Life is going extremely well for me at the moment. I honestly couldn't be happier. I truly haven't felt this good, this happy in quite a long time. And I'll tell you why...
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I'd say probably a week or so ago, Mollie was on the computer and her friend Derek was IMing her. She just randomly mentioned "Oh, he's not my type. He's more of the sensitive musician type." I got mildly interested, mainly because it seems that it's almost impossible to find a guy with feelings anymore, and being as sensitive as I am, this most definitely caught my attention. She also mentioned to me that he has long hair, heh. (I'm a sucker for guys with long hair, considering that it looks right on them and if they can pull it off, that is.) Anyway, I got a little interested and happened to browse his MySpace out of curiosity just to get a slight idea of what he was like and I told her that I thought he was pretty cute. For giggles, she mentioned him to me the next time he was on MySpace IM and he said that he remembered me from grade school (around the third grade) and said that he'd definitely like to see me/meet me (or I guess re-meet me in that matter). So, I'd say last Friday, Mollie, Holly, myself and some other people got together (with Derek there, of course) and we went to the park and stuff for a while. At first I was pretty giddy that a guy was interested in me, but after finally screwing my head on straight and calming down, we all just talked and I really didn't have any initial feelings for him at first. It was definitely too early to judge; if nothing else, I'd make a new friend and that always works. But, by the end of the night I had asked him if he wanted to hang out on Monday so I could talk to him and get to know him a little better. I had mentioned that I hoped this didn't sound weird and he most definitely didn't think so and said he'd be delighted to talk for a while.
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So, anyway, Monday arrives and we go to the park for only about ten minutes because it starts to lightning (and not to mention I have an extreme phobia of lightning) so we head off to Denny's. We really didn't have any "deep" conversation at first, so to say, but we just discussed music, our friends, and things of that sort to just get an idea of what we each liked and such. We actually had a few things in common and he was just really fun to listen to overall. Eventually we headed back to my place and I felt the need to tell him about what happened between myself and Troy and where I basically stand now. He was very understanding about everything and I just appreciated that he was there to really listen to me. I told him that I kind of liked him and I knew that he was kind of interested in me but the last thing I'd want was for him to think that he was just a replacement because I don't have Troy; that's the last thing I would want, I don't want to hurt him. If we happened to really click then I'd want it to be real, you know? (I had also mentioned that unlike my relationship with Troy, I'd want to take things considerably slower if something was to happen between us.) Anyway, he told me about some of his past relationships and we just had a really nice discussion overall. He eventually asked if I wanted to watch a movie or something and I of course accepted. (I found out that he likes Azumanga Daioh, which is extremely awesome, so we put that in.) After a while, he just said "I have this extremely strong urge to want to cuddle with you right now" and I just couldn't help but smile; I wanted to do this with him as well. And so we just laid together on the couch and cuddled with each other; that was really nice.
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We talked some more and then he leaned in to kiss me, and that was pretty much that.

I swear, we kissed probably a hundred times that night, I'm not going to lie. After I'd pull away after a bit, I'd just get comfortable and situated and before I knew it, he was right back at it, which I thought was sweet. He's very affectionate, and I like that very much. He just said that I was very irresistible. He really knows how to make me feel absolutely amazing. He just kept mentioning that I was absolutely adorable, and how cute I looked when I smiled, and how beautiful I was. I finally got the balls to ask him if we were "official" (so much for me not wanting to rush things...lol) and he said that if that's what I wanted, then he didn't mind; he said he'd really like that, actually. Unfortunately about two-thirty in the morning rolled around and he did have to go home. I walked out to his car with him and he just grabbed my hand when we were going down the stairs and I just truly felt wonderful; I don't think I've smiled so much in quite a long time. I kind of laughed when he sat down in his car and I stood next to the driver's side; I was just like "I'm not used to being taller than you" and he giggled. (He's like 6'1", by the way; I'm only 5'3".) We kissed again for quite a while and it was just really sincere, really passionate. Then he was just like "Okay, I'll see you later, baby" and then paused. He mentioned afterward that he wasn't really good with the whole "pet names" thing and I just smiled and told him not to worry about it, that we'd eventually figure something out. I finally just waved and went back upstairs. I felt so good, so giddy, so happy that I honestly didn't fall asleep until about seven-thirty in the morning.

So yeah... I wasn't really expecting for things to accumulate as they did and I do realize that I was only single for a week, but that's okay. He's just...amazing. I love how willing he is to work with me and how patient he is. We did briefly get on the discussion about sex that night and I told him that I at least wanted to wait a couple of weeks to a month or so, just so I could continue to get to know him better and I didn't want to rush things. He said that he totally understood and that I seemed like "the kind of person that's worth waiting for anyway". He even told me that if I'm even slightly hesitant about something he would just stop at that, so it's great that there's no pressure and he's as understanding as he is. So, the overall "officalness" of everything, no, that didn't go as slow as I had planned, but shit happens; I wasn't expecting us to click as well as we did either. But as for the relationship that's blooming, I just want everything to happen when we're both ready for it, when we both want it, when the timing is just right; I want everything to be special.

That's about the gist of it all so far. I just feel extremely well, I'm looking forward to going to work now, life is just wonderful.
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