Meet My Mate Monday

From last week: I have said before that we both ran in a rather large circle of friends, so when a bonfire to celebrate the end of the year was planned, there was no anticipation in regards to time with Luke. Fate, however, had other plans...

While at the bonfire, the flirtation bug hit my future husband with full force (now that I know him, I too am shocked at his behavior). We were all sitting around the campfire singing and chatting when Luke invited me to come sit on his lap because he was cold and so we could keep each other warm. I wasn't cold, but I'm also not stupid, so I went. And for the record, Luke's is a furnace. He's not the one of us that gets cold. In hindsight this only adds to the comedy...don't you think? Anyway, as you can imagine, this raised the eyebrows of all our friends. Did I care? Mmmm...no! I was just dizzy with excitement.

This was the beginning of the end for me. I was totally crazy for this guy! Over the course of the week I stole his screen name from the girl who went to his banquet with him and added it to my friends list on instant messenger. No sooner had I done that then he messaged me...literally as I was adding it. Well...this led to a very long night of "studying" and chatting. The next night we chatted for a while, and then my phone rang...who could it have been? I wonder.

We talked on the phone every night of finals week until at least 4 am. We talked about interests, family, and other such things. Then, when we would see each other during the day we tried to play it cool like we hadn't spent all night on the phone. My friends were on to me, though. It could have been the matching dark circles and goofy grins in each other's direction...or they were just psychic...

There was just one problem with this whole flirtation, though. The 2 year plan...