Part 4

What a cliff hanger. I thought I might get linched for that ending. ok, lets get right to it:

I got in my car and was frustrated. I did not want this to happen again, but alas it did. I really cared for this beautiful girl. I just sat in my car listening to the Braves. Something came over me that I could not leave. I reached for my phone and texted Erika telling her not to cry. she responded that it was too late for that and I asked where she was. I came and found her and wanted to do something. I wanted Erika to be happy. I took her hand and told her to come with me, dragging her to a piano and made her play. She loves music and that helped. I do not really know why I did not leave, but I am glad I did not. Heavenly Father truly knows us, and blesses us, even if we do not realize it. Things turned out better that. night. we danced and went and found Chinese. I realized that I need to drive instead of Erika, and things felt right. I did not want to let go of her. but the night ended and she had to go home. I went with some of the other people at the dance to Athen's to eat. the restaurant, not the city. Right before my phone died, Erika sent me a text and told me for the first time that she loved me. I knew after that night, I did too, and I wanted her in my life. I could not bring myself to leave her, and things turned out for the better.

The next night, some of the singles went to see the new Batman movie and Erika informed me she would be there, so I drove down there to meet her. Her parents would not let her walk by herself so I had to escort her to the theater and to her car. Of course I did not mind. I thoroughly enjoyed being next to her.

On Sunday, they was a fireside scheduled, so I went again to Nashville so that I could be with Erika. I met her at her house and her mother was not happy. She made that very clear but I will not say much about that. I really wish she would give me a chance, but till then, I will continue to be the best person I can. We had to wait for one of Erika's friends, then we all left in Erika's car since one of my headlights was out. About halfway there, I got a text from Josh saying it was pushed back to the next week. well... we could not go back to Erika's unless she wanted to say goodbye to me so we went to Opry Mills and just walked around till we went to Josh's and watched Tommy Boy. It was great just sitting on a couch with Erika. its all I could ask for.

Wednesday, I once more made the trip to Nashville and went to Institute. It was also Tim Allman's birthday so we went to Athen's afterward and Erika ordered like I do. She said she was really hungry and we got the same thing, but she did not finish hers, I had to do that. But before that, we were the first ones there and when we got out of the car, I held her close and went in to kiss her, pulling back at the last moment. I could see the frustration on her face, but was having too much fun so I did the same thing and she was getting even more upset. I did it one more time thinking that she would actually kiss me. I wanted her to take some initiative, but she would not. I was getting kinda scared by the look on her face so I went ahead and kissed her. After dinner, we went downtown to the riverfront and just talked and held each other. Things seemed so perfect and everything in my past seemed forgotten. All I could see was a future with the most wonderful person I could ever imagine.

I saw her twice more the following week. Monday, we went to see the Emma Smith Story in Nashville and I thought I would surprise her. I brought her a book of piano music to some popular music. Her family was at the movie as well, so that made things awkward, but she sat by me and I still enjoyed it. I could see she loved the present, but her mom was less then thrilled.

We made plans for another date on Saturday to go boating, play monopoly, and watch a movie. I am sure dinner was included in there somewhere. It seemed perfect. All I wanted was to be with Erika. I loved this young woman.