All You Need Is Love!

First week of us being together :)

And now it has come to the story of my boyfriend, Edward Ricks and I!
I have known Edward for about a year. He lives in the Briarwood apartments. Last spring they would put on Disney movie nights and put it up in the parking lot on a projector. He liked to comment during the movie. A  lot. I found it very annoying. Ha. Anyways the months went on and we would have an occasional conversation. Then last Fall semester, the more I started to see him, I had a subtle feeling that I liked him :) Well the subtleties continued for the rest of the semester and into my off track. I would think about him on occasion, especially when I visited some of my girlfriends in the Winter and he and I talked for a while about his work and such.

So Spring of 2011 came and I would go to the same things he attended such as ultimate frisbee, walleyball, Disney movie night etc. One time after walleyball I saw the Beatles Tribute Band poster. I said, "That would be fun to go to." Edward said, "Yeah it would be." Me, "We should go." He, "Sure." So he bought the tickets and the night came. It was soooooo much fun! The tribute band was great! He even danced a little, even when he says he doesn't like to :) We then went and got some frozen yogurt and talked all the way back to my apartment.

Next date we made cookies for our hike to the palisades with a bunch of friends. Watched a movie, and held hands and cuddled :) It was so great! I absolutely couldn't stop smiling. Our hike to the palisades was very enjoyable. I just kept asking him questions about himself and visa versa. We didn't make it to the lakes because there was sooooo much snow! Still just being around him was enough for me.

Palisade Hike :)

The next time we had a date we...I can't remember what we were doing but we ended up at his apartment. "Stardust" was on and we were cuddling and the main girl from the movie was talking about love, she said,     

"You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate... It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves... You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and... What I'm trying to say, Tristan is... I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I'd know it for myself. My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange - no gifts. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine."

Edward then whispered in my ear and told me he loved me :D I didn't know what to say at first because I wasn't expecting to hear this AT ALL that night. Yet as I sat there looking at him, I could feel my heart beat faster and a smile growing inside of my soul. And so I said "I love you" back!

Now before you judge this wasn't the third time I was with him. We had been seeing each other almost every day. So there.

Us going to the 80s dance. So much fun!

The next movie we put in that night was "Better Off Dead". Such a funny movie. I wasn't paying too much attention to the show, because I just kept looking at him and he smiled back at me, held me and gave me hugs. Then as the movie went on , I really wanted to give him a kiss. Haha so I would start to lean in, the first time I did his eyes were pretty wide and he would turn. I would just laugh and keep "watching" the movie. Then the fourth time I did that he pulled me in and kissed me!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wasn't used to the feeling. No huge fireworks like I was used to, it was a calm, gentle feeling and I could feel goosebumps all over me...best first kiss....ever :)

He sat on me...hahahaha

 Ever since we have had a wonderful times together. We really like looking up at the stars, taking walks, and cuddling on the couch watching movies :) He is the best boyfriends I have ever had. Some days he won't even let me lift up a finger. We have had arguments, but after we have let our anger cool down, we are willing to each others sides.
 I LOVE MY EDWARD!