Melody Sofia Barillas- Ch 10-Getting my feet wet

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I am finally settled into my new apartment. Its great having my own space.

My brother Joshua came to see me with his new wife.  It was so great to see them together.  

I had made dinner for them.  Seeing them together made me miss being in a relationship.  Maybe it was time that I started dating again.

Joshua asked me if I was dating and I told him that I was thinking about it. I find it cute that he worries about his big sister.  I was just glad that he was happy with Ava.

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My cousin Audrina came to see me and convinced me to go downtown and see a cooking show.  Once I got there I wanted to join a contest so bad.  Audrina suggest I use one of the test kitchens and go for it.

So I did just that.  The cook was handsome and nice about letting me use his kitchen.
 
Audrina had left by this point.  I stood there nervously waiting for the judging to begin.  I got tired of waiting so I decided to mingle a little bit.
 
While talking to everyone this one guy caught my eye. His name is Wren Chen.  He was there because he says he likes to eat different cuisines. He even asked me out but I thought he was too bold. I negated the question and decided to go home for the night. I no longer cared if my food won a prize.

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I decided to go for my masters. I didnt have anything else to do so might as well get some more money.  I forgot how hard it was to go to school.  I did not miss all this studying and writing papers.

Guess that being in school made me be more social.  I met Corey Barnett.  We dating for a little bit.  He was younger than me but I figured he was good to get my feet back into the dating game.
 
No matter how hard I tried I just couldnt get the spark. I mean we had nothing in common. We decided to call it quits amicably. 
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One morning I was getting ready for work and I freaked out.  I looked out my window and saw my ex-husband staring at my building. I didnt know what he was doing there but I didnt want him to see me. I also didnt want to see him.  I really didnt want to see him.

Joshua came over. I told him about seeing Josh and he was freaked out. He asked me if I should call the police and report him. I didnt think that was necessary.  I mean he didnt knock at my house or anything. He just passed by.  However, Joshua made it a point to point out that Josh lives in Paradise cove not Viramontes any more.  I told him that we should just wait and see.

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I bumped into Wren and he would not take no for an answer.  I decided to finally give in and give him a chance. 

I never thought that we would hit it off so well.  We began dating and I am happy to say that we had a great time.

He asked me if I wanted to make it just he and I.  I wanted to make it just about us. 

We started to see each other every night. I havent felt alive in such a long time.

We decided to take it to the next level. It had been such a long time.  It felt good to feel so close to someone again. I just hoped that Wren felt the same.


after what felt like weeks seeing each other non stop we agreed that we should take a tiny break.  I meant things were going too fast.  We needed to slow down.  So we decided to take a breather.  I hope we can last a few days without each other.