7/7
Sean completed the remaining clues on Sunday (7/5) afternoon, besides of course the final step which was that evening, at the park near Kris' house. I was counting the hours all day. He called for help with finding the second to last one, at the church, as it was locked and he couldn't have found it anyway. I asked where he would look for it if it was open, and he said Willoughby recording room or my DJ station. The latter guess was accurate, so I decided to simply send him an image of the clue, which was the link to this website with the newest post hinting at the location & time. That day, Nathan & Alyssa were heading out, and our family played dnd from 11:30 to about 2pm. It was fun but of course I was terribly distracted. At 4pm, I met at Cynthia's house for a Sisterhood watch party & movie night. I enjoyed watching service and singing some songs with everyone. It was a full night, most of us were there. Kris came late, and the first thing she told to me was 'We have a lot to catch up on', and she mentioned a scavenger she heard about between Sean and I. Yet because we were in a group setting we couldn't talk much privately. During a karaoke session of Taylor Swift, we sang 'You Belong With Me' and she whispered that this song should be from me to Sean, and I replied that it should also be from her to Caleb. We both cracked up, but I really do hope things become clarified between them soon.
We watched 'Hitch' while playing corn hole and talking, then 'Princess Diaries', and ordered milk tea. By 9:30pm everyone was ready to go home, which was perfect, since I was meeting with him at 10pm. Kris asked where I was going and I said home, but winked. She smiled and attempted a wink back. Driving over, I had an awkward moment; all three of us - Kris, Sean, & I - synced up at a traffic light. I felt strange about him seeing me, so I made a turn and went a back way. Honestly I'd hope to be there before him, but I guess I was set to be more like Aomame here. (I had planned it, after all)
Parking my car a ways from the playground, I walked for a few minutes in the low light of the park lamps and the full moon, whispering to myself anxiously. I saw his silhouette but continued to keep the same pace. We sat on a bench table and talked for a bit about the puzzle, and I showed him the artist book I based on the first scavenger hunt I'd made. He understood how to open it fairly easily. I'd brought it as a possible diversion in case he sensed he wanted a different conclusion than talking with me, but I realized he just wanted to be there. We moved up to the slide, to see if we could view the moon. At first the trees were in the way, but as it got later, the moon rose higher and into a clear area. He asked why I wanted to recreate the scene on the slide from 1Q84, and I still hadn't confessed yet, so I said some other true things; the poetry and powerful imagery of the setting, where he first realizes he's in another world, the cat town. I struggled to lead into the main reason, until he said something about emotional clarification, and I asked if he needed me to be clear about how I felt. He said no, then asked if I did. I said yes, and he confessed he liked me back. We stayed up there, marveling at each other and opening up the history of how we'd felt and what our family would think. I learned about his brothers and odd mix of a family and him being the most well adjusted.
I was growing cold up on the playground, so we moved into my car and played some music while continuing our conversation. We discussed the puzzle some more, concerning my blog and my list website. We decided to have a picnic, one of my list items, the next day. Then he asked to kiss me and we did. I didn't feel too nervous and it was a perfect length for a first kiss.
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