Living IN happy.

"And she knows nothing about life. But everything about living..."

5 months later:
She practically lived at his house. He now has a job and is not around as much but he calls every night to make sure she is waiting for him....at "home". That's how he phrases it, are you at home. They remain in the simplicity of best friends with wild desire of lovers burning with in. With one kiss, one right look, or even one gentle touch in the right moment, who knows how hot the fire set between two friends could burn into true love, lasting love.  Every night, there she is waiting on the couch for him to come home. No matter if it is 10 minutes or an hour they get to spend together before he is off to bed....they take what comes. She wouldn't trade anything in the world for those moments...just being with him and he with her.

It's her birthday, and time for her to return home for holidays...a whole month, apart. The distance scars both of them silly and they make plans to see one another. He comes home with her for her big day. But even bigger, its the first time he will meet her past and present life outside the city walls. She's scared out of her mind. He's more nervous than he ever thought was possible. Neither of them show their weaknesses to each other but they know. Him being at with her was everything she could have dreamed of. It was as close to perfection as anything in an imperfect world can get. As he pulled out of her driveway and waved so long, tears fell from her eyes as she knew this was the hardest goodbye. He called 3 times before he made it home just to say he missed her. The next week was torture but livable. She hung out with friends and he continued to work and they talked every night. Finally she was visiting him...it was life, in routine...the routine one wants to get up for everyday. As hard as being apart can be, the distance brought them closer. If you can believe there is any space left. They lived in a place that was more than friends, less than lovers, and only realistic to them...a place called happy, they live in happy.

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Time Well Spent

"& for the first time I feel less alone, and for the first time I can call this home."

They began hanging out at his house alone, plus his parents. She fell in love with the atmosphere. She had never had a stable family before...just brokenness for most of her life. And walking into his house, having his parents take her in as she was...that meant the world to her. She loved just sitting with him and watching movies and TV, or sitting at the kitchen table with his mom while he was getting a shower. She felt safe, relaxed, and most of all...happy. Hours they spent, her spread with textbooks on the floor, him in his recliner watching football and mythbusters. It was the time of her life...the best relationship she had never had. But each day they spent together brought them closer and closer. Each night she left, she knew she had time well spent.

He thought he would never find a girl as amazing as she. How she melted into his family like sugar into cookie dough...perfectly. He would never trade a single minute they spent together in his house, he loved it. Best friends completely comfortable with one another...always time well spent.

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It needs more Spice.

"A girl worth kissing, is not easily kissed."

Yep, there they were; sitting on her couch in her apartment...waiting on mutual friends to arrive for movie marathon. To pass the time they were doing what most young adults love to do: watch youtube videos, of course. The longer they watched the closer they got until her head gently leaned onto his shoulder causing her heart to flutter and a smile break open upon her face. Arms crossed together and head on shoulder, they continued to watch and laugh together.
Laughing so hard he could barely see, he turned to look her in the face...he was awestruck as her smile was the most gorgeous smile he had ever laid eyes on. He could not help but fall for her a more and more every time he saw that beautiful smile.
She couldn't resist staring into those beautiful eyes of his. It was as if she could get lost yet be completely found within his gaze. The longer this moment held, the faster she fell for him. Then, it happened. He leaned it, she knew what this meant...he was going for the kiss. Her heart raced, by no means did she not want to kiss him but by no means did she want to kiss him here: in her apartment, watching youtube, waiting on friends. And with that thought, in that moment, she stood up and walked away. Leaving him following her with his gorgeous eyes across the room.
Their friends came, they laughed and joked all night, having the time of their life. She was happy with her decision and for the fact that at least for now, they would continue to be best friends and become closer with every look, conversation, and joke they shared.

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mini adventures and constant testing

"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."

Adventure: Participation in hazardous or exciting experiences. Oh they had adventure, and lots of it. Roaming around campus at 1:00 am, eating Taco Bell at 2:00 am, and even staying out with one another until 3:00 am.

She thought it was impossible for her to be falling for this boy, they had only met a few weeks before...yet, every time they talked [like every hour] she felt as if she had known him her entire life. She told her friends they were just friends and that was all she cared about having with him, but she was lying to them and to herself. If she had been honest, she would have known she loved him from the moment their eyes met on that first night.

He knew she was special from the first time they spoke. He quickly labeled her his "best." He knew she had become his best friend, but scared of being hurt [as he had in the past], he pulled away of telling her anymore of his feelings toward her...this amazing new girl whom God placed in her life. All he knew was that he couldn't get enough of her.

Best friends, passionate feelings, and denying consciences...only God, the author of this love story, could tell where they would go next and what would happen.

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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Going through a rough childhood, awkward junior high, and a hellish high school life...she was all about testing people. From family to best friends to boys they all had to prove they could be trusted. Within the next weeks she tested this new person in her life, could he handle her...even when her strong face was down? Could he take on her challenging mind? and Would he ever be able to handle what her past "baggage" would bring along wherever she went? He past, every test she could throw at him, he passed with flying colors. Whether it was coming across time just to fix a printer, pick her up for Bible Study, or calling her when he knew she was having a bad day....he did it. And always with a smile. He said he was there to stay now she just wanted to start believing it was true.

What more could he do to show her? He had told her he was never leaving and selflessly come to her aid every time she needed help....and many times even before she thought of asking for anything. He wanted so badly to knock down the walls surrounding the beautiful soul he was slowly falling for. Time...time would be the only way to really make her see. Time would give her a chance to see him in every light.

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And It Begins...

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

There she was, with a good friend, at a youth event where a few of her girls were to be hanging out after the football game. Camera in hand and snapping as many pictures as possible, soon she and her friend were laughing and smiling all over the youth room. Then, it happened...she looked up and their eyes met from across the room. For a split second the entire world stood still and everything around her disappeared. Immediately her feet bolted toward him, next thing she knew they were face to face and introductions made. The rest of the night was like a dream, as they played and cut up around with the other kids. It was an inseparable bond right from the start...strangers stemmed into friends all with one look.

Over the next few weeks the bond that had begun that night become molded into an insoluble friendship, best friends. Movie nights, mountain climbs, and many mini adventures brought the two to a state of complete trust from within. Not knowing what was to come next they ventured on into the future spending as much time together as possible.