HOW WE GOT STARTED!!!! Kayla Version!!

When I was first met chad I was actually dating someone else. I remember a group from our ward was going to see Batman The Dark Night in the Imax 3D. My cvurrent interest had to work that night but I had friends who would be going. Chad was new in the ward and some one had invited him to come too. We met at a friends house before we went to the theaters, he was playing guitar to that was an easy opportunity to make a friend and start a conversation. We got to know eachother, naturally i wasn't interested, I was very unavailable and he "wasn't my type", or so i thought. Later that month my relationship ended and my friends changed quickly as our ward split, but chad and I stayed in touch, just as friends, neither of us really had any interest in one another but i know he was a nice guy and he was always so sweet to everyone! About 3 months after the ward split, i went to a ward activity at schnepf farms for a bonfire night. Chad and a few other guys that i had know from the ward before it split decided to come and visit! I was so surprised at how excited i was to see him! I leaped up from my chair and gave him a huge hug! I played my guitar for a while and i couldn't help but notice he was watching me the whole time with a goofy grin on his face. I stopped playing towards the end of the activity and chad came over and set next to me as soon as the spot was vacant, we then talked to 2 hours after the night ended! Just catching up, school, work, and finally, relationships, he was single! YUS!!! Thats all i needed to know! The next few nights i was at his house every sunday evening, just talking with friends and watching movies, i was always the last one to leave and the first to arrive. Til finallt on monday morning and Chad walked me to my car to say goodnight, he romantically exclaimed " . . . so uh . . . I know dating is lame, but . . we should go on a date er something, maybe?" We laughed and set up a time for the next week! The date was AWESOME! We went to Texas Road house for dinner, then to As You Wish where we painted pottery and flirted relentlessly, then ended the evening with ice cream! I knew it was awesome because I had the most fun just talking to him, he was definatly not like other guys i had been on dates with recently, but by the end of the date I was just confused, i knew i liked him, but i was so hung up on the fact that he wasn't like anyone else who had made me so happy in the past. He wasn't my type! i definatly played hard to get for a while there, chad even went as far as to throw me a surprise birthday party for my 19th birthday the next week and i not only didn't hol dhis hand that he conviently placed palm up next to mine everytime we sat down, but i even neglected to give him a hug that night before parting! I was playing it very very safe! But he was patient and perserverant and that attracted me to him even more!
We gradually saw eachother more and more, he was such a gentleman always asking me if he could pick me up for activities, daydates, even just hanging out with friends, he wanted to go together! I liked that! I was definatly warming up to him, but with all the rejeting I had been doing, I knew I would have to find a way to let him know i was on the same page.We went boating with a big group of friends and i knew it would be the perfect time to give him a chance.The whole day he and I sat together, he would put his arm carefully around me so that when we would go over a big wake, his had would brush my shoulder. This. Was. Silly. I moved in closer to him so that he would feel more comforitable wrapping his arm around me with purpose. And the whole rest of the night was history, We went back to his house, watched a movie, laughed and talked all night! The next day after church a friend asked " So are you guys finally going out er what??!" Chad and I, both a little unsure of our relationship status looked to eachother for the answer. Chad said, "uh... its up to her". I turned to our friend and grabbed chads hand and said "Yes, Yes we are!"