The first “real” date that led to forever.
The same day as the Polar Express train ride with my nephew, sister and mom, you can plainly see the exhaustion in my face, but I was so happy. I kept thinking this is it, this is forever, but I’m here trying not to jump into conclusions. He texted me that same morning we had left the club hours before. He said “Good morning, how are you feeling”. And I couldn’t believe that what I felt years before, were feelings I recognized in an instant. They never left. It’s like everything had been paused. And we pressed play. It was hours after hours, texting each other, talking on the phone, sending each other gifs and pictures of our normal activities, family, food and so much more. It was the late nights that ran into the morning hours and we couldn’t get enough of each other. Here I am trying so hard to push aside my inevitable feelings for this man and he was what seemed to be at ease the whole time.
He asked me on a real date. He’d always invite me somewhere, many times before, but I always said no, and he wanted this chance for real this time. I said yes this time. There were two days left before our real date and I couldn’t be more nervous than ever. I hadn’t been on a first date in so long, I almost forgot what it was like. Saturday arrived and he picked me up. He actually met my mom that night and they talked and it was really nice. We headed for the car and the drive didn’t seem long at all since he played the right music we’ve always jammed to and we talked all the way through. He has such a laid back personality and I'm pretty good with not showing my emotions, regardless of our fronts, the chemistry was insane. It’s like we never stopped talking.
It’s like the Friday night that had just passed, never ended, it seeped through our conversations and connected to this very evening. It’s like we never stopped seeing each other when we really didn’t see each other at all that week.
We arrived to the location and I had never been to the place before, but it was magical. I loved it the moment we parked. Through the hotel doors, there’s a lobby with a pool table, some sofas for lounging and through the second doors we pushed outward, there were forest-like trees that intertwined, surrounding you, as you walked passed the narrow hallway. There were neon lights that guided you to the other side of the place, closer to the sea. As we continued walking, you can see from the distance light bulbs hanging across the terrace and you can smell the ocean as you view the night sky over the waves that hit the bottom of the deck below us. With some wine in hand already, he ordered for me, we talked, we laughed, it was beautiful.
We then passed another corridor that led to hammocks and swings, a fireplace and modern statues. We sat on one of the hammocks and we talked some more. It was cold that evening, so we ended up sitting closer to one another as the night continued. We then left, hours later, tummies full and hearts content. He drove me back home and in the traffic light before my house, I took the chance and gave him our first kiss, ever. (Oh I’m bold! I just wanted to say thank you). It was perfect. I felt like I was walking on clouds as I went inside my house. I laid in bed and couldn’t believe the night we had. Why did it take me so long?
The next morning, he met the most important people in my life. After telling my mom what a night I had, she said to invite him to her birthday lunch that same day. He didn’t hesitate, he said he would go and there was no problem. He picked me up and we headed over to have lunch with my family. We don’t have any pictures from these days together, because we honestly spent those days together not worried about anything other than each other. But the days that followed, we’d go out for the next week and spend every single day together, the collection of pictures begin…
