July 9th of 2017, was the day I went to Youth Camp. It was an opportunity to experience new things, change my life, and meet new people.
Speaking of meeting new people. July 10th, the next day, my youth group and me were heading down to the lake to hang out and have fun. So as we were waiting, I over heard a conversation that the girls were having. All of a sudden I heard, "Hey Biggie, isn't that the boy that waited a whole year just to see you again?" Biggie replies "oh yeah, that's him." So me with my curiosity, ask the girls if what they said is true, that he did wait a whole year just to see Biggie. They tell me "Yes," but I wanted more confirmation. So I see the guy they were talking about and his youth group and I say, "Hey, what your name sir?" He replies, "Yesiah." So I go, "Ok Yesiah, is it true that you waited a whole year to see a girl name Biggie?" He says, "Yes." Then I ask him, "Did you know she's in my youth group?" "No," he replies.
Then all of a sudden at the corner of my eye, I noticed this cute girl in there youth group. I didn't learn her name until after she joined our conversation. Then she jumps in and starts asking me questions and how do I know Yesiah. I was too shy to look at her because I was a shy person, I couldn't look her in the eyes. If I looked her in the eyes, I would froze or walked off stunned by how beautiful she looked. But I kept my composure and asked her for her name. She replies in the most beautiful, light, soft time, "Arianna." The way she said her name made me replay that moment in my head, over and over again.
The next morning, we hung out, we became friends in a matter of moments, we started talking about how fun it would be to get on that jet-ski ride before we left camp. So at the next free time, we met up at the lake and stood at the line. We were, sooo close to being next in line. Till they closed the pool, we didn't even get wet. We weren't even mad, we were like "we have next year." We were so looking forward to seeing each other next year.
As Arianna and me got closer and closer at camp, I sort of developed feelings for her. I felt really bad because I was catching feelings for a girl that made me feel special in a matter of moments, than a girl that couldn't remember the day we went out. I mentioned I had a girlfriend to Arianna once, and we kept it as friends.
Every minute I spent with Arianna, I kept trying to figure out of she felt the same way about me as I did with her. The problems are I had a girlfriend and I couldn't tell Arianna how I felt because of how shy of a person i was around her. So I kept it inside. Even if I may have been with the wrong girl, I still had to show my loyalty as I would have done with the right one. So for the remaining of camp, I decided to keep my feelings a secret, so i wouldn't feel any regret after camp.
The last day of camp, we all were saying our good byes, giving our last hugs before we were off back to our areas. I was feeling a little guilty of not telling Arianna how i felt, let alone give her a letter telling her how I felt about her. So the time comes when Arianna and me said our good byes and gave each other our last hugs. Of all the hugs, our hug was the longest and emotional (for me at least, but at that moment I knew that I was given hope to seeing her again next year.
......TO BE CONTINUED......
