"Tell me one more time why you turned down the most handsome man in New York?" exclaimed Allie's best friend Lucy. "He's just not my type Luce, I told you this." The two were window shopping in the city. They were discussing Allie and her dating status as single. It had been 5 years since the end of her's and Noah's relationship and she had only been with 2 or 3 men since then. Sure plenty of men had asked her out but none of them held a candle to Noah. "So? Michael isn't my type at all but I love him and look at us! We're getting married!" Allie turned and smiled at her friend. Ever since the engagement Lucy had been glowing non-stop and sometimes Allie envied her. Michael and Lucy had the perfect relationship. They loved each silly, they rarely ever fought and it was obvious that they were made for each other. She often wondered why Noah and her couldn't have been like them. She tried to push the thought of Noah out of her mind as she held up a dress and asked for Lucy's opinon. "This is a nice color for the bridesmaids dress don't you think?" Lucy turned around and scrunched up her nose in distaste. Taking the hint, Allie put the dress back on the rack and started searching once more. After Lucy had turned down numerous colors and dresses the two friends decided to leave and try another store. As they walked the streets of New York Lucy started once more. "I still don't know understand why you won't go out with Lon. He's rich, handsome, gentlemanly..I don't see anything wrong with him."
"Lon's a great guy I agree, but I just don't want to date right now ok Luce? So can we just drop it?" Allie pleaded. Lucy sighed in frustration and agreed to drop the subject. "Thank you."
"Kate? Do you want to marry me?" Noah asked his girlfriend of a year one night at dinner. Kate looked up from her steak and stared at him. "What?" she asked dumbfounded. "Well, we've been together for a year now and it doesn't look like it's going to end anytime soon, so why don't we just get married?" Kate continued to stare at him even more intently as he explained his odd reasoning for the spontaneous proposal. "Noah... I don't know"she said still in utter shock."Oh come on Kate, what do you say? Do you love me enough to marry me?" Kate sighed at Noah as he said this. Then almost instantly a smile spread across her face. "Noah, you just asked me to marry you?"
"Yes Kate, I asked you to marry me. And do you have a reply?" Kate jumped up from the table squealed and attacked Noah with a giant hug and a passionate kiss. "Noah, there's nothing in the world that I want more than to be Mrs Callhoun." Her mouth formed a wide smile as she stared at her soon to be husband. But as happy as he was, Noah couldn't seem to smile as happily as Kate did. He loved Kate, she was an amazing person, but somehow, he couldn't be as excited as she was.
Unlike Allie, Noah had forced himself to move on. After their relationship ended he became a dating pro. He had many relationships and was often referred to as a swinger. It seemed to be the only way to keep his mind off of Allie was to date other women. It also helped that the two never corresponded. He had thought about writing her once, but he convinced himself that if she wanted to talk to him, she would write. But she never did so Noah moved on. He put Allie away in the darkest closet of his mind and vowed never to think of her again. Then along came Kate.
She was new in town and asked Noah for directions to the bakery. Kate had been taken with Noah as soon as they had met. Noah however took longer. Sure he had noticed that she was beautiful but it took sometime for him to start develop feelings for her. They had started dating and Noah grew to love her. Now here they were, a year later engaged. He stared at his fiance's wide and excited smile. She was so happy. Noah should have been too, he should be beaming, but for some strange reason, the moment Kate agreed to marry him, Noah had felt a twinge of disapointment.