So I was 17 and working at a little mom and pop pizza joint in my hometown in North Carolina. Fun job, probably most fun job I ever had in high school.
So there was a new girl that started working there. She seemed much older initially because she was married and had a newborn child. But in reality she was just 2 years older than me. And at first she didn’t come off at all as attractive. No makeup and really thick glasses. Her husband was a pretty mean tyrant and wouldn’t give her any money. After she had worked and made a little she started dolling up a little before she came to work. Contacts replaced the glasses. I really started to take notice. Terry was an attractive girl after all.
So we worked together for 6 months or so and it came time for our company Christmas party. It was always pretty wild (think Waiting) and I went there with no preconceived plans. But as it turned out me and Terry ended up together that night and until I moved away to college we had a relationship. I would stop off at her house before our shifts while her husband was still at work and we’d............. you know. Honestly when I went away to college I missed her terribly. What was on the surface just a physical relationship had turned inwards on me. We stayed in touch, her hubby was very mean and cruel to her. I tried to give her support from a distance. In the end I met a local girl while in school and me and Terry fell out of contact.
Flash forward 10 years later. I never moved back to my hometown in NC. Stayed in Tennessee where I had gone to school and met the girl I ended up marrying. I was on my way home from work and had stopped off at a Target store close to my house to pick something up. I was walking to the checkout when, there she stood. Terry and a young man that looked to be about 11 or 12. I walked up and called out........”Terry..........?” She turned towards me without answering and I said “Terry (I’ll leave out her last name)?” It was her. She didn’t even deny it. She replied “Yes?”
I said “Its me! Jeff (last name)!”
She almost stared right through me and said “I’m sorry, but I don’t know you”.
It was before everyone’s information was online. I went old school and looked her up in the local phone book. Of course with a name like Terry and her last name was fairly common I found several hits. Could have been male or female. I decided not to be a stalker and call any of them to see if she picked up. I just let it go.
I knew Terry well. We were lovers for a while. And the woman in the Target even answered to her name. But I’ve always wondered...........
So there was a new girl that started working there. She seemed much older initially because she was married and had a newborn child. But in reality she was just 2 years older than me. And at first she didn’t come off at all as attractive. No makeup and really thick glasses. Her husband was a pretty mean tyrant and wouldn’t give her any money. After she had worked and made a little she started dolling up a little before she came to work. Contacts replaced the glasses. I really started to take notice. Terry was an attractive girl after all.
So we worked together for 6 months or so and it came time for our company Christmas party. It was always pretty wild (think Waiting) and I went there with no preconceived plans. But as it turned out me and Terry ended up together that night and until I moved away to college we had a relationship. I would stop off at her house before our shifts while her husband was still at work and we’d............. you know. Honestly when I went away to college I missed her terribly. What was on the surface just a physical relationship had turned inwards on me. We stayed in touch, her hubby was very mean and cruel to her. I tried to give her support from a distance. In the end I met a local girl while in school and me and Terry fell out of contact.
Flash forward 10 years later. I never moved back to my hometown in NC. Stayed in Tennessee where I had gone to school and met the girl I ended up marrying. I was on my way home from work and had stopped off at a Target store close to my house to pick something up. I was walking to the checkout when, there she stood. Terry and a young man that looked to be about 11 or 12. I walked up and called out........”Terry..........?” She turned towards me without answering and I said “Terry (I’ll leave out her last name)?” It was her. She didn’t even deny it. She replied “Yes?”
I said “Its me! Jeff (last name)!”
She almost stared right through me and said “I’m sorry, but I don’t know you”.
It was before everyone’s information was online. I went old school and looked her up in the local phone book. Of course with a name like Terry and her last name was fairly common I found several hits. Could have been male or female. I decided not to be a stalker and call any of them to see if she picked up. I just let it go.
I knew Terry well. We were lovers for a while. And the woman in the Target even answered to her name. But I’ve always wondered...........
