Cassidy

I'm marrying my best friend, Colton, this coming February 16th.   Our story started in when I was in Grade 8, and he in Grade 10...I had just moved to town that early summer, and immediately hit it off with his sister, who was our neighbour three houses down. We became inseperable over the summer, and occasionally, we'd do things with our older brothers, who also became good friends. At the time, he was just her annoying older brother. Nothing more than that.   Fast forward 4 years, and Leah (His sister) and I are still best friends...Colton had gone off  to college for a year, and then returned with the aspiration of becoming a fireman. (He had originally planned on working in a Science field...) We hadn't seen each other for awhile, and maybe that was the best thing for us. It's like the time apart completely changed our perspective on each other. Or at least, it changed my perspective on him. After I graduated, I decided to take a year to work in order to pay for college tuition. Since Colton was close to home now, we became closer. Still keeping things casual, but definitely drawing together. That winter, Colt took the first step and asked me to go out with him. (Much to our siblings' dismay!) I immediately accepted, finally acknowledging that something might be able to happen between us. Our first date was to a little pasta restaurant, definitely not a great first date food. The amazing thing was that I was so used to being with him, it didn't even faze me when I dropped tomato down my light pink top...Not in the way it should have.   The rest is history.I attended a local community college, instead of going off to university, keeping us close together. Over two years later, he popped the question on a warm June night. And now we get to write the rest of our story, for the rest of our lives. Which is just perfect, to me.Even if I am getting married at 21, which is way younger than I ever planned to...