Thank goodness my sister was there.

Thank goodness she was there when I saw you in the mall.

Had she not been there I might have said,

Allenburg! Where have you been? My god, you look outstanding!

Just the way I remembered you!

Did I ever tell you that I had the biggest crush in the world on you

In seventh grade?

It was so ridiculous I know. I wrote your name everywhere.

On notebooks,

On my locker,

On my arm!

I loved you so much it hurt.

You were all I ever thought about.

It’s true!

Pixie Allenburg is what I called myself in the mirror every morning.

I couldn’t wait to go to school just because you were there.

Oh it was serious, I even cut your picture out of our yearbook and

Used to wear your face around in my bra!

How crazy, right?

So, what are you getting into this weekend?

I would totally love to spend some time with you,

You can’t say no, come on, it could be a whole lotta fun

Let’s hit a bar, right up the street, have a few,

And get all caught up in as many ways as you can think of!

I can’t believe it’s really you!

This is my lucky day!

But she was.

And because she was she knew when I saw you that I was going to freak.

So she grabbed my arm.

So she grabbed my arm to keep me from going from zero to 60.

And you said, Hello, Wow, Pixie?

She held onto me.

I said, Hey, Allenburg, How are you?

And you took out your wallet.

And showed me the most beautiful picture of

Your wife and two daughters

That you hadn’t seen in two years

Because you had been overseas in the Marines

And you were on your way home to them

And stopped off that the mall

To get yourself a Cinnabon, some new jeans and

More presents for Mrs. Allenburg and the Allenburg twins

Just to show them how much you missed them

All this time.

Thank goodness my sister was there.

Thank goodness she was there when I saw you in the mall.
But, I think now, Allenburg, I love you, even more than ever.