Kendrick:

What I really wanted to say, however, was "I missed you. A lot." And my heart grew twice it's size that day.

Sooo I waited for my moment to come and tell her how I felt. In June 2016, she said she was quitting Nike and moving to Washington. As much as she joked about moving there forever, I took that seriously. Her last week of work, I asked her to get ice cream. She almost didn't believe me and nearly walked out the door before I could change out of my uniform. I caught up to her in the parking lot, drove way too fast on the freeway as we carpooled, and we talked nonstop for hours at Iceskimo until the place actually closed.

Her last day at Nike, I asked her if we could get dinner that evening, and our good friend Monica accompanied the journey. We went to our now favorite ramen spot, Raki Raki, and were seated at the bar. Monica purposely sat in the corner seat, observing a real life TV drama. We were the typical tv trope, two people unknowingly on a date, but clearly on a date to anyone with common sense.

After our date/not date, we dropped Monica off and during our car ride, I played a few love songs on the radio to work up the courage to tell Michelle how I felt. However, nerves got the best of me, I fumbled. I gave her a hug, told her to have a great trip, and drove home.

A few hours later, I'm at home asking her how the night went and made a joke how we should do a real date when she came back to San Diego.

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