They Say Timing is Everything

*To get the full effect of this post, I would suggest that you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and click on the song "You Got Me" by Colbie Caillat. It's number 2.*

There are certain people in your life; people that mean more to you than you may realize at that time.  Some of them are your best friends and then fade to just old acquaintances.  Some start as your enemies and then become the one person you can truly confide in. And with others ... they are that one person that makes your heart forget its purpose as the sole life-giving organ, and have it doing flips and turns all over the place.

As high school sweethearts you flirt and, as a teenage girl, talk your friends' ears off about him. But, as almost all high school relationships do (except for my parents, but that's a story straight from a Hollywood film, lucky folks), something goes wrong.  A new boy comes to school who just so happens to have a nice caboose, your friend hears a rumor about the boy you're dating and you end it, or things just slowly fade. The exciting feelings of twitterpation dissipate into feelings of mere friendship.

Lives go on, and so does time. Relationships come and go and more and more people come into your life. Some with meaning, some without; some with meaning for a just short slice of time. With the passing of time you and some of your past flames may be reunited; some with the right timing, but for most, it is without. Heartbreak, chocolate, and some good Adam Sandler movies help you move on. You go on dates that might not end well, you find new interests that don't work out... and some relationships end after years of effort.

Then there is that one person who seems to come into your life at exactly the wrong time. Reluctantly, you accept their invitation for a first date. First impression? He's just a nice guy, a little goofy, but a nice guy all in all. But on that date, you discover a friend. A friend you trust and can be yourself with from the beginning.  You aren't convinced that there is anything between the two of you... but, he's persistent. And funny, and cute, and quickly becoming your best friend. Then there's that moment. Where you act without conscious thinking, and you can practically see the words, "Yes, I'll be your girlfriend" as they come out of your mouth. It's like somebody pressed the print button and it was only your rough draft. You go to English class, and surprisingly you received an A+. Now, that was a long metaphor, but I'm hoping you get what I'm trying to say.

You say things and do things without knowing why;  you act upon unconscious motivations. But for some reason it feels right.  Events unfold, and things have turned out beautifully. That one person who seemed to come at exactly the wrong moment turned out to be the one person who came at just the right time.

For me and my story, well... I just told it. He is that one person who makes my heart forget its purpose as the sole life-giving organ and do flips just at the sight of him.

He came at what seemed to me to be exactly the wrong time.  But you know what they say, timing is everything.