Kevin was so confused. It had been four days since Lindsey had left him “the note.” He never thought that an innocent crush would come to mean so much to him and he never dreamed that it would cause such inner turmoil. Where did she come from? Out of nowhere his world had been turned upside down.
Now, besides Ann being angry with him, his father had noticed a change in his behavior. He had pulled him aside after the family came home from church on Sunday  and said that he wanted to have a little talk with his eldest son. This was never a good sign. Mr. White ran a tight ship and when one of his children was making waves he put a stop to it, immediately. But, how could he know? Kevin hadn’t told anyone what had been bothering him!
“What seems to be bothering you, son?”
“Nothing, Dad. I don’t know what you are talking about.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. I am sure.”
“Well, it just seems like you haven’t been your normal self lately. You come home after practice and eat dinner and then go to your room and study. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate your dedication to your school work and to football, but you used to come home from practice and talk our ears off. Then scamper off to Ann’s and you two would study and hang out. Or maybe she would even come over for dinner or you two would spend Saturdays together. Where was she yesterday?”
“Dad, I don’t know. I don’t have to spend every waking second with her. We are fine. We haven’t broken up or anything. Even if we did, why would that matter?”
“Son, our family has a reputation in this town and I just don’t want you to be causing any trouble, especially with the Wyatts. They have been our family friends for a long time and with an election year coming up…”
“Dad, stop. We haven’t broken up. We are still fine. I have not cost you any votes.”
With that Kevin stood up and stormed off. He could not believe his dad's nerve. Who does he think he is, an election year, are we kidding? As he walked up to his room, he could hear his father’s voice in his head, “Son, people look up to you. Don’t let them down,” and on and on and on exactly like that until he finally fell asleep on his bed.

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On Monday morning Lindsey went straight to her locker when she arrived at school and was surprised when she found a note folded and left inside. It was from Kevin, and she was shocked. She had not talked to Kevin since she had left him her note and really it had been since a couple days before that. She wanted so badly for everything to be ok. She wanted him to take her in his arms and give her a huge hug or even just squeeze her hand and tell her that it was all going to be alright. She wanted the reassurance. Even if they could not  be together she wanted him to tell her that they could always be friends.
She was hesitant to unfold it, scared to death of what it might say.
It started like this:
Lindsey,
You are one of my very best friends, and I feel honored to have you as a part of my life. I am not sure exactly what is going on in my life though. I am confused. I am so very confused. I wish that I could be as eloquent as you were in describing what exactly I am feeling and what it is that I am experiencing right now.
The note went on to tell Lindsey a beautiful story about the constellation, Pisces. Typhoeus was a giant that roamed the earth and one fatal day he appeared on Mt Olympus and startled all the gods and goddesses who lived there. In response to his arrival the gods and goddesses all transformed themselves into animals to escape his wrath. For example, Jupiter changed into a ram; Apollo transformed into a crow; and Diana took on the shape of a cat. Venus and her son Cupid were at the Euphrates River bathing when Typhoeus arrived and they changed themselves into fish and hid in the river to escape danger. Later Minerva immortalized the forms of the fish and placed them in the stars.
Kevin asked Lindsey if she would be his second fish and swim beside him in spirit as he escaped the things that plagued him. He wanted to just pretend it was all not happening but he had to face the facts and deal with it.  In his heart, though, he would be beside her.
The note ended by saying that Kevin wanted another star date as well, but for right now still needed just a little time to decide  how he was going to handle everything else in his life. He was in a tough spot, but he wanted her to trust him. He wanted her to know that he missed her too and that he was thinking about her.
It was beautiful. It was everything that she wanted to hear. She walked to her first class and felt as if she were floating on air. Maybe everything really would be ok.

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