Part One

"So I don't want you to be stressed anymore." said the boy.

The girl didn't know what was about to happen or how life was about to change. She had years of broken hearts, unrequited longing and loneliness. Over the past two months her heart had opened again. She could talk, laugh and share things with the boy that she hadn't been able to in the past.

The boy wasn't her "type," he wasn't what she was looking for or expecting and that is why she started opening up. She felt comfortable with him and didn't view him as a threat. She was honest with him and completely herself. They both loved Jesus and served the Lord together.

Two months ago there was a talk, a three hour talk where both the boy and the girl wanted to know more about the other. A three hour talk that they each shared their lives with one another, they talked about where they had come from and how it led them to where they are now.

The next week they talked again for an hour and a half until the girl got scared that if she stayed longer that she would never want to leave. She knew that she liked the boy but couldn't allow herself to believe that maybe the boy might be interested in her.

The friendship between the boy and girl continued and they started relying on each other more in their service to the Lord. They also started communicating more through text message. The girl praying the whole time that God would take the feelings that she had away. Prayers that went unanswered.

The girl and boy planned an event together, working together seamlessly and having fun serving their guests and helping each other in the kitchen. After the event the boy started to spend more time complimenting the girl. She ignored the compliments but wondered, "Could he actually mean them? Does he actually feel like I do?"

The girl started to worry and stress out more than she should. She found her heart racing and was unable to eat or take care of herself very well due to stress. The boy took care of her the best that he could. She blamed it on the stress at work, but the boy knew. He knew she was stressed about him which a week later led to the sentence, "So I don't want you to be stressed anymore."