Introducing Hat Girl

Sorry, everyone.  I meant to write this post much sooner, but after the wedding (see my last post), event ended up spiraling a bit out of control, and the blog got put on standby.  All will be explained in time.

I originally met Hat Girl at Kingdom Bound (a Christian music festival I often attended in the summer) when I was in my late teens.  She was very quiet, and sort of plain looking, yet attractive in a certain way.  For whatever reason, she had something of a crush on me.  It seemed like most of the time, she ended up being in the same group as me, and since she was so quiet, I usually never noticed until she was standing right next to me.  Over those few days, she developed a habit of stealing my hat.  I got annoyed at first, and tried to get it back, but she was always a little too quick for me, or would take it back as soon as it was back on my head.  Eventually, I gave up and let her keep it until we had to go back home.  We never really interacted much beyond that sort of thing, but it seems that enough of a connection was made that we remembered each other because of it.

Flash forward to the wedding:  Hat Girl was a bridesmaid at the wedding.  Unfortunately, not knowing many people at the wedding made her a bit depressed and shy.  I noticed this, and took the time to talk to her and encouraged her to be more social.  Later that night, during the dancing, I found her sitting alone, looking rather sad.  We talked about life, and how our situations (being single) were very similar, and how feeling sad never really solves anything.  As I mentioned before, she wanted to dance with me, but since no slow songs were played, we never got that chance.  I gave her a little hug before I returned to my table, and it seemed to cheer her up.  The gears in my brain were starting to turn, but the moment that really started things happening was this:  the DJ played a Kings of Leon song (it was an odd dubstep version, I didn't much care for, but I digress) that I was very familiar with.  I was quietly singing along, and I looked across the room to see that Hat Girl was singing just like I was, her eyes focused far away on some secret thought in her heart.  A connection was made then, and soon, the complications would begin...