I will continue with my side :)
As I remember we had this amazing conversation where I was rendered speechless and light headed and Lauren Lust had declared to the world that I would marry this man Chris Hill.
You see Lauren Lust, Wes Whitney, and Daniel Weizel all had this communication class together that particular semester. It is also possible that the beautiful Sheridan Murphy also had that class with them. Sheridan let me know if this was the same class! I believe the very next day as I was getting off the bus on campus all three of them ran up to me, accosted me, and told me that I was going to marry Chris Hill. Then they ran off and left me standing there bewildered and a little angry.
The next three weeks were all quite interesting. Later on that same week Kristi and Lauren sabataged me at the Chi O house with Chris in tow. I tried to act a little aloof but I was already totally smitten. Chris and I began talking on instant messenger. Yeah - we totally exchanged AOL im names. My username shall remain a secret forever and ever.
Chris and I started talking via the computer and facebook and email. Then I invited the entire Lone Star Verde over for Fratty Friends Friday at the sorority house. This is week two after Chris and I had our three hour conversation. We served pizza that Friday and it was a ton of fun. Chris stayed after to talk to me as I was having a few problems with Mr. Boy from freshman year.
You see during this whole two week period of Chris and I recognizing that each other existed in the world. Mr. Boy from freshman year had come back on the scene and thought that he wanted to date me again. I was so very confused, and feeling lots of pressure to make a decision about which boy to choose. This particular Friday marked the weekend before I was so to have FIVE tests the following week. In fact ALL FIVE test fell on the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of that next week.
I was feeling a little pressured by Mr. Boy and feeling TONS of pressure about my tests. I sat Chris down in the sorority house and told him about all of my troubles. He instinctively gave me some great advice about Mr. Boy. Which of course I cannot remember. He did not muddle or munipulate, he was just very honest and wise. He was confident and not threatened at all by Mr. Boy. This greatly attracted me to him.
Mr. Boy made several phone calls later on that afternoon as I was trying to study. He very much felt that we needed to date again and was putting the pressure on me. Chris being the studly man that he was sensed that I was under duress and made an executive decision. He called me and said that I was to put on some super comfy clothes, gather up my books, and wait for him to pick me up. He had cleared all non-studiers out of the Lonestar Verde, made coffee, and had even gotten some blue bell ice cream.
Chris came and picked me up and took me to his house to study. Matt Sloan was there too and together the three of us studied in peace all night. Chris protected and provided. Mr. Boy was still calling and pressuring.
The next week I took my tests after being well studied thank to Mr. Hill. But I was still confused about Mr. Boy. Chris and I were definitely friends, and were definitely not dating yet. I could tell that Chris was being supremely careful and cautious and was not about to make any sudden moves.
[ Little did I know that Chris Hill had taken Mr. Boy out to dinner DURING my accounting test and gave him a good talking to. ]
My Cowboy Daddy was drilling in Papau New Guinea at the time that all this was going down, so I was not able to talk to him much. But I was in some desperate need of some good fatherly advice so I gave him a call and was able to get him on the phone. I quickly explained the situation and he said one thing and hung up the phone. He said "God leads and Satan pushes".
Instantly I knew what to do. I called Mr. Boy up and set up a meeting in the park. As we walked around the track I told him that it was time for me to be fought for, pursued, and cared about. I put up that challenge and told him what I wanted.
After a summer of spending time with the Lord and talking to my Dad I suddently knew who I was and I was no longer willing to compromise anything for that. I wanted to present myself wholly in a relationship and not leave out the deep love I had for Jesus, or any of the opinions I had about life.
This definitely awoke something deep inside of Mr. Boy that I believe he had been searching for. But, I had already made up my mind. I told Mr. Boy that I did not want to date him, and that I just wanted to be friends with Chris Hill.
Mr. Boy was very confused. FRIENDS? I said yes, just friends. Chris Hill had so intrigued me that I was content being just friends with him without any promise of a future. God had stirred something deep inside of me and I was willing to risk my heart for Mr. Hill. Mr. Boy was not happy about that at all. Especially since when he and I had been dating the previous year he had confided in Chris about our relationship. Chris had no idea who I was at the time.
After our conversation I went over to the Lone Star Verde with Kristi and Lauren. Chris and his friend Brian Cooper had just gotten back from dancing at the Hall and were eating What A Burger (which I had always thought was Water Burger growing up). Chris paid no attention to me at all. This was mostly because his entire hosue of roommates had been pestering him that we were going to get married.
So I sat there on his couch, while he was ignoring me, thinking to myself "I have just sacrificed the relationship that I had wanted so badly for YOU." I seriously think Chris said nothing to me that night.
More to be continued later on this weekend
Mr. Boy update: later on that year God did some awesome and amazing things with Mr. Boy. I believe he went on to meet his future wife that year. They are happily married now and quite an amazing couple.
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I thought it was Water Burger too!!!
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