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How did you meet and start your relationship?

We met on May 28th, 2005. I was at the movies with my cousins, Adriana and Teresa, because Adriana (?) had her 9th grade graduation that morning. Victor was one of Adriana’s classmates and he was also at the movies, as well as many other graduates. I sat with Teresa at the movie, after arriving late, and didn’t see any of Adriana’s friends. Adriana looked for her classmates and sat with them obviously. Once the movie was over we started to walk around the mall and it was there that I saw him. I remember I was sitting on a bench with my cousin and one of her friends. He was standing in front of us and a few other guys were as well. I remember him teasing about us not being able to not laugh, and effectively we couldn’t. I barely exchanged words with him that night but what I did learn was that he was going to my school the following semester. Perfect!

I remember that summer a friend of mine asked me if I knew if anyone was going to our school, and of course I mentioned him, saying he seemed nice and funny.

August came along and there he was. At the time, I liked a boy and he liked Adriana. My cousin. So…being Adriana was his friend she told me to tell him something on her behalf and so I did. When he asked me to tell her something back I told him I wasn’t anyone’s messenger, but I did. Soon after, we began spending time with eachother at school. He’d talk about Adriana and I’d talk about my crush and we’d also talk about random stuff. In just a short amount of time, we were already calling eachother best friends.

While everyone in school teased me saying we were being more than friends, my crush was hearing the rumors as well. I started to trade the time I spent with him with time with Victor and was enjoying myself a lot more. One day we even sang together I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith, and because of this it became “our song”. I was still negligent of my feelings toward him. We planned to go to the movies, my two cousins and myself, and him and his cousin. We saw The Exorcism of Emily Rose (great movie choice, huh?). Seat arrangement was: his cousin, him, Adriana, empty seat, Teresa, Me. I heard him talking to Adriana but he occasionally commented something to me, mainly directed at the fact that I was laughing throughout most of the movie. When the movie was over and we were walking out of the movie theater he put his hands on my shoulders and at that exact moment I realized, this if how it’s supposed to be. After stepping out we all said our goodbyes and left. And in case you were wondering….yes, I was jealous the whole evening.

We talked at school and online still hanging on to the “we’re just friends” thing for a while. But shortly after he gathered the courage to tell me he liked me. When he did…second before getting picked up by my grandfather, I thought he was joking and laughed in his face and said goodbye, got in my car and left. He didn’t speak to me that whole weekend. Or on Monday. When he did talk to me again, I sincerely don’t remember when exactly it was that I realize that, not only was he not joking, but that I felt the same way as well. We were officially “together” on October 3rd, 2005. A lot happened in just two-three months, right?

Oh, and by the way; we’re getting married