Hannah & Blaine

this is one of a series of posts. they are posted in chronological order, so if you missed any, please go down to the earliest one that you missed. feel free to comment on any of these posts, as I am checking them all and not just the latest for comments. the first in this series is entitled "vacation stories." thank you.

On Sunday after morning church, Dad, Benjamin, Anna, Micah, Grace'm, and Abel started homeward bound. That left Mom, Grace, and I to have some fun! So that evening we decided to take a visit to the Six Flags over Dallas. Grace, having been an employee six flags for a time, got herself and Mom in for free, leaving me with a $40 option to join them. I don't remember if I ever paid her back actually, but I did join them. Six Flags is pretty cool on a Sunday afternoon in the fall in less than perfect weather: short lines. We were having a good time and decided to chill at a fifties diner style food place for burgers and chili fries. That's where we met Blaine: a skinny, brown haired kid with a slight confused/perplexed look on his face. Probably 12 or so, he appeared fidgity by nature, never really standing still, and rapidly looking around at the menu, counting his money, looking outside. Standing next to Grace in line, he mentioned a dilemma he had, only having a couple dollars which could buy him pretty much nothing there. So he left and sat on a bench outside with a girl approximately his age. Grace, being the caring and observant person that I am not, decided to buy some chili and cheese fries for him (and the girl if they were together). The girl was Hannah, his cousin. They were very excited at the gesture; almost because it was because we cared and not so much because they were hungry. They were actually alone together at the park, being dropped off by someone. They seemed like they just wanted someone else's attention and company besides each others. So we spent the rest of the night hanging out with them. They were both extremely funny: Blaine was witty, and with a slightly slowed speech made it hilarious; and Hannah had a sensible, level headed character, which would contradict itself by randomly throwing out straight faced teasing to Blaine (and us eventually). What was cool is the mix of the group: we were there being older wanted to act like kids; they were there alone, needing to act more like adults. We were pretty much on the same level of each other, just from different directions. It was a good time, and we left that day glad that we had met.