“It’s a frightening thought, that in one fraction of a moment, you can fall in the kind of love that takes a lifetime to get over.”
I was pushing 240lb and just started to find a femininity within myself and Chris knew exactly how to make me feel gorgeous. He made lustful comments about my voluptuous lips and always reminded me about the curve revealing panda dress I wore on the night we met.
November 19, 2014 was the day I met my soulmate. We spent a good hour or so just walking aimlessly around the Tarpon Springs sponge docks. We just talked and got to know one another. He came off so mysterious, charming and sophisticated by this mystical mystery man from Maryland.
He just left Salisbury, Maryland the year before and traveled with the carnival with his older brother. I, instantly, wanted to know everything about him. He bought a strawberry cheesecake from Hellas Cafe for his brother Terry (TJ) and I smoked a blunt with him in the Publix parking lot before sharing a long, passionate simple kiss.
At that moment I fell completely and utterly in love with him.
He didn’t make it easy for a girl falling head over heels to keep up with. He and his brother rented a room out in the ghetto of St Petersburg, FL and I was able to move out of Michael’s mom’s house and into a room at Tiffany’s new house off of Ridge and Congress. I started working for Circle K and every moment I wasn’t stuck working I’d make the 45 minute drive out to see him
We met up at Starbucks and I had my first ever coffee from there and he’d always remind me of how jittery and geeked out I got on it. We’d go back to his tiny room and cuddle on the make shift bed on the floor made out of old couch cushions.
It didn’t take long before the house they rented the room from got raided by the police. TJ got arrested for possession of marijuana and they weren’t able to find the wax I sold them. After I picked TJ up from the police station they decided it would be best if they left the state.
I eagerly volunteered to drive them up there, determined to spend as much time as possible with Chris. After dropping them off I assumed I’d never see him again.
And I tried desperately to move on from my heartbreak. But, it wasn’t long before I was hearing from him again. He called to see if I could pick him up from Georgia and drop him off in the Ocala National forests. Something told me I wouldn’t be saying goodbye to him for a while now.
When I got there I got the surprise of meeting Chris and TJ’s mother, Malinda. She had a falling out with a guy she was seeing and she was just a few miles down the road. The adventurous lifestyle certainly ran in the family.
I spent most every day that I didn’t have to work driving up to the Ocala National forests — sleeping under the stars and falling absolutely in love with him. Memorizing, staring, listening and being completely in awe of him. There wasn’t a single thing about him I didn’t adore, he was perfection in my eyes
Before I knew it they had come up with a new plan to get to Islamorada in the Florida Keys, so I brought them.
Allie Willey 