Our Love Story - I (The Beginning)

it was late 2003, i think, when i first saw him. my first impression, "he's tall". i didn't have a boyfriend that time. i was a member then of the NBSB club, short for "no boyfriend since birth". i was 20 years old. at that time, i was dreaming for another guy - and they are friends.

early 2004 when we became friends. he had a girlfriend. i still remember that he really loved her. it was no big deal, since i was eyeing another man, who happens to also have a crush on me. it wasn't just a hunch, he confessed. i waited and waited for him to court me, but he didn't.

i was surprised when sir told a close girl friend of mine that he's planning to court me. i knew he had a girlfriend. i found out they were falling out. august of 2004 when his intentions became public, but i didn't consider it official. i wanted him to ask for my parents' blessings, which he did october of that same year.

i was pressured ever since. all our common friends believe that we are a good pair. but my heart still belonged to someone else then. but i kept my doors open. i wanted to be honest right from the start, so i told him that although i like him - has sense of humor, and i feel safe when i'm with him - i can't say yet that i love him. i could have shattered him, but he said he's willing to wait. he knew who i was feeling for. i asked him if it's alright with him and he said yes. and then i told myself, it wouldn't be hard to love him. i know i could learn to love him. so i gave him a chance and gave him my "yes".

he was so happy; he wanted to shout. but i was not so excited about it. and that was early morning of december 29, 2004.