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When Hobert drove us back to the hotel, he let MariBeth out at the hotel and asked me to go with him to park the car. MariBeth acted a fool about it, of course.

Hobert and I sat in his car and talked for close to 20 minutes; about a lot of stuff, about a bunch of nothing, about silly stuff, about serious stuff.

We talked about the convocation. He had a lot to say about it, too...
"I think the convocations have gotten better each year that you have been coordinating the convocation. I think you are an asset to the GBF Fellowship and most definitely an asset to the Youth Ministry. I don't think you should quit the convocation. I don't want you to quit the convocation. It would be a travesty and a disservice to the Youth Ministry if you quit. I believe the convocations would go down if you quit. I may not be in the position to ask you to do this, but I am doing it. Nobody asked me to do this either. I have been watching when you were in your meetings. You are good at what you do. It's amazing to watch you do what you do. You seem happy when you are doing your thang. You can't quit right now. As far as ole girl that's always on your case, let me worry about her. You just do your thang and I will take care of her."

I listened to him closely. He was serious and sincere. He almost convinced me not to quit.

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Hobert walked me to my hotel room. MariBeth gave me an earful when I got to the room. After I told her what Hobert and I talked about she calmed down. She ended up agreeing with Hobert. She doesn't want me to quit either.

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I couldn't get out of meeting Hobert's pastor. After the meeting, I tried to get Eld. Hollings to drive MariBeth and I to the hotel, but he said that Hobert was going to drive us back to the hotel. Some lady had cornered MariBeth and was talking to her. I was left without any chance of escaping.

Hobert finally came and got me. He walked me to his pastor's office. I didn't even realize that his pastor had been in the meeting with us. Hobert introduced us and that was that. We spent over 40 minutes in the pastor's office. I am not even sure what was said while we were in there. I mostly listened as the two of them talked. Before we left the office, Eld. Jeffrey King asked, "Are you really going to quit after this convocation?" I didn't answer him.

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The meeting was good. Everyone brought the information that they needed to bring. Everyone was willing to work within the parameters that we had set up. It was so cool. I think Hobert had a little something to do with that, but I can't prove it.

The people had some excellent questions. One of the younger guys asked me, "Do you have any sisters as fine as you?" I laughed and said, "No, I have two brothers."

We had over 90 people sign up to be courtesy car drivers. That's great.

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We made it to Noble Valley. I spent most of the flight mad about my car. Hobert spent most of the flight quiet. MariBeth spent most of the flight trying to cheer the both of us up.

MariBeth and I checked into the hotel. I had time to change to go to the meeting with the courtesy drivers at Lighthouse Church. I was supposed to meet Hobert's pastor, but I wasn't really in the mood. I was hoping that I could get out of meeting him.

Eld. Hollings came and picked MariBeth and I up. I asked him why Hobert didn't come pick us up, but he never did tell me. I had planned on asking Hobert if I could meet his pastor some other time. Oh well, so much for that.

We got to the church at 7:00 PM. There were some ladies setting up for the meeting. They had cakes, cookies, and pies set up on a table. There were drinks on another table. It was an awesome spread. One of the ladies walked up to me and hugged me. She said, "You must be KiKi." I just looked at her. MariBeth said, "She doesn't have any home training. She is KiKi White and I am MariBeth Lewis. How are you doing?" The lady hugged MariBeth and said, "I'm fine. I am Sis. Strong. Glad to have you ladies here with us tonight." Sis. Strong went over to a group of ladies and started talking to them and pointing in MariBeth and my direction. MariBeth leaned over to me and said, "I wonder what they are saying about you." I just shook my head.

Someone came up behind me and said, "BOO!" I turned and it was Hobert. He was smiling. He grabbed me by the hand and started taking me around the room and introducing me to everyone in sight. I hope he wasn't expecting me to remember anyone's name. I think everyone that I was introduced to gave me a hug.

Thankfully, I didn't get to meet Hobert's pastor before the meeting. I wasn't in the mood.

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Last night, I let Hobert drive my car to the hotel. Well, someone keyed my car up and wrote on it with a permanent marker. I can't believe it. I am so upset. Hobert felt bad, too. I had to try to convince him that I wasn't mad at him. I got a pretty good idea who did it. This is a trip.

My father took the car to the shop to get it fixed. It will be waiting on me when I get back from vacation.

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I leave today to go to Noble Valley for two weeks. Well, MariBeth is going with me, too. Before we left Oxford, we all went to my parents' house for breakfast. My mother insisted. She said, "I won't be seeing my girls for a month. I need spend some time with you all before you all leave me here with all these men." My father talked to Hobert most of the morning. I couldn't even get 5 minutes with either of them. God grief.

When I did get Hobert away from my father, I took him up to the attic to show him my old play chest. I used to play dress up a lot when I was younger. I used to make my brother's play with me, too. I looked through the chest. I can't believe that my mother has kept that thang all these years. We tried on the outfits for awhile. He actually looked handsome in one of my father's old hats that I had in the chest.

Quick Confession

I have been suppressing my feelings for Hobert. Every time, I felt something, I would brush it out of my mind. I don't want to be ready to feel what I felt for that nut (my EX). On Saturday, my Aunt-T told me to quit being scared to feel something for men. She also asked me how long I was going to let one idiot ruin the rest of my life. I told myself that I wasn't going to be scared anymore.

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I watched Hobert try to imitate my father as he tried on the outfits from my play chest. He was funny, but he couldn't imitate my father as good as MariBeth could. I just stared at Hobert and let myself feel something for him. It caught me off guard because I felt something. I didn't even try to stop it. I just let myself feel. Before I realized what was happening, tears were coming from my eyes. When Hobert realized I was crying, he came over to me and hugged me. I lay in his arms and cried for awhile. He never asked me why I was crying. That was fine with me, too. I didn't want to try to explain it to him.

This is going to be okay.

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