"You know how you're supposed to feel all tingly and romantic when
he says "I love you" to you the first time?
I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with you. "
Well, I didn't. I panicked.
We were in a room full of people, people who were my close friends - it
was a small party- but no one knew we had been dating for a while. The
secretiveness of it made everything more exciting somehow.
We were talking about a new dress I had been designing. Suddenly, out
of the blue, right in the middle of the conversation, he said with the greatest
ease, "Hey, I love you".
I just kind of got caught by surprise and then I got anxious. Panic
crashed onto the shore in waves and spread through my body in an instant. I
looked around frantically to check if anyone had overheard. I really hadn't
been expecting this!
No one was near enough to have overheard. "Whew!" went my
brain.
I turned back to him and smiled. "What a smart idiot this one was!
Springing it on me out of nowhere! Making sure no one was around", I
thought. He had chosen the moment
wisely. It also seemed that he had expected the panic and was waiting for my
reaction patiently. He grinned cheekily at me.
"I love you too", I whispered.
"You're so beautiful." he whispered back, staring straight
into my eyes and tucked a strand of hair behind my ears. And with that, the
goosebumps rushed in.
From those days of hushed and secretive "I love you"s in
rooms full of people to today when here we are here, standing at the altar, in
front of everyone, not one bit of the excitement has diminished.
I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with you. "
Well, I didn't. I panicked.
We were in a room full of people, people who were my close friends - it
was a small party- but no one knew we had been dating for a while. The
secretiveness of it made everything more exciting somehow.
We were talking about a new dress I had been designing. Suddenly, out
of the blue, right in the middle of the conversation, he said with the greatest
ease, "Hey, I love you".
I just kind of got caught by surprise and then I got anxious. Panic
crashed onto the shore in waves and spread through my body in an instant. I
looked around frantically to check if anyone had overheard. I really hadn't
been expecting this!
No one was near enough to have overheard. "Whew!" went my
brain.
I turned back to him and smiled. "What a smart idiot this one was!
Springing it on me out of nowhere! Making sure no one was around", I
thought. He had chosen the moment
wisely. It also seemed that he had expected the panic and was waiting for my
reaction patiently. He grinned cheekily at me.
"I love you too", I whispered.
"You're so beautiful." he whispered back, staring straight
into my eyes and tucked a strand of hair behind my ears. And with that, the
goosebumps rushed in.
From those days of hushed and secretive "I love you"s in
rooms full of people to today when here we are here, standing at the altar, in
front of everyone, not one bit of the excitement has diminished.
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