The next chapter in our story is the Summer of 1996. This was to be another summer spent with Irvine and his parents, but it turned out being my summer with Jamie under the moon.

I don’t know exactly how it happened but on a visit to Jamie’s house with Irvine I just didn’t go home. This was the beginning of us spending nearly every waking moment together and even some sleeping ones. The hours were spent listening to music, playing guitar, making pizzas, drinking coffee, watching bad British comedies, long walks and time star gazing. We talked about everything but could also easily spend time quietly together. I can still remember our first kiss… effortless.

The time seemed to blend as the days became weeks and I was nearing the end of my summer in Alva. The summer was the most romantic summer of my life and also the most painful to see come to an end. As corny as it was, we always looked at the huge Summer moon and said that we would be together if we looked at the moon… like it was our moon. Being a stupid teenager I made stupid mistakes and at the time I did not realize what I had been given that summer. That would come later…much later. x heather