In Search of The Light...

So my story with Kristina begins about the same way everyone else's does. Here's this attractive girl that intimidates the piss out of everyone! Since everyone is trying to get with her, I do the fat guy thing and just let it go. My first encounter with her was in my intro. to music reading class. Half way through the semester I was more open with jokes and she would join in with me and some others. That spring I pledged Phi Mu Alpha while she pledged Sigma Alpha Iota. Now Kristina is one of those girls that gets along with guys better than girls, so most of the people she hung out with were in Phi Mu Alpha. This of course led to trouble...guys get jealous, and, well, when we look back at it now Kristina was a little "too friendly" with some of the brothers and pledges. I didn't have any classes with Kristina this semester and the only thing I knew about her was that she had played my good friend Jon. She cheated on Moose with Jon, and then left Jon for his roommate Joe (Rico).

Now we come to our second year at Morehead. When we got back Kristina had started dating our brother Matt Smith while they were on tour with the drum corps. Sounthwind. This was an odd relationship from the outside looking in. The way everyone saw it at times was it looked like Kristina was doing everything she could to make Matt happy, and he just didn't care. I had Music Reading II with Kristina this year and we started to become friends here. We would cut up in class and I would always get on to her and Moose for skipping class. Also Chris and I started what we called "ADUC Days". Where we would go up to ADUC student center and eat lunch to get a different taste of things. We started a following and Kristina was one that joined us, so we got more close. The semester went on and we had some great laughs but I never thought of dating her. We were cramming for our Music Lit. final in my room with her and Chris and some others, and I made the comment that I didn't think I could date Kristina because she acted too much like my family...kind of wish I had taken my own advice.

Now, to quote Moose, on the juicy stuff. After we got back from Christmas break I was walking around Barid and I heard a trumpet practicing (hehe a bad trumpet player). I look through the window and it's Kristina. I walk in and we start talking and she gives me this spill on how she thinks Matt is going to break up with her soon and she doesn't know what she'll do. She notices my cell phone and we exchange numbers and then I left. The semester is going on, and all of a sudden her and Matt start having these arguments...I mean it was like Heaven vs. Hell they were so bad. Matt finally called the relationship off, but Kristina couldn't deal with that and kept fighting. I felt bad bad for her, and I was trying to be a friend and help out...and that of course is how it started. I saw her down one day, so I invited her to go with us to eat off campus and get away from the stress. Well the first time we tried this Matt saw us going and sent her a text message just to get her started, so we drove around to his dorm to invite him to come with us. They argued and by the time they were done we didn't have any time to eat. So we had to take a raincheck. The next chance we had to go out and eat I had a car load. My big, Shawn Denny, Chris Paul, and Kristina. After we ate we decided to drive around and play the "car game" you know Punch Bug, Ram!, Backhand Van, ect. Well, Kristina had a blast doing so, and my shoulders can tell you how excited she got when she saw a car, geesss! Anyway, we get back to campus and go to our rooms. I get up to my room and I start talking to Kristina on AIM. Then out of the blue she ask me what I'm doing Friday, and if I'd like to go see the movie Cold River. What she didn't know was I was leaving with the tuba/euph. studio to Washington D.C. for a conference and not getting back till Sunday. When I told her that, she got ticked and wanted to know why no one told her. She calmed down and then I had to start packing, and she had to go talk with Matt. Well, as I finish packing someone knocks at our door and it's Kristina. She and Matt got in another argument, and as she was walking by Barid Ross Morgan started talking to her to see what was wrong. Once she finished he said you should come to D.C. with us. Well, she was hesitant at first but Ross said he'd pay for her and she was in. She was excited and the next thing I knew we were all on our way to Washington D.C. ...where my life would never be the same again...