Smelly Couch Memories.

My parents threw away the couch in my treehouse.

I gave them permission to do it.

I guess I didn't really think about it,

until I saw it in the driveway.

I knew I had to take a picture because this was a couch I wanted to remember.

A couch that held many precious memories of mine.

It held many precious memories for both of us.

On the night of May 22, 2007,

I sat here and he sat there.

I had my head on his shoulder and he held my hand.

He looked at me and said,

"Alanah, when people ask you,

I want you to be able to say you are my girlfriend."

That night I became his girlfriend.

While sitting in that couch.

I had no idea how important he would become in my life.

Exactly one week later, we were in the same spot.

Almost.

I sat here and he sat there.

We had been dating for a week and were crazy about each other.

Being around him made me nervous.

We were alone, and I wanted to kiss him.

But, I'm a pansy.

He made up a rhyme and went in to kiss me.

It was bad.

I was awful at it.

He was nice about it though.

That night I had my first kiss.

While sitting in that couch.

We've been through a lot since then.

Coming this far makes me remember the beginning.