So it's Saturday, soccer day and this is 2 weeks after I fell for Michelle. The afternoon was spent watching a DVD and with me, wimp that I am trying to come up with the courage to tell Michelle how I really felt. I kept holding off, why? My fear or looking stupid and ruining a friendship that was built so well over the last few months. Little did I know Michelle currently felt the same way and I won't lie to you Michelle, yes I seen your hand lying there but I was too big of a wimp to move my hand down to hold yours, we even made lots of eye contact which said everything but still I was a wimp to even say anything. Up we got and went to play soccer. That Saturday night Michelle was trying to get a few friends over but it never materialised....for the better this would turn out. We went back, had a few drinks and sat down to watch 'Gladiator' Movie had finished, seemed like time had slowed down then Michelle turned to me and told me how she felt. RELIEF.....this was the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders, I said the same thing back to Michelle and just like that, we were a couple.
We spent the whole spring together, never got bored of each other and loved each others company. Love....that part came so much quicker than expected but it was my true feelings towards Michelle, i truly felt that way. Everyone imagines the woman they wish to meet and be with, I can honestly say Michelle was the first girl I've ever met who ticked all my boxes which i thought were just fantasy....theres a reason I've been single for so long....waiting for that type of girl to come along into my life and it happened to be Michelle. Fate worked in our favour and something we still look back on to this day. Me getting changed from Eagle Mountain to Tooele, both of us signing up for soccer, being on the same team too, so many to go through but those are the main ones. We had a wonderful weekend away in Moab where i seen a shooting star and made a very special wish that day which would actually come true less than 2 months later. Then the time came, spring was over and summer was beginning, this meant I was away on my travels for summer camps. Leaving Michelle that Saturday morning pained me and we were both in a state, I think i cried all the way to Park City before i eventually stopped as i ran out of tears. It would be over 2 weeks till we saw each other again and throughout the first few weeks I would see her every weekend. Then came the week off for July 4th week, me and Michelle had so much planned for that week, her birthday was 1st July, Lagoon, RSL game, fireworks....it was already going to be a special week but I wanted this to be even more special.
Anyone who knows me knows I'm not traditional at all. I love Michelle and wanted to really show that by proposing to her, she was the only girl for me and I knew that. The weeks building up I kept contemplating what to do, what to say, how to say it. It was Sunday morning, 30th June. We woke up looking forward to the day but I was in a different mood which Michelle picked up on. She asked me what was wrong and me being me said 'nothing, all is good' thoughts were running through my head on proposing, when to do it, how to do it, but me being me, the non traditionalist just decided to just go ahead and say it.....in her bedroom of all places. Not the most flattering of places, most glamorous of places but I didn't want to be like everyone else and go all traditional, heck I never even had a ring yet. After 15-20 mins of mumbling (by this time Michelle had clicked on) I eventually got round to asking her.....my delight Michelle said yes. It was the happiest day of my life, who'd have thought 2013 would turn out this way for me or even Michelle?
We decided to keep it a secret and that week we had a wonderful week together, fancy hotel in SLC for her birthday, scorching hot day at Lagoon, watched RSL play, seen the 4th July parade (eventful) and the fireworks to top off an excellent week. That same week we hunted high and low for an engagement ring till we eventually found the perfect ring. I keep saying 'we' simply because WE found it, WE picked it out and WE were 100% happy with our choice, we did that together. After a few weeks of secretly wearing the engagement ring we decided to tell everyone, family and friends. Everyone was delighted for us and so happy for us it was superb. We have never been happier and the positive feedback we got from everyone we told. Everything was going superbly, everything was great, no problems, planned ahead for everything for the rest of the summer and fall....that is until a dreaded phone call came through less than 2 weeks later.
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