journaling this bc its BIG news and im already forgetting most of it a day later. i went out and partied w my cousin on her boat for the 4th of july and had my first kiss!! we started drinking at noon and after finishing one drink we went to find her guy friends boat. his boy had just recently added me on snap and followed on insta after swiping up on my cousins story of me but never hit me up. we went through the water on a far search for the boys boat (this is during the corona virus pandemic and holy hell wtf literally there were thousands of boats and tens of thouands of people, mostly all avid trump supporters (obvi, and gross!!) but also seeing that many people was shocking to me and yet so exciting bc ive been cautious and not been around many people and i just missed the possibility of so much potential drama) and we had almost given up before spotting them on our way back to her boat. i see the boy who added me while still in the water, my cousin was already talking to him on the boat (i assume about me) and he called out my name, then gave a little wave and smile. im not sure how long he watched me but i hope not long bc i prob looked very stupid trying to get on the boat and had already slipped and fell on multiple boats. my cousins and i went off and met/mingled with a few people before i sat on the empty drivers seat/two person couch while talking to my cousin. i didnt think we had been on the boat that long but my cousin had already complained to me that he was being fuckin weird for not coming over and talking to me and that she thought the reason was bc he was scared id reject him bc hes self consious. anyway, so sitting on the chair the boy then came over and sat next to me, though he, as a person, is timid. im not sure at what point but my cousin pulled him aside a few times to tell him to go for it w me (i think it was before he came over to me bc we had already asked for and recieved another drink from his cooler). i was very drunk (white claws and jello shots, u kno) so i dont remember much of my conversations but i know that at least the three of us were having a convo and it felt a little awkward bc i could tell he wanted to try to touch me (like arm around the shoulder and other innocent touch) and he was def giving me insane eye contact but after a while he left and i didnt know when hed be back. it was just a min tho (my drunk ass) and he was right behind me the whole time. he came back w another drink for me as i was finishing another and i was like omg for me???? thank you so much!! again im not 100% sure of the order of events to this story but then i believe my cousin then told me i had mascara on my eyelid (not sure if i actually did or if it was just a clever plan of hers) and i wiped it once before i asked if i got it and she told us to have him get it. i looked at him and was like did i get it? and he just said “you look as beautiful as ever” and i was just like ppftttt thank you (mind you this is also the first time weve seen/met each other so i was confused bc?? i felt like that was the first time he saw me so he didnt have much to compare it to but also super sweet bc then i felt like he thought i couldnt ever look bad) but then i was like?? did i get it tho?? we had more conversation and he started to touch me (i think??) a little and he put his arm around me and like complimented and marked his territory of me through the convo and touch. i completely forget the convos but eventually my cousin left us and we were just sitting there bein kinda flirty and he tells me (this i think is a little weird bc my cousin and him were talking at one point and she still kinda has a thing for him and i feel like by one of the compliments he gave me was also kinda putting her down?? i think shes super pretty tho and i dont think he meant it in a mean way). im not sure if its bc he was drunk or nervous but he told me that whenever my cousin would post me hed been sliding up and bein like “thats my girl” and then (this is the compliment i was talking about, though i dont remember the exact wording)