  Ok I know you guys have heard the story a million times, but it was probably the most romantic thing that will have ever happen to me and just one more very last time won't hurt anyone. Then I'll put it all behind me, put his picture in "the box"&nbsp;and think back fondly&nbsp;only every now and then. So It was Clearwater&nbsp;Fl in October. Fl is great anytime, but i like it best in the fall. the days are sunny and warm enough to go swimming and the nights cool are enough to put on jeans and light jacket. When I think of perfect thats how it feels. Sunday night, we had gotten there only few hours earlier, but i wanted to go to Peir 60. It was in walking distance so&nbsp;thats what we did. My favorite thing to do&nbsp;when we go to&nbsp;Fl every year is spend the evenings at the peir. There is always music and dancing, and people selling little odds and end, there is always a small breeze, and the white sand is always warm.
If you happen to&nbsp;walk out on the beach at night time no one else is there and you can feel like you&nbsp;are&nbsp;the only person in the&nbsp;world for miles and miles. That year my aunt kelly&nbsp;her husband and their 2&nbsp;little kids came with our family.&nbsp;I stood with my Aunt while&nbsp;we let her girls play on&nbsp;the play ground,&nbsp;i looked over and say a guy sitting on one of the benches outside the play&nbsp;ground. "That guy&nbsp;is looking at you. " she said. Of&nbsp;couse i didn't wear my contacts that day, but i took her word for it that he was cute.
We stood talking for about 10 minutes and every time&nbsp;I looked at him he was looking at me.&nbsp;"You shouldn't be so shy. " she told me, "Wave at him,&nbsp;we are only going to be here and week and you'll&nbsp;never seen him again. "&nbsp;but&nbsp;I protested and explained&nbsp;i didn't do stuff like that, thats when the&nbsp;bet came. "I bet you 10 dollars you won't wave at him. " dagone, I'll do just about anything for ten dollars.
But i made her promise we'd leave right after i did it. So i did, and he waved back. Then we walked&nbsp;across the 4 lanes of traffice you had to cross to get back to the motel. We had just made it to the other&nbsp;side of the sidewalk&nbsp;when all of a sudden all the cars start honking and people start&nbsp;yelling out&nbsp;of their car windows. I turned around and&nbsp;dodging cars in the middle of the road was that boy.&nbsp;I looked around me and the whole family had kept on walking to the room,&nbsp;I looked up at him and&nbsp;thought "wow&nbsp;he's a sexy beast.
" He was a little out of breath,&nbsp;and he held out his hand to shake mine. I still remember exactly what he said. "Hi my name is Troy. " I smiled,&nbsp;"Hey I'm&nbsp;Courtney. " "I'm sorry,&nbsp;I hope i'm not freaking you out, but you are too beautiful for me to&nbsp;just let walk away. " (ok so maybe it was a sappy line, but I'm a sappy girl and it worked. ) He&nbsp;gave me&nbsp;his&nbsp;business card and asked me to call him later that night. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I did and we had so much in common, execpt for the fact he was 17 and two years older than me, drove a red convertable, and&nbsp;lived in a house right on the beach. He&nbsp;went to same high school daddy went to when he lived there, he was 6'2, brown hair, blue eyes, he played basketball and ran track, he had even been chosen to go to ballroom dancing competetion when he was in middle school. The next day he called me and asked if we could get together so we made plans to meet at the peir later that night when he got off work. So he came, he walked over and after to hellos he asked to meet my mom.&nbsp;I introduced him to her and he asked her if it would be ok if we went for a walk on the beach.
She couldn't say no to a guy who asked her permission. So we walked out on the beach. We took&nbsp;our shoes off and walked along the edge of the water.&nbsp;We&nbsp;walked under the peir I&nbsp;remembered I&nbsp;walked right under but he&nbsp;had to duck.&nbsp;"Do you want to sit down somewhere? " he asked. "Yeah. "&nbsp;I said but we&nbsp;kept walking so after a few more steps i&nbsp;suggested "Lets just&nbsp;do it right here.
" "WHAT? "&nbsp;He&nbsp;he looked a little frightened.&nbsp;"OH! " i was a little embarassed, "Sit&nbsp;down&nbsp;I mean. " we had a good laugh. Se we&nbsp;walked out to the very edge of the water,&nbsp;to where we&nbsp;were just barely far enough&nbsp;away that the water&nbsp;didn't touch our feet. I looked around,&nbsp;we were the only people on the whole entire beach for as far as i could see in&nbsp;both directions. The moon was full and sitting right in front of us, and the waves washed in and out quietly.&nbsp;It was strange because in all my dreams about the perfect romance this is where we always ended up on the beach alone with the moon and the waves. It&nbsp;the beginging of my fairytale and&nbsp;I doubted&nbsp;then and still do now that it could ever be topped.&nbsp; We sat for&nbsp;a while just talking about how he liked the way i talked and the fact that my hands were so tiny, and how he regretted&nbsp;there were hardly any stars there because of all the lights&nbsp;from the city.
Then we stopped talking, there was no need to,&nbsp;everything&nbsp;was too perfect. He scooted over beside me and just as a cool breeze blew by he put his arm around me.&nbsp; I remember&nbsp;debating on whether i would let him kiss me or not, i knew he was going to try to. I would have been insulted if he hadn't. I decided, if he asks me I'll let him, if he&nbsp;just does it&nbsp;then&nbsp;I'll pull away. He&nbsp;was looking up at the moon when he asked. "Would it be ok if&nbsp;I kissed you? " I nodded,&nbsp;I couldn't have spoken if i tried.
And so he leaned in and kissed me.&nbsp;Afterwards&nbsp;I regretted wasting a first kiss somewhere else and wished that could have been my first one.&nbsp; We&nbsp;sat there for a little longer and thewe walked back to&nbsp;my parents, he stayed and talked with my family a little longer and promised to call me the next night.&nbsp;we got together every night for the whole week&nbsp;I was there but the first night was the most magical. &nbsp;Friday, the last night I'd be there,&nbsp;we made plans to go out for a&nbsp;ride on the strip in his car. But we both had a change of events and we only got to spend 15 minutes together that last night. Hr promised he'd call me soon and&nbsp;he talked about all&nbsp;the things we would do together when i came back the next year.
As we pulled out of the motel parking lot Saturday morning i asked dad to turn on the radio. the song playing was "One More Day" by Dimond Rio and i felt like crying, i knew&nbsp;he wouldn't&nbsp;call me, i wouldn't have expected him to, and i didn't know if i wanted him to. About a month after we had been home he did though and told me how much he missed me. He called me about every month after that, but the best was when he&nbsp;called me on valentines day. I was on a sking trip though,&nbsp;but he left a message of happy valentines day with my mom for me and he called the day i got in and told me&nbsp;he&nbsp;spent had spent valentines day at his sisters playing with his nephew because he&nbsp;couldn't have imagined being with anyone&nbsp;but me so&nbsp;he stayed in. The last time we talked was early&nbsp;June he was getting ready for graduation. So&nbsp;i was only 15 and&nbsp;I&nbsp;didn't and still don't&nbsp;know anything at all about love and romance but&nbsp;It was that perfect week of my life. If we never talk again I'll be satisfied with how everything&nbsp;went&nbsp;and i'll be happy that it happened.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
