Part 11

Sorry I've been gone for soooo long!!! Life has been happening right in front of my eyes lately!







So.....Where were we????







That's right!







I was about to get into the special part of my story........





He left that evening with the guys to get ready for the start of a new week. The next day I couldn't stop thinking about him. I still had my concerns but I something kept drawing me towards him. I decided to text him to see how his day was going and to see if he was bored. He was a marine stuck in the barracks.....of course he was bored!lol





So I left it open for him to ask me out if he wanted to. He did and Aug. 25, 2006 was our very first date. He took me to a little Italian restaurant in town and it was great! We talked about everything. All of the things I was unsure of we figured out expect one! He decided to confuse me with feelings he might have still had for his ex-girlfriend. He told me that he would have to figure them out when he went home on leave. So now he wanted to play hard to get!! Game on! I know all about that game so it was on.





The week went on and we talked almost everyday and hung out a couple more times. That Friday he left for pre-deployment leave and I had no clue where that left us. I figured we would go back to being friends and I find someone else.





I promised I would call him every hour to keep him from falling asleep and every conversation he would bring up the "ex". It really started to bother me and by that night I was in tears with our best friend Matt over it. He finally told me I needed to just tell him how I felt and be completely honest with him.





So the next hour came around and I called him. He could tell something was bothering me and I told him that I was worried he was going to get back together with his ex-girlfriend. He reassured me that wasn't going to happen because he liked me sooo much and wanted to be with me and only me! I was so thrilled I couldn't bare it. I had the biggest smile on my face and I could hear it in his voice that he had one too.



He was going to be home for about two weeks......He told his mom all about me.....We talked every day and were just in our own little world..........I think we totally forgot that we was going to be leaving to go the sand box.



At just about our two week point we were on the phone saying sweet nothings to each when he kind of paused.....I could tell he wanted to say something but he was holding back. He said he really didn't want to do this over the phone but he couldn't hold back any longer.



I swallowed really hard and my heart started to race.....



"I love you"......Were the words I heard on the other end of phone!!!!!



"I love you too".....I was so thrilled he finally said them because I was dying to say the same thing but I promised myself I would never say it first.



He came back a few days later and I picked him up at the airport where he greeted me with our first kiss. It was so sweet. Very gentle.



Now the timer was started. We had about three weeks together before he left me for 7 months.



Those weeks were so special and we took advantage of every moment we had together. We spent our evenings watching movies and talking for hours and our weekends were spent going to the mall or at the beach. I couldn't believe I was actually "in love" again! It was so amazing.



I tried not to think about the upcoming event because my heart literally would stop. I couldn't imagine losing another man.



His date had changed two or three times in the last week before he left. On one hand it was relieving because I knew that meant I had more time but on the other hand it just meant I had to completely prepare myself all over again.



You would think only being together for one month it would be no biggie but for us we had already talked about "our" wedding and a life together after this "event". We had already committed ourselves to each other for life.



It was the night before and I just didn't know if I could do it.............