So...
It's the summer, and my parents are gone for a whole week on vacation in South Dakota. On a break from my jobs at Build-a-Bear and the library, I decide to go on a journey to Owatonna, Minnesota and invite my friend Brittany to go with me. Why Owatonna? Do I have to tell you?..you should know: it's Adam Young's hometown! :) So, us two girls hit the road. When we finally reach Owatonna, I am so psyched!! With every turn I take, I keep jumping whenever I see a boy with dark brown or black hair, which makes Brittany laugh like crazy. Then we go past a beach all of a sudden one second I'm gazing dreamily at this pretty beach and the next I see THE Adam Young sitting on a swing overlooking the beach!! I begin hyperventilating and saying, "Oh my gosh!! It's Adam Young!!!," as I slam on the brakes. A few car horns blow at me from behind, and I come to my senses and pull over to the side of the road. So, when Adam looks around to see what all the commotion is about, I get all red and hot and stare down at the steering wheel.
Brittany: "Well, that was..fast. I...didn't think we'd actually FIND him, did you?"
Jenna (me): "No...I still can't...believe....Oh. My. GOD!!!"
A few minutes of silence while I return back to staring at Adam Young from inside my car. He has stopped looking for the reason for the commotion and is now gazing out at the beach peacefully. Brittany just continues looking at me. I can feel her eyes boring into me, telling me, through some kind of telepathy or whatever, to take some action!
B: " Soooo....are you going to talk to him or not?
J: My whole body gets cold and sweaty and my face grows read at the thought. "Ummm...uhhh..." I can't make out any decipherable language... It's now getting to be twilight and fittingly, fireflies begin to appear, flashing brightly around Adam.
B: "Relax, Jenna. GO for it!! Remember what we talked about and you said you'd do? Be random!"
J: Yeah, I need to do this, I think to myself. Adam has GOT to love random, right? He's random...and amazing...and wonderful...and.... I open the door and get out of the car and begin walking toward the swing set.
B: (whispers) "Oh my God! You're actually going to do it!".......
(mouths and puts her thumbs up) "Good luck!!"
So...I begin walking down below on the beach to see if he notices me. I have my favorite light blue dress on, and I feel the soft lake breeze curl around me, sending my hair fluttering behind me. I lay down in the sand and close my eyes, enjoying the cool summer night. I open my eyes after a while to gaze up at the stars and instead am startled to see Adam right by me, looking down at me.
J: "Oh!" (startled)
Adam: "Oh I'm so sorry!! (he cutely reddens in the face and backs away)...I'll leave you alone...I...."
J: "Oh no it's..it's okay. You can stay. I just didn't expect...(I trail off lamely..)
A: "Still, I'm...I'm really sorry. That was really rude of me to startle you like that...I just...I was curious. I didn't recognize you at all. Around here it's rare not to know someone..small towns, ya know....sorry, I'm...babbling...ummm....so, are you from around here?"
J: "Um...no..I'm from Wisconsin actually...."
A: "Oh. What's your name, and what brings you here?...My name is Adam, by the way.."
J: (blushing profusely...good thing it's getting dark out...) "Ummmm....my name is Jenna, and I'm here because...well...ummm...."
A: "If you don't want to talk about it, it's fine..I understand...
Awkward silence, as I consider what to say/admit...
J: "Well...youll probably think I'm crazy and run away when I tell you this, but I came to see your hometown...I'm.......just a bit obsessed with the whole Owl City thing and...oh my gosh. I can't believe I'm telling you this and...and...talking! I never talk this much with other people I don't know very well, I'm extremely shy, and now I'm talking like crazy with.......Oh my gosh...."(I trail off lamely again...)
A: "Ah. Hmm,,," (He bites his lip and looks uncomfortable..)
J: (reddening to the shade of a tomato) "I'm so sorry. I'll leave now. I'm such a horrible person... (I start to walk away)
A: (Adam looks down, hesitates, and then finally goes after me. He put his arm out to my shoulder to stop me.) "Wait!" (I turn around abruptly and gaze back at him, causing him to get flustered (starstruck possibly?? ha...I wish! lol)) "I...uh...I mean....(he takes a deep breath) please don't go. I just...still get uncomfortable...ish...when people know me when I don't know them. The whole famous thing is still hard to get used to."
J: "Yeah...that would be hard."
