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The first time I saw her was like a dream. I remember being awe struck when she, smiled at me and had me totally tongue tide when she came over and spoke to me. My palms were so sweaty and I couldn't for the life of me get out even a single word for at least two minuets. She told me her name was Karen and I managed to get my name out. "William" was all I could say. I loosened up a bit after a few drinks, and we got into a long discussion about how crazy her high school days were. Apparently, she had a crush on her English teacher. Go figure huh. Myself, I always thought English was somewhat boring. Brought on even more by my English teachers obsessive need to give test. "I hate tests" I told her, for some reason they always made me nervous, although I don't know why. We sat there talking from 7:00 that night for almost three hours. Karen, who I found out later was a mother of two girls and a cat named Spot, drove me to my place where I asked her to come in. Sadly, she said that she had to get home and relieve the baby sitter of Linda and Jessica, her little girls. She had asked her to watch them that night while she went out to "unwind". "Can I call you sometime" she asked me. She reached in her purse for a piece of paper and pen, and wrote down my number. Before she left, she asked me when I would be free again. So we made a date for the following weekend, I can't wait.
