South by South Wes: A retrospective

It all started on a day like today. It was gloomy, it was cold. I was alone. I had been talking with this girl through the internet and text messages, and had made some mixes for her. We were going to trade music.

The first time I saw her, my heart sank. We were so compatible it wasn't even funny. We went to the IMA and talked. We talked about each other. Our lives, dreams, goals, etc. Then we went to go find some food, we were listening to music. She was driving an escort. She drives a stick. We were going to go to bazbeoux to get some 'za. We ended up going to chic-fil-a where she mocked the way I talked.

I was lost.

We went back to my house and talked. The next few weeks are a blur. We went to broadripple together, and bought Best Coast's record. We were in love. We were together constantly: inseparable. I met her parents. We got reese's pieces ice cream from culvers. I was going to kiss her that night. I didn't

The next day I did.

A week later I was confused when she said she didn't want to date.

A week from that we were a couple.

We went to muncie together for a concert and was concerned about how awkward it would be with me there. It wasn't awkward, it was magical.

We went to prom together, and had a fantastic time. We danced, laughed, and at the end--didn't have the cliche post-prom sex. We went down town to walk around and talk.

She graduated high school, and went to new york. We talked constantly then. She came home--she wept. She cried because she missed me.

We were, undoubtedly in love.

She took my virginity.

I gave her my innocence.

We looked at art, a lot.

She was really the first girl that I cared about kissing, and kissed passionately.

She let me cry in her lap when I couldn't eat because I had tonsillitis so bad.

You let me cry as I had an emotional break down because of school. Then we made pizza. That's the moment I wanted it to last.

She went to a car show with me in the hot Kentucky sun.

We had inside jokes.

She let me around her when I was high as shit after getting my wisdom teeth out, and put up with me when I was angry.


We had the time of our lives. We first kissed on march 18th.


I don't know what the future holds, but I know what the past keeps. We were in love. We were very much in love. We had a bond that few people will understand and I hope everyone gets to feel it. Call it puppy love, but we were very mature about it. She didn't want a boyfriend, but I became hers.

I know that right now its hard to talk about, and hard to deal with, but Erin, please don't forget that I love you. Whatever the future holds, never forget that we were in love and remember how great it was.


South by South,
Wes