Chapter Two. . . . ..I Love You

I love you, three simple words that can make the biggest impact on a person’s life. For me, these three words came on September 28, 2012. Now I know that might seem awfully quick, but with him, it just felt right. I don't think I'll ever be able to forget how it happened, or how it made me feel. I never know where to start; do I start with how I felt? Do I start with how it happened? Ah it's all just too much! Okay okay, take a step back .. . ..I should start by saying that, as crazy as it might seem, I fell in-love with him the first day we met. (I mean how could I not, he was an amazing man and he showed me one hell of a first date! Just kidding it was more than just the first date that did it!) I was just really afraid to say anything to him, you know the whole fear of rejection thing? But I knew it my heart that I was easily falling in-love with this man and that there was no turning back!

How It Happened: It was a Wednesday night, for those of you who follow me on livejournal/twitter/facebook, you know that Wednesday nights is Tony's bowling night. Since we've started dating, I've gone with him to pretty much every bowling night there is, his teammates call me their mascot. I don't honestly remember why, but on that particular night I wasn't going to be going to bowling with him, but we did hang out together before bowling. That's when it happened, sitting there in the parking lot of an old bowling alley in my car! I know that's not ideally the place you'd want it to happen, for him, for us, that just fits. We had already grabbed a bite to eat and we were just hanging out in the parking lot waiting for him to have to go in. I was in the process of telling him "No don't go in, I'll miss you" when he turned to me and said "baby, don't be sad, I have to go...but guess what?" Of course my response was "what" here I'm thinking that he's going to tell me you'll see me again on Friday, or we have all weekend together. Boy was I wrong, instead he turned around and said "I love you." I think he got nervous because I was in such a state of shock, I mean the guy I love just told me he loves me, and I wasn't' expecting it, that I didn't say anything back right away. His actual next words were "Um, do you love me?" I was like AH!! Oh my god! Yes! I love you too! I'm so sorry! Talk about feeling like a loser! It was honestly one of the best moments of our relationship.