good start to the date. As we drove to the river it started raining and Brock was worried that we wouldn't be able to go, but the rain wasn't too heavy and we had a great time setting up the boats and getting very wet. We got a nearby fisherman to take a picture of us just before we went down. It's one of my favorite pictures of us.

We had to have one car on each end of the river, so there was a lot of driving before we could head down. Just before we took Brock's car down it stoped raining. I asked Brock if my running make-up made me look like a racoon. He cupped my face in his hands, wiped my eyes with his thumbs and said, "only a little." We looked at each other and then I kissed him.

It was a very quick kiss, but very magical. I was embarrassed, though. I had nevr kissed a guy first. Still, he seemed to like it and, after all, I did tell him he wasn't allowed to touch me. As we went to the cars after that he turned and said, "How am I supposed to concentrate now?" Well, it was only fair. I couldn't see straight either.

We held hands as we floated down the Provo River and had a lovely day. The sun came out as soon as we got in the water and stayed out all day. When we got out he kissed me and invited me to come up to Park City for dinner. I changed back at my appartment and then we headed up to Park City. I had only been there once before and that was at night. Park City is really beautiful. We went to dinner at an Italian place that I can't remember the name of. It was so good! Mostly I remember the dessert. It was a giant chocolate chip cookie with loads of ice cream on top. WOW! We were very full and didn't have much room for it, but it was amazing!

After dinner we went to his parents' house and chatted for a long time about how we would manage a long distance relationship. He parents came in after a while and I got to meet them. Brock's dad gave me a big hug and I remember thinking his mom was amazingly beautiful. We talked for a while and then Brock took me home. We made plans for him to pick me up the naxt day so I could go with him to his brother's recpetion.

On my doorstep Brock gave me a kiss and said, sounding amazed, "You're real!" I was in shock too. We had gone from casual dating to a couple overnight. What a wonderful surprise!