Well, hope everyone will spare me a moment to get super sappy.
Today is Stephen’s and mine one year anniversary. It’s kind of funny to think of the events leading up to this wonderful relationship. Around Halloween is when I first started to see him more than just one of my guy friends that I hung out with. but at the same time, I didn’t want to lose him as a friend. So for two months, I hid my feelings (very badly). Around Christmas time, his best friend and I were talking and he started talking about how Stephen actually really liked me. Of course I was ecstatic to know that he was scared of the same thing. We had been very close and just been getting closer.
He was just such a sweet guy and always made me laugh. His friend had told me that he was planning on making a move sometime soon. Then my Christmas party happened. It was a lot of fun with all of our friends but really I just remember focusing on him. He gave me a Misfits shirt that said ” Will you be my fiend?” and yes, I wanted to. But that passed and no move yet.
I had just started to think we’d only be friends and I’d have to kill off my feelings then New Year’s rolled around. We made plans with another of my friends (female, not male) to go out and do something. We went to eat at Stephen’s and mine favorite restaurant; a Mexican place called El Sombaros with the best queso ever (swear on my life). We all ate and had a merry time. Afterwards, we went to go see Black Swan. I went inn thinking it was going to be a crummy ballerina movie but nope, got my socks blown off. Mila Kunis is very very attractive in that movie and so is Natile Portman. Anyways, back to the story, getting out of the movie it was 12 exactly. Midnight on New Years and no kiss again, just like every year. We said goodbye to my friend and made the trek home.
On the way back home, we were just talking and I got into some dark things that prey on the back of my mind and started crying. That’s when Stephen grabbed my hand and just held it. That alone made me feel better and nervous excitement started to get the best of me. He was holding my hand! Whether out of pure comfort or he really wanted to, he was holding it.
Back at my house, he stopped me before I went it. He went to the back of his car and grabbed some huge sparklers and started poking them in the ground. He gave me one then and we lit them all. Watching them slowly burn out was beautiful but the thing that was really amazing was when he wrapped one arm around me (to keep me warm of course). A wave of just pure bliss came over me. I looked up and he was looking down at me. Then we just kissed. Sitting there in the burning out glow of sparklers, we kissed. To this day we still argue over who kissed who first. I still say I went 3/4 of the way but he says it was 50/50. However it happened, it happened.
And here we are still today even happier than we started. There have been good and bad times but it has all been just breathtaking. And I’m really glad that it hasn’t been one of those cliche relationships where it’s all mushy, “I love you and it’s only been a week”. It’s all being taken in stride and where this road takes us we will see. I’m happy to just have someone that cares about me as much as he does.
Well, Happy New Years everyone! If you made it this far, thanks for reading my bullshit and terrible writing skills. I hope everyone has remained safe these holidays. <3
