How We Met

"If I knew what love is, it's because of you."

It all started in April 2018. I gave up on love a long time ago and every day I thought what was the point. Well it was my last month in College before Summer break and my friends convinced me to get Tinder. They helped me create my profile and we all looked through it ahaha. Then the guy I never thought would be my boyfriend today popped up and I swiped right. We matched.

April 27th was our first official day of meeting each other/first date. To this day I still laugh at how he asked me out on a date. "Want to hang out and see if we like each other or not?" Yes that is how he asked hahaha.

We both agreed to meet at the mall and immediately when I first started talking to him face to face I felt like myself and that I didn't have to put on a act. He grabbed us both a coffee and we walked around the mall getting to know each other. He tripped up the stairs and I still make fun of him about that too.

We talked about everything and anything we could think of. We felt so comfortable with each other. It was like we have known each other for years. When he asked me how I got here I told him I took the bus because I still don't have my driver's license. He said "I could have picked you up I feel bad that you took the bus." I just laughed and said "I wanted to play it safe I mean for all I know you could be a killer or something." We both laughed and he made sure to let me know he isn't and that I am perfectly safe.

We left the mall around 8pm and decided to go down to the waterfront downtown. He held my hand as we walked in the park by the lake and found a spot on the rocks. We sat down and just looked at the stars and watched the waves crash along the rocks. We talked about where we grew up. How he was born in Louisiana and moved here with his mom, brother, and sister when he was 16.

(He is 20 when I met him and turned 21 January 17th. I was 18 when we met and turned 19 August 11th while he was at Basic Training.) After talking about my family we both looked at each other and he asked me if he could kiss me. I blushed and nodded. He was my first kiss.

Later that night he drove me home and asked if he deserved a second date. I of course said yes.