I first met Alissa and almost immediately developed a crush on her. She had long, dark wavy hair that went perfectly with her tan olive skin. She also had fun personality which matched up with her great laugh and smile, there wasn't much not to like about Alissa.
My memory of Alissa is one of the more embarrassing stories I'm going to share on here because it's one of those moments where I look back and thing, "Andrew...you IDIOT." I think it was in like eighth or ninth grade and I was at my buddy Nick's house with a group of kids after football practice or something. I'm not exactly sure if it was after a game or a summer practice, that's irrelevant, all I remember is that I was talking to Alissa and somehow brought up how sore I was from practice. She offered to give me a massage, and I said "Thanks, but you don't have to do that, I'll live." I remember nothing else from that night other than me turning down a massage from a girl who I had a massive crush on...except that I'M AN IDIOT.
The most recent time I saw Alissa was when I was at an MSU football game sitting with some of my buddies in the non-student section and Alissa was walking up the stairs to her seat with her friend Allesandra. I saw her walking up, gave her a big hug, and said a quick hello but unfortunately didn't have to chance to catch up about anything. So honestly I have no idea what Alissa is up to these days, but she looked as good as ever so I hope the rest of her life is doing as lovely as her looks are. I hope to see her again because it would be great to catch up and get to know the woman she has become in the last four plus years because I'm sure she's a great one to know.
Cheers,
Andrew
