Even though we started talking in May, our first date was on June 2 at the Olive Garden in Delaware. I was running a little late and Tyrone was nervously but patiently waiting on yours truly lol. As I was walking towards him, we were staring at each other. He stood up and we hugged. We sat down and started talking. My guard was a bit up. So I threatened to punch him like a punching bag. I’m so amazed he didn’t get up and leave lol. To my surprise he stayed. The restaurant had a mellow tone of conversations but Tyrone and I set the tone a bit high with our laughter and jokes. Our conversation wasn’t awkwardly silent but flowed so nicely. We left the restaurant scheduling our next date.

As we were driving I can tell Kia was wondering, where are we going? I had this day planned for sometime now and I wanted it to be perfect. As we pulled into the restaurant parking lot and saw a few guys standing around, she now became nervous and looked at me. We exited our truck and then boarded into another truck. We drove for about 5 minutes and pulled into a corn field. Still puzzled and confused, she hesitated to get out of the truck. The guys started to unload the truck. They were unloading a hot air balloon. She started laughing and pacing. I wasnt sure how this was going to go. Shes afraid of heights!!! Now my job was to make her feel secure and protected. As I held her tight and gave her a few kisses we climbed into the basket. We started to go up and I asked her to read the sign on the ground. It said, “Will You Marry Me”. She turned around and with a smile she said “Yes”. She made me the happiest man in the world.