A girl grows up to finally be with her childhood hero.
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The first time I met Vanessa I was in the 8th grade. It was May and we were all looking forward to summer break and talking about what high school would be like. All we 8th graders were going to the high school for an orientation. When we got there we were broken into 10 groups of 12 and each group of 12 was hosted by a graduating senior.
She was the senior assigned to our group. You would think I would have first noticed how pretty she was, but that wasn't it. It was how she stood, and how well she spoke. 12 unruly 8th graders all stopped to listen to her when she spoke. She just commanded all our attention. We listened raptly to everything she told us as we toured the school.
We passed other groups. None of the
