It began like any great romance....
Spring 2000:
They had quite a history you see. They had gone to Junior Prom together. And they liked each other but only their closest friends knew and that meant they didn't know the other one liked them. This was high school after all, this is how it went. But Prom ended very badly as Glenn decided to dance with one of Sarah's frenemies and then let her put her head in his lap at post prom. Bad decision.
Summer 2000:
They didn't talk or see each other once the summer before Senior year. He thought she hated him and she thought he was an ass. It was a match made in heaven.
Fall 2000:
Senior year began and she saw him at the back to school party and wondered how she made it all summer without him. They had more classes together Senior year and spent more time together, not alone of course (let's not get scandelous) but with groups of friends. That fall semester was a blurr from football games to the State Fair to being accused of being an old married couple. Feelings continued to develop between them but neither one wanted to be the one to say something first and risk being rejected. Sarah went to Mexico on vacation with her family that Thanksgiving and can remember hardly anything about the trip except listening to Evan and Jaron's song 'The Distance' on her portable CD player on repeat wondering how it was possible she could miss someone so much. She can't speak for how he felt at this time exactly but rumor has it the feeling was mutual.
December 31st, 2000:
This kind of thing continued until New Years Eve when Sarah had a party at her house. It may be the best party she ever threw. First of all it was a boy/girl sleepover. Secondly, there was karaoke and a murder mystery game and 'skating' on the iced over cul-de-sac and jumping on a trampoline covered in snow. And there had been talk Glenn was going to ask her to be his girlfriend. But the ball dropped and no big question....
January 3rd, 2001
Days passed and a mutual friend had a birthday pary. She was so excited to see him again but then he never came. Turns out he had the stomach flu. Of all the luck.
January 6th, 2001
Their friends couldn't take it anymore. Everyone knew he like her and everyone knew she liked him. They decided to ambush them. There was constant harassment at the bowling alley of Glenn telling him he had to ask her out tonight. There was a set up so they had to ride in the car alone together. Then a few of them watched Notting Hill until it was Sarah's curfew. They all said goodnight and the boys told Glenn he had to say goodbye to her at her car. Just the two of them she got up the nerve to give him a letter she had written him to tell him how she felt. He knew what it said he told her. He said he liked her. She said she liked him too. It was 11:52 PM. She was going to be late for her curfew. With the car door between them she said goodnight and she sped home. It wasn't the most romantic beginning but they had a lot of time perfect romance later.
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