Flat Top

Last night I went on the funnest date ever!  At 6:15, Kevin arrived to pick me up, and he was early.  It was funny because I went to change into shorts, and I could hear my parents asking him about his family and his prospects.  I remember specifically hearing him say "I'm hoping to become a lawyer" and I thought "Good boy, Kevin!"  Ha ha ha.  I really want to remember that time because he was so sweet and thoughtful.  He and I hiked up a peak called Flat Top. It's very popular.  As such, I thought it would be an easy hike.  No--it had mud and ice and snow and slippery gravel.  Some parts were extremely steep.  From the side of the mountain, you can see massive piles of snow leading down down down in the mountain's folds.  In those snowbeds you can see lines where people thought it would be fun to slide down.  It looked like a water slide.  Kevin told me we could go down that, that it was safe.  I told him he was crazy.  We climbed, and just about the time I was getting exhausted, it was time to rock climb to the top of the peak.  There, it was flat (hence the name Flat Top).  It was a fun climb.  Once we were there, I felt way less tense, like I wasn't walking sideways on the world.  Ha ha.  He surprised me,  oh boy did he surprise me!  He had made sushi, really good  sushi, and chocolate-covered strawberries. Finally, on our trek down, I decided I didn't want to climb.  We went down the snowslide.  Kevin went first, his hands and head preceding him.  I followed, often losing control and digging my heels to slow my speed.  When I got to the bottom, Kevin caught me, and I bowled him over.  I need to remember this because obviously, someone thought it was worth that trouble to make me happy. C: