Day 19 - Kory E

I don't remember the day-to-day details of my relationship with Kory. We dated through at least half of 7th grade. By December, we had been "together" for awhile and I think we had gone on "chaperoned" dates (by friends, not parents) and talked on the phone enough that my parents were starting to catch on. I think I liked having a boyfriend more than I liked Kory.

Somehow Jamie got involved in some scheme to help Kory kiss me. One day before Christmas vacation, Jamie and Erin convinced me I had to go back to my locker to get something with them. Kory was there with one of his friends. We were just standing around and suddenly Kory and I were in the center and there was mistletoe above our heads. So... we kissed. It's a vague memory. I remember not wanting to do it in the first place nor repeat it. I'm not sure why we stayed together after that.

By Valentine's day, I had finally mustered the courage to dump him, but Erin convinced me that would be awfully mean. He gave me a card that was designed for a long-distance relationship that hinted that I could be closer. I dumped him the next day. Or did he dump me right before I could? Anyway, we broke up. He seemed to hate me after that and his friends would torment me about my prudish ways.

I saw him again when I was visiting from Texas once we were in High school. We joked about the past and then we ended up under a mistletoe again. This time when we kissed, it wasn't awful and I wasn't embarrassed, but I still didn't want to repeat it.