My First Crush

Aaah, Thatcher Spurling! The amount of hormones that flows through a Kindergarten classroom is truly astonishing, isn't it?
I thought that he was just the most charming individual. With his black, velcro sneakers, heavily gelled hair (expertly styled by mommy), and those alluring T-Shirts that said truly whitty things like "girls love me parents hate me" and "gotta catch 'em all- POKEMON" I found him to be very enticing.
And he really knew how to woo the ladies. At lunch time, he would split his oreo cookies in half, and give me the side with the creme on it. Whenever we were told to sit boy girl boy girl in class, we always sat beside each other on that incredible rainbow rug that every Kindergarten class in the 90's seemed to have in it's possession.
But the ultimate confirmation of their undying love for one another was confirmed in the game of Tag: Boys Vs. Girls. This was how everyone knew that Thatcher LIKED Ashlynne, because he always chased her THE ENTIRE TIME during this war. And believe me, this was a big deal. Everyone noticed who chased who during tag. When a romance sparks amongst this bloody battle, well, it had might as well be a match made in heaven.
We were strong all through Kindergarten, with oreos and tag and Pokemon t-shirts...then came first grade, and we were put in different classes. The distance was truly aganizing, but I stayed strong, so that when he would see me across the feild at the different playground, he would see that it wasn't hitting me hard.
If only he knew.
We didn't reunite until 7th grade, when we ended up in the same math class as each other. While his gelled hair remained the same, the whitty T-shirts had been replaced by back wife beaters, and he liked to discuss things like MTV, and the fact that he could still taste the tacos from the night before in his braces.
I like the memory of the Kindergarten Thatcher a lot more than the 7th grade one. I think that's what I'll hold onto. I'll hold onto the shared oreos and the Boys Vs. Girls Tag.