I often wondered if love was really, real. Everyone said, "True love, or love at first sight", but I was fading away from these sayings. It was coming clearer and clearer to me that it wasn't real and it was all just a lie. Sometimes when I was alone by myself I would wonder would I ever actually find true love, until now.
It was a freezing cold day in winter time, December the 8th exactly. Everyone was so busy trying to get Christmas presents and surprises bought and ready. I was just alone trying to get work finished and trying to finish my book. I was writing about love and how you know when you have found the one, 'Mr Right'..! I had just about finished it but it just needed a bit of tweaking. Back then I was trying to find the inner me and what I really wanted. Really I felt just content on my own, sometimes I felt lonely I suppose but I could never really change that feeling inside. Any man I had ever been with I still felt lonely because they weren't the one. Sometimes guys made me feel quite uncomfortable, talking about their 'ex's' and how being with me was really just a rebound perhaps this just made them feel better but, in a way it made me feel worse.
I went to Starbucks by myself, again, drinking a warm and cosy coffee. I was just walking when I accidentally fell on the path walking to my apartment. I only realised that I fell into this really cute guy. I was just like "OMG I am so sorry, I really didn't mean to do that, It was my fault!" I then helped him up, obviously. He said that it was fine, really. We just started to laugh. It was just so funny. We then started to chat a bit more and I found out that his name was 'Rick' and he was from NY. He lived just a couple of blocks away from me. I think I recognised him he definitely looked familiar. He was single as well and then he give me his phone number. Then I started to blush.
When I came home I was really happy, he was different he felt like the one but I couldn't get my hopes up yet. We hadn't even went on a date yet! I rang him every night for a couple of weeks then we kind of got to know each other inside out. The next night we were on the phone talking when he asked me out on a date and I said yes, I was so contented. I loved that night it was so special in it's own ways.
After about a year and a half we were now a couple. I really felt like I was actually in a relationship and Rick never ever talked about his 'ex's', well really he didn't have many girlfriends before this I never knew why though. He was so sexy; well I suppose you have to say that about your boyfriend. He is the only guy that understands me and he said that I was the only girl that had ever understood him too.
Then on a summers day Rick proposed to me, now at this moment in time I was definitely blushing this time and I plainly said yes. Everything had flown so quickly.
That's when I realised that love at first sight and true love was definitely true!
C Pickering
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