Tell me a Love Story

[morrigirl]

Tell me about the person who you would say has been the love of your life up to this point. What were they like? How did you meet them? Why did you love them? Doesn't matter if you're currently married to the person or you broke up with them six years ago. If you're no longer together, why did you break up? Heck, it doesn't even matter if you never dated them at all, I just want to know about that one person who set your heart a-fluttering stronger than any other before or since.

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Part Two!

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All through college, we got away as often as we could to see each other. Spring breaks, Christmas Breaks, summer vacation visits. It was a 12 hour Greyhound trip to reach him at school, and I got to know it by heart. He proposed to me in the parking lot of the Exec apartments on campus, and I didn't hesitate. Natalie was on my shoulder, and she bit him on the nose. I considered it a blessing on the union. Being away from him was really hard, but we had sort of gotten used to it. We talked online every day, and made phone calls, and it was the next best thing to being there. It helped that we'd met on the internet, and it was a natural means of communication for us.

We got marrried the month after we both graduated college, on a warm and iffy day in July. It was a beautiful ceremony, full of family and friends, and anothe fabulous dress. When I looked up the aisle and saw him, my heart jumped in my chest, and I've never been so certain that I was doing the exactly right thing. We danced all night. It felt so good to hold him and realize that this time, neither of us would have to go away, back to separate schools and separate lives. It was a little awkward at first, learning to live together, learning to speak aloud. Sometimes things were really hard, and irritating, and sometimes we fought and pouted and got all passive-aggressive with each other.

But still, sometimes I'm standing in the grocery store, or in the kitchen at home, and he'll come into view, and my heart still gives that little leap just to see him. It's sappy, but I like it. And that's my very long love story. Ta-da!