After the visit ot 1992 we lost touch for a while. I moved to Uxbridge and Jenn to Oklahoma and back to Texas. We both had more difficult times in our lives. Then at Christmas 1994 Jenn decided to try and get in touch so she sent a Christmas card to my parents in Hartlepool with her new address.
On receiving her card I decided to give her a call on New Years Day just to say hi and to get back in touch. That year David my best friend and I had decided to go on a holiday together so we came up with this plan of spending a week in Texas with my friends and then a week in West Virginia with his friend Brian. So the scene was set, two single guys going on a vacation. The single situation changed about three days before we were due to leave when Dave started dating Ruth.
So in June of 1995 Dave and I set off on our holiday. We had a great time in Texas getting to see a lot of the countryside. The only real blot was the Jenn's grandfather was really sick from cancer and would die about a month after we left. I knew him really well from my visit in 1992 as he had taken me out during the day whilst Jenn was at school.
One other thing had changed. Jenn had grown up. I was no longer looking at a kid! But the first real change happened in the evening of June 18th. We went to the boat ramp on Lake Texana. We laid there chatting and looking at the stars. For some reason I took her hand and things changed, just a subtle change, but they had changed.
Dave and I then continued our holiday. We spent time in West Virginia having a great time. Our last day was spent in Washington DC. I wasn't looking forward to going home, there was this weight inside of me. I decided to call Jenn before we left. I guess it was at the point that I realised that I had fallen in love with her. During the conversation we arranged that I would go back to Texas to celebrate Thanksgiving with her and her family.
Next - Thanksgiving 95
