Before reading this, I must warn you that Sean and I are very complicated individuals, so it is only natural that our story is a complicated journey as well.
We met in high school. It was almost the end of the school year, around March?
Amy: I was a junior and I had a POS car; I didn't feel like riding the bus home, so one of my friends offered me a ride home. There were four of us in the car: me, my friend, her little brother, and a friend of his. My first impression of him was that he was some dumb freshman, doing anything to get my attention. A completely narcissistic thought, I know. When we all arrived at my house, Sean stated that he was soon moving to my neighborhood. I simply said, "Yea, right..."
Sean: When I first saw her, I thought that she was a prep. When we got to her house I told her that I was moving down the street.
Amy: School ended, and I had two months of freedom. I was excited because for the first time in my life I had a pool where I lived. Finally I had the upper hand when deciding where my friends and I would hang out! I was at the pool swimming and talking to my friends when Sean arrived. I was shocked! I asked him why he was here! He replied that he lived in the neighborhood. I couldn't believe it, he was telling the truth that day in the car. It was a huge blow to my ego; suddenly I realized not everything revolved around me. Sean didn't want to get in the pool, so as he sat on the side, I stood in the water making small talk. Finally I asked him to come closer to me, and then, with the help of a friend, I pulled him into the water! He was completely pissed. He started splashing me. We began hanging out all the time. Soon a romance blossomed.
Sean: It was too damn long ago I don’t remember! (He remembers the day at the pool, but because it was so long ago, he cannot recall his exact feelings.)
Around August 2003, we became an official couple. We dated for almost two months and I decided that we both needed to date more people becoming serious. During our time apart as a couple we developed a friendship. Soon I realized that I still had feelings for him.
One day Sean was playing Halo with my brothers. I walked into my brother’s room and sat next to Sean on the futon. My brother had some candy and offered it to us. Sean took it from my brother and popped all the candy in his mouth. I was so pissed! He didn't give me any so I hopped on top of him and tried to pry it out of his mouth... This made my brother uncomfortable so he left the room. Before I knew it, Sean and I were kissing. I realized then that I wasn't over him.
We were both too stubborn to admit to each other that we wanted to get back together. So instead we secretly spent time together.
December 2004, Sean asked me if I wanted to try again. We dated for awhile, but broke up in late March. Sean was two years younger than me, I felt he need more time to date. I was about to graduate and I thought I needed to be single when I went off to college. We still hung out together and were friends; however, I became super jealous when Sean would date other girls.
After a year of heartache and lots of drama, we decided to give our relationship one more chance. January 8, 2006, I begged Sean to give me one more chance. He was so scared that I was going to break his heart again and said that he couldn't deal if I did it again. I promised him that I was sure about him if he was sure about me. When I asked Sean out, he said yes. I was so happy!
Sean: I remember talking to Amy about marriage. We had been to a few different jewelry stores to look at rings. After we found the ring she liked I started to make payments. When the ring was almost paid off, she told me I needed to ask her mom and step dad first for their blessing. So I took asked Pam and Brandon out to lunch at IHOP I know real fancy like. I asked Pam how she felt about me asking Amy to marry me, and she told me no. She wanted to make sure I could support myself and Amy before we married.
So being the rebel I was, I thought that I would propose to her anyways. I felt that because I had a stable job, a growing savings account, and we were about to move in together, that I had met the requirements to propose.
On Saturday, September 02, 2006 Sean proposed to me!!! I remember it like it was yesterday, it was a beautiful night, the wind was blowing softly, and the whole world was quiet it seemed. Sean and I walked down to the park, and started playing with our dog; I thought that this was going to be just another romantic date with my boyfriend... (Man, was I naive...) Sean took Princess, our dog, over to the swings to swing with her, naturally I followed. As Sean was swinging with Princess, I sat down on the swing next to him and started swinging too. Sean then put the dog down to let her roam, and started to push me on the swing. "I love to swing, it was my favorite thing to at recess when I was a kid," I said, closing my eyes feeling the wind blowing through my hair. Then he suddenly stopped me, I almost fell off! lol. He walked in front of me, got down on his knees... My heart started to race... I could feel his rapidly beating heart as well. He told me how much he loved me and wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. He nervously pulled the ring box from his pocket. I looked down, and saw him open it, and he said, "Amy, will you marry me?" I was so shocked and surprised, I almost started to cry! I wiped away the one tear that had formed and said yes! I gave him a very big hug and kissed him and told him how much I loved him. It was the most beautiful, sweetest, and romantic night of my life! Then we got up and found out that we had lost our dog... We went around calling in the park and found her inside the pool gates. After we found Princess, we walked to his house, and he turned on some music, and we slow danced to, "Must be doing somethin' right"... That night was the best night of my life!!
Today, I am finishing up my BA in Psychology. And Sean is working very hard and giving lots of emotional support. We plan on getting married when I graduate next May.