Another awkward silence and even more awkward when Adam realizes that his arm is still on my shoulder. He quickly takes his arm away.
A: (blushes) "sorry.."
J: (I grab Adam's arm back and hesitate and begin stuttering, while thinking to myself, I can't believe I'm doing this!!) "It's fine...is it...is it..okay if I....hold your hand?"
A: (blushes and smiles cutely, and places his hand in mine ) "More than okay."
The two of them gaze intensely back at one another in nervous, but ecstasy-filled, excitement. They then walk hand-in-hand up the hill and swing on the swings, never taking their eyes and hands away from each other's grasp. They chat about odds and ends and everything in between...
A: "Hey, Jenna, would you like to go for an evening swim--wait, you probably don't have a swimsuit with you, huh?"
J:"No, I have a swimsuit. (I take off my dress while Adam gawks at me wide-eyed for a second before realizing what I'm actually doing...)
A: (blushing) "Ermm..oh!...ha....umm...yeah...."
J: (blushes) "Sorry! I should have said that my swimsuit was on under my dress...wow awkward.....but yeah! Let's go swim!" (I take his hand, and off we go!)
Adam and I run giggling hand-in-hand down the hillside and onto the cool sand. Adam takes off his shirt and sets it aside shyly. I can't help but be curious to see what he looks like with his shirt off. I am in complete bliss, and think about how he is everything I imagined and much more...his chest, his body, his physique, and his personality are all so cute and quirky and unlike any boy I've ever met before. I try to sneak glances at Adam and his bare chest while they wade in the water, but Adam notices...oh embarassment...I turn away briskly and redden once again. Adam then sneaks up behind me and grabs me, causing me to shriek in delight, and Adam laughs along, tossing himself and I into the water. Adam backfloats with me resting my head on his chest. He plays with my damp hair and sings "If My Heart Was a House" softly to me. I feel so amazingly and keep telling myself that this has got to be just a dream...but if it is, it's the most realistic one I've ever had. After we'd been in the water long enough to get chilly and shrivelled, we get out, dry off, and put our clothes back on.
J: "I've had the most amazing night...thank you.
A: "No, thank you..." (He puts his hand in mine and gently places his other hand on my chin and tilts it up slowly...aaaannnnddd...he kisses me long and exquisitely softly. I entwine my arms around his neck and sigh in pure bliss. We kiss for a while longer and then break apart gently. I blush redder than a tomato and gaze, starstruck, into Adam's eyes. He does the same, but after a bit he starts laughing...."Man, I think we've broke a record here!"
J: (breaking out of my trance) "Huh...? For what...?"
A: "Staring contest...ha...(and then seriously....--.->) ..I would break that record a thousand times, actually more, if it involved looking at you." He holds me in an embrace, and we cuddle close to one another. I play with his hair for a few moments, and then snap back to reality when I hear a very familiar voice. Brittany had approached, and I hadn't even noticed. She is looking at me in amazement and with an "Oh my gosh"-look on her face
B: "Oh..wow."
J: (blushes) "Oh, hey! Brittany, meet Adam...Adam, meet my friend Brittany."
A: (comes up to Brittany and shakes her hand) "It's a pleasure to meet you."
B: "Pleasure to meet you, too."
A: "Well, I suppose you ladies probably need to get going...it's getting pretty late...12:03 am...
B: "Yeah!..I was wondering if you'd ever come back! What were you guys doing anyways? Wait, I probably shouldn't ask..."
A & J: (blush and smile at each other)
A: "Well, I guess this is good-bye for now, but I'll come visit you or talk to you as soon as I can, if you want to give me your address and phone number..."
J: "Oh, yes!" I scramble over to my car to get a pen and paper. Brittany and Adam both look at each other confusedly and follow her. "Ah...here we are....and now I'll need your address and phone number..."
A: "Well, I guess this is good-bye...I just......(his voice cracks cutely, so he clears his throat and tries again)...I just want you to know that your are the most beautiful and...amazing girl I've ever met."
J: (blushes) "...And you are the sweetest, most handsome boy I've ever met." We kiss again and embrace tightly. As I drive away down the road, I glance back in my rearview mirror and see Adam standing alone in the street, waving good-bye, as "I'll Meet You There" plays on my car radio. I sigh and think to myself: this is not the end but only the beginning.
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