The Trip!

Montana!! The Youth Choir is going to Montana to perform up at a dance in Pinesdale. Will mom let me go? How will I get there? Where will I stay? To say I was excited was an understatement. I'm now 14 years old and have never been out of the state of Utah. Now, we are going to go 2 states away.

One of the 2 guys from choir offered to take me with them to Montana. Mother approved. There would be Brian, John (Brian's Best friend) Brian's sister, Mary and Brian's brother, Jeremy and myself. We headed up to Montana. Brian came by very early in the morning to pick me up. I remember heading out and watching the sun rise over the mountains. It was a beautiful sight! Montana was wonderful!! The dance was great. The choir performance was unforgettable!

The night of the dance I went over to the place Brian was staying with a bunch of the youth. We played dice and card games till It got late. I layed down and closed my eyes for a moment. Brian said "Good night, Andrea" I was facing the back of the couch and started to sob. No one had ever said those words to me before. I can't describe how I felt. I just sobbed.

On the trip home I would put my head on the shoulder of who ever was not driving. I guess I must have treated them like a teddy bear because I fell asleep and wrapped my arms around who ever my head was on. Both of the guys thought it was cute and they joked about who was going to date me first. (I looked old for my age. They thought I was at least 18 years old.)5'8" 125 Lbs.



On that Trip home, I remember the words come into my mind that said "You will marry one of these men." It took me by surprise but then I started to take those words seriously. I looked at John and thought No.. but when I looked at Brian, a warmth entered into my chest! I knew it was him!

A few weeks later, after the Montana trip and many phone calls with Brian, my birthday came up in a conversation. I didn't want to tell him. I waited till we were at another church function then told him. April 1st. I could see the look in his eyes and wheels turning. He saw the look in my eyes and "Ohh no.. I've heard them all!" He never played an April Fools joke on me.... till much later. I then told him my age and he flipped out! He was 22 years old! I was 14!

Not long after that, He received an offer to work in California and went. He ran away from me, but it was too late. We were both in love. I, being a bit forward, tracked him down in California and called him. Bugged his sister to no end and pushed my way back into his life. I had a revelation, at a young age, about who I was to marry, and I was not going to let him go!!