(inspired by Stephanie, from Mama Drama)
He could tell you the exact date.
All I remember is I brought a winter coat.
He could probably tell you what day of the week and time it was too.
I just remember being overwhelmingly excited and exhausted.
Oh, and I was afraid I smelled.
We'd been 'talking' on the internet (and spending way too much money on phone bills) for about a year. He already had a plane ticket to come see me in Michigan, but the airline I'd flown on last had sent me a freebie since I'd been bumped, and I decided to spend the holiday weekend (What holiday? Damnit!) seeing Nova Scotia.
Some freebie - the free ticket only got me from Michigan to Boston, where I spent the night on a hard plastic chair in the airport, sharing the room (while not making eye contact) with a man dressed fully in motorcycle leather who had a bowling bag as his only luggage. The next connecting flight to Halifax wasn't until the morning. In the morning I did the best wash and dress I could in the cold restroom, and was off to get on the plane.
It wasn't until the land disappeared and the plane was over the Atlantic Ocean that I started to think that this may not have been the best idea. Oh, well, I comforted myself, I'm a big girl, and Dad lives eight hours away, and why am I torturing myself with this? Things will be fine.
The plane landed. My stomach tried to flip. I went through Customs, yanked open the door at the far end of the room, walked three steps,
and looked up into a pair of smiling sparkly hazel eyes and the biggest bunch of roses I'd ever seen.
Zing went the strings...and I just knew.
14 comments:
that's a lovely story!
Awwww, Jess... that's so sweet. :)
Kat
Excellent story. So romantic.
Sweet....I love hearing how couples met.
Cute! And very similar to my story with TCBIM.
That is so sweet! awwww..........
Oh Jess what a sweet story!
A lovely story. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
What a wonderful story!
And very similar to my story with R, too... only instead of flying to Canada, I went to Texas... much more of a foreign country.
Now you've inspired ME!! I LOVE your story, and I LOVE that song!!
Just for you, my dear:
*singing*
Dear when you smiled at me, I heard a mel-o-dy,
It haun-ted me from the staaaaart!
Some-thing inside of meee, star-ted a sym-pho-ny,
Zing! Went the strings of myyy heeaart!!!!
PS Does he have a kilt? Hee!
What a delicious story! I often ask my clients how they met their partners - it usually makes interesting listening, but they're not all as romantic as your story.
I love, love, love this story.
I love, love, love this story.
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