We met in health class. I remember the first time I saw him......I thought he was so cute but I had no idea who he was--on a junior college campus so small you ususally saw someone at least once but I had never seen him before. He was friends with a guy in the class I was friends with. I listened when roll was called....his name was Todd. I thought I'd never talk to him, but the next class meeting he talked to me. Todd and I became friends. I sat with him and my friend in class and we always talked before class. I didn't really know anything about him though-- what he liked, if he had a girlfriend. So I settled for us to just be friends. Sometimes I would walk with him after class......I always tried to walk with him. I even remember the first time he touched me. I was sitting in front of him and it was so cold and I shivered. He reached up and touched my shoulders.

After the semester ended I saw him once. All my classes were away from where most everyone was. Then one Saturday night out of the blue he called me. He had called every phone number with my last name to find me. We talked.....I was sick that night and I knew he thought I was just making that up. After that night he didn't call again. So one day I got out of class early and made a special point to "accidently" run into him. We talked for a few minutes, and the next week he called me. It was the day after Valentine's Day......he asked me what I had gotten for the holiday. After I told him a present from my parents, he asked me out (being there was no boyfriend he now knew.) We talked for a really long time.

I felt so at ease with him on our first date. We talked about so many different things.....we could talk about anything with each other. When he took me home and came inside I thought he would never kiss me. But he did and we went out again twice the next week.

I told all my friends it wasn't anything serious. I was very closed off when it came to love because of a past relationship, and I was determined I wasn't going to get into anything serious. But the more time I spent with him the more I liked him and wanted to be with him. After about three weeks we became a couple, and we've been together ever since.

It's funny because I remember when I had a crush on him I use to imagine what we'd be like dating and it really is like that now. He's so sweet and we are so happy together. We're not just a couple in love, we're bestfriends-- we talk about everything. Sometimes things are romantic, but alot of the time we just talk and play and have a good time together. After the last serious relationship I was in I never thought I would find someone that I could be this happy with. I truly can see us spending the rest of our lives together.