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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Each picture has a story and I'm about to tell you the story behind this picture. Yes we look goofy but, we're happy.

In September 2012 a friend of mine begged me to go to his youth group for weeks. Eventually I decided to go not knowing that he had also invited one of his other guy friends. It's a night that I still clearly remember. I remember entering the brightly lit room filled with the chatter of teens in their little cliques. My sister and I made our way over to our friends and sat down with them. We chatted for a while before Mr. Right showed up, well Mr 'I think I'm always right'. He simply greeted all the guys and did not even look in my direction, then he went to go sit slightly opposite us.

He spent the entire time on his phone while we waited for youth to start. I was sitting backwards on the chair while reesting on the back of the couch, as I was chatting with my one friend I noticed Mr Right glancing in my direction every now and then.
Not sure, I whispered to my sister "I think he keeps staring at me"
She peeked between me and our friend and quickly nodded as she stuffed her mouth full of chips. I tried to act natural but I could feel myself blushing. At the time I was with someone else but he was the type of guy who never wanted to be with me in public and we had had a fight that night because I went to youth without telling him but when I saw Mr. Right I completely forgot about Mr. Wrong. I didn't even know his name, but I already started thinking about what we would be like together. I suddenly couldn't get this perfect stranger out of my mind. We had an over night stay at the church so I spent all night secretly stalking him. For the rest of the week I could think of nothing else but him, my mind fogged of all other thoughts. I only saw him at church and youth, but when I did everything else just faded away. I forgot about the crappy boyfriend I had and the problems at school and just got lost in his eyes.

On September 30th I decided to break up with my no good, sorry excuse for a boyfriend just before church. I then put on the only dress I owned borrowed a pair of heels that I could barely walk in from my sister. The first thing I did when I walked through the gates was look for Mr. Right. He stood alone on the other end of the parking area so I decided to go say hi. As I made my way over to him the friend that had invited me to the youth that night stopped me.
"So I hear you're single" was all he said as he checked out my dress and wobbly legs.
It seemed that news travelled fast in our church.
"Yes" I said
He gave me a hug witch he had never done before when I had a boyfriend and then walked off. I knew he liked me but I never saw him like that. I made my way over to Mr. Right and hugged him like we always did. He gave me such a tight hug I had to gasp for air. When he put me down I did my best attempt at flirting.
"I'm not even single for an hour and" (lets call him Bob) "Bob is already after me."
All Mr. Right replied was "Oh okay"
I felt like slapping him silly for not realising my hint but instead I just smiled before making my second attempt at flirting. I was extremely unstable in the heels so I leaned on him to balance while we walked into the church. He of course thought nothing of it and just kept walking. He did at least walk slower so that I could keep up.
That night after church, without my knowledge, my sister told him that I actually like him. He later messaged me saying that there was a girl in youth that he likes and that he wanted to ask her out but he didn't know if she would say yes. My heart sank since I had no clue he was talking about me. I didn't know what to reply so I just told him to ask her out and see what he says. He then asked what I would say if he asked me out. I replied saying that I would say yes and just like that he then said that I was now his girlfriend. I was ecstatic, my heart began to race and I could feel the butterflies taking over my stomach. We spent hours talking and getting to know each other a little better. I didn't expect much out of the relationship at first since the guys I had dated never really wanted to be with me in public, but he was different as cheesy as that sounds. He held my had and always kept me close. He bought a necklace for me for our first Christmas together and a watch for absolutely no reason. He spoiled me and treated me like a queen.

Since I was still so young people constantly told me that this wasn't serious and that we won't last forever, but in my heart I knew that what we had would last. My dad moved around a lot and for a long time in our relationship we were in a long distance relationship. Only seeing each other once every couple of months but we lasted and now 4 years later I still wake up to see him next to me every morning and he still holds me tight when I cry and cheers me on with everything I do. Our love has just grown stronger over the years and it's proof that it doesn't matter how old you are to find true love.

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