Tying the knot

12 years ago I went to Richland Northeast Highschool. I was in all AP classes& in the honor art club. I knew everyone but wasnt popular. Mike on the other hand was well known by people, he was smart but the “bad boy” so to say. I had the biggest crush on him. Any chance to see him in the halls or pass him I would. He knew of me&when we look back on it he tells me he did notice me but he was younger &was reckless, so he knew I wasnt the type to mess with that. I was the smart, pretty, good girl with an innocent demeanor. He says I may have liked him but thats because I didnt know him. He dated who he dated & then ended up moving away. I also dated who I dated&ended up moving to Hawaii. Over the years we messaged here& there.Fast forward to November 2018 he messaged me. We exchanged snapchats,practically talked everyday, flirted&we were there for each other. We had both come out of toxic situations&we were healing.I wasnt looking for anything&wanted to be friends. He lived in Georgia& I lived in SC,exactly 3 hours& 42 minutes apart. He started driving to see me, came to every event I invited to, met my whole family and wasnt scared off, even came on a Wednesday in the rain just to take me on our first date. He called me every night before bed & showed me he wasnt going anywhere. I started to really like him, so it was my turn to drive to him&stay with him for a weekend. Thats when he asked me, to be his girlfriend& I said yes. The rest you guys kind of know..So after failed relationships, different hardships, relocating, growing up, talking to not talking, long distance visits, meeting families and friends, dates, long night convos, first kiss, first fights, make ups, cries, laughs, moving into our first house, hospital trips, getting a puppy, changing states, movies, attending funerals, and to becoming engaged…we have come a long way. From two kids who probably said a few words in high school to each other to now two people who cant see a future without each other.