A Night Under the Stars...Well Sort Of

So today's topic is: Loved This Date-Best Date Ever

 

 

Let me begin with a little backstory...

It's important to know, because it goes along with the "best" date ever.

It was March 2009. I met this guy named "A" through my friend, Dave from work. We dated briefly. Around the end of April, we broke up. Two days after my birthday to be exact. It would have been sooner, but he wanted to wait, until after my birthday. I really hated my job doing tech support for Apple (I worked out an outsource company that did Apple support, not 'Apple' themselves). I started training for a new job at a financial firm.

This was around June 2009. I got a Facebook message from "A"'s friend, "H" to come hang out with him and some friends. When "A" and I dated, we hung out with him a few times. I didn't message "H" back, since I was busy with studying for my tests for the new job, training for the job, and the current job I had. I usually get back to people, but for some reason I didn't. About a month later, I got a text message from him again saying to come hang out. I had quit the job with the financial firm. It wasn't what all it was cracked up to be. I had went back to full-time with my tech support job. I decided to hang out with him. I wasn't sure where his friends lived, so I had him pick me up. This was the night I met my now hubby-David.

David and I instantly bonded. We talked to each other the entire time I was there. He worked a similar job that I currently had at the time. We all three stayed in that night, but the next night we all went out. I really liked this guy, and wanted to get to know him better. Later, I checked my Facebook, and I saw I got a friend request and a wall post from him. If he hadn't added me first, I would have...in about three days. About a week or so later, we started hanging out. It would have been earlier, but the weekend after we started hanging out, he had drill.

We had the best time with each other. We got along really well and was always laughing. I really wanted to be more, but I really didn't know if he wanted to or not. After about two weeks of hanging out, we had to cut one of our dates short. His grandmother that lives here had a heart attack. Around the end of July, we were together and received a call that his grandmother that is in California had passed away. (He is originally from California-the Los Angeles area). After he was back from LA, he was back here for maybe two or three days.

After that, he was leaving for two weeks to go to AT (Annual Training) at Fort Knox.

 By this time, I really didn't know where we stood. He didn't either. We hadn't even kissed. Now, we have been out about eight times. I felt so comfortable around him, but by the end of the night, I became nervous. David is the only guy that made me feel that way. He is the first guy to make me nervous. Just thinking about kissing him, just made me overwhelmed.

I kept dropping subtle hints, but he was picking up on them. I, even had him help change my tire. He went ahead and did it, but was sure that I had put him in the "friend" zone. Little did he know...

For the two weeks he was gone to AT seemed to go by so slow. I really wanted to kiss him. I just hope I hadn't missed my chance. I talked to John, which is my best friend, nonstop about this. He told me that I should go ahead and do it as soon as he gets back. He also said that I shouldn't wait any longer. Needless to say, when he got back, I didn't kiss him. I chickened out again. Every time he would hug me, I knew I should look at him. Instead, I just buried my face in his jacket. I was beginning to think, and even before this moment, maybe he is trying to kiss me, but I am blocking him. I felt defeated once again. I thought of ways to kiss him 'cause I just couldn't just do it. I was kind of discouraged, since I only got to see him for 2 1/2 hours. He had been gone for two weeks! I had missed him so much. 




Onto to the best date ever...

That weekend, David said he would be at my place at 2pm. I thought this was kind of early. I was sure he was planning on getting rid of me and cutting her date short. Before he left for AT, we stayed up until 7am. I thought maybe our date would end early. I had no idea what was in store for that day. We started on the motorcycle and drove towards our destination. (I didn't know where at the time). I didn't dare ask what we were doing or where we were going. I figured I would see where we would end up. We ended up at the Planetarium at a nearby university.

 When he was AT, we texted on and off. One particular night that we were texting, was when there was a meteor shower. I was currently in my hometown for some reason. I had a cold and was laying in bed. (I'm allergic to it!). I missed the meteor shower. I was telling him that I really haven't seen a meteor shower before.  

Now back to the planetarium...He told me that he remembered me saying that I never seen a meteor shower. He said, since he couldn't make one happen that he figured he would take me to the planetarium. I was speechless. I knew from this day forward that this guy was different. This was one of the good guys.

I figured this would be the day we would kiss (By the way, we had already been going out/hanging out/whatever you want to call it for 1.5 months). It would just have to be. I felt it in the air. He finally put his hand around my back when we were walking. While we were inside the planetarium, we were sitting really close. I had to be more obvious. We were really hungry, so we decided to stay and eat at a restaurant nearby. After we got back to where we live, we went to his new apartment. We hung out there for awhile and then went to a movie. We watched 'The Time Traveler's Wife.' We came back to my place. I thought at any moment, he would get up and leave and go back to his place. I became nervous just thinking about it. Instead, we stayed up all night and all day Sunday. We were together, and wide awake, from Saturday 2pm to Sunday 10pm. No, we didn't sleep together. Get your mind out of the gutter. Around 6:30am on Sunday, I could tell he was getting sleepy. He had he arm around me at this moment. He looked at me, and I looked at him. That's when it happened...we finally kissed. 



Now, we all know how that turned up. We are now celebrating almost eight months of marriage.