Greg and I have been dating for nearly 10 years. He is the most wonderful guy I could have ever wished for.
Just last month during dining, he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I've been waiting for him to ask for years, and of course, I said yes. I couldn't have wished for anything more.
You see, Greg and I met in middle school and we started dating our freshman year of high school. We were in the same grade and we lived just houses away from each other. It was meant to be from the start.
He was a geeky high school kid, and I was a book nerd. I loved the school library. Sure we each had our own thing, but we shared so much in common it was crazy. He's helped me grow in so many ways.
He has always been the sweetest, most romantic guy I've ever known. He was my best friend, and now my husband to be.
Right after high school, we both went to the same college. He pursued an education in Computer Science while I pursued my dream of becoming a teacher. After our freshman year of living in a dorm a whole floor apart, we moved into our own apartment in our sophomore year.
Both of our parents were very supportive of us. I was family to his family. They even helped pay my way through college and got us an apartment together. They loved me almost as much as they loved him.
Greg and I share a very special thing. We were both each other's first. He loved me so much I knew I would be his only one forever. He is all I would ever need.
I can still remember our first time. We escaped to his parent's cabin when we were 17 one night. It took a lot of planning, me convincing my parents I was going away with my girlfriends for the weekend, and him convincing his parents he wanted a guys night at the cabin. He was such a gentleman.
It was a cold snowy night, but the cabin was so warm from the fire he started and the hundreds of candles he lit. Our bodies were free while he held me tight in his embrace on the floor next to the fire surrounded by dancing candle flames.
He was so kind, so gentle, so loving.
It felt amazing.
He has always been just as kind and gentle. I couldn't have asked for someone better.
After college, we moved to California where he got a great job in Silicon Valley. We bought a townhouse, and I started teaching at a nearby elementary school.
He told me the reason he took so long to ask was that he wanted to save up for a ring, a wedding, and a honeymoon I deserve.
The ring he proposed with was absolutely gorgeous.
We had planned the wedding a few months away. Making sure all of our family would be able to make it.
I was in wedding planning mode, and I loved it.
I couldn't stop imagining him at the end of the aisle. His scrawny geeky self looking so handsome in a suit and tie.
About a month before the wedding, Greg got word that he needed to go overseas for work for a couple of weeks. I was a little bummed out, it would be the longest we'd ever been separated since we first met.
It was hard seeing him go. I dropped him off at the airport and nearly cried as he walked into the terminal.
"I love you, sweetheart," he said as he gave me one last kiss, "To the moon and back. I'll see you soon."
The next few days were rather lonely, but I still had a wedding to plan. It kept me somewhat preoccupied.
Then, it happened. The biggest surprise.
He called me letting me know he was sending me a ticket to come and visit him! I was over the moon! Not only did he already contract my school, but he got me a first-class ticket!
I was so excited, I was frantic. I packed two of my suitcases, stuffing in half of my closet. I even went down to the mall and grabbed a few pieces of sexy lingerie I thought I would surprise him with.
Before heading to the airport, I threw in a few changes of clothes into my carry on. It was going to be a long flight, and I wanted to be in a fresh change of clothes before I landed and gave him a big hug.
Upon arriving at the gate, I started getting somewhat nervous. This flight would be the first flight I have ever taken on my own. An anxious chill tingled through me.
Waiting for the plane to board, I noticed this guy across the terminal, he was staring at me. I couldn't tell whether he was 20 or 40. He was dressed professionally, in a suit that was fitted to him perfectly.
I didn't think too much of it at the time, I was way too full of anxious excitement.
I loved being one of the first to board. The plane was missive. I had never been in one so large. As I walked in, the first thing I walked past was an in-flight bar! I couldn't believe it!
My seat was a few rows down, it geeze did it look comfortable! I had never flown in first-class before.
"Can I help you with that?" came a voice from behind me, startling me slightly.
"Oh!" I said startled, nearly dropping my carry-on to the floor. His face was familiar. It was the face that was staring at me earlier in the terminal.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you," he said sincerely.
"Sh-sure," I replied, handing him my bag, "Thank you, such a gentleman."
"Think nothing of it," the man replied, hoisting my bag up with ease.
"Looks like I'm right there," he said pointing to the seat next to mine.
"Thanks, Oh, cool," I said, taking a seat. "This is my first time in first class."
"I love first class," the man said, taking a seat next to me, "I always fly it."
"I can see why," I said, between a light nervous giggle.
"My name is Mark by the way," he said reaching his hand out. His hand was large and firm.
"Nice to meet you, Mark, my name is Kaylee," I as his hand grasped mine, shaking it.
"That's quite the ring," he said looking at the large diamond on my other hand.
"Thanks!" I said gleefully as Greg's warm and friendly face flashed through my mind, "My fiance and I are getting married in a couple of months!"
"Oh, good for you," Mark said with a soft smile. "Good for you indeed."
"You have no idea!" I said almost annoyingly loudly, "I'm so excited!"
"I can tell," Mark said laughing as he pulled out his laptop from under the seat. "well, work never stops."
"Well, have a good flight Mark," I said grabbing my headphones out of my purse. "It's nice to meet you."
"You too..." he said.
Unconsciously, his tone and smirk he had across his face made my body send a slightly off-putting chill down my spine.
An hour and a half into the flight, after completing a couple of episodes Grey's Anatomy, I was already tired. I couldn't believe only an hour had passed.
Glancing to the seat next to me, Mark was still hard at work on his computer.
Standing up out of my seat, I reached for the knob that controlled the air. I was getting warm, really warm.
I hated the staleness of an airplane.
Taking off my sweater, I tossed it up in the overhead bin next to my bag.
The cool air being blown my way started to cool my skin down.
Reclining my seat, I closed my eyes and started listening to music.
I couldn't help but think of Greg. Surprising him with some of my new outfits. Showing them off to him as he sat on the bed while I walked around him.