Will works in Cincinnati right now and after work on Thursday he immediately started driving down to Alabama. Well, he told me that he was driving home to Michigan and then driving another hour past his parents house to where his sister lives to hang out with her for the night. So I had no idea that he was even coming to visit! I talked to him a couple of times that night and he was always in the car. I thought he was driving home after a long night out with his sister and I didn't hear from him again until 3am. "Mare' I'm sooo tired! I'm going to bed now." He was not in bed in Michigan however, but he was about to go to sleep at his friend's house where he used to live when he was in Alabama.
Little did I know, he woke up in the morning, drove out to rural Alabama to my parents' house, gets lost on the way, and when he finally gets there has a two hour conversation with my dad. Ultimately my dad gives him his permission and tells him welcome to the family! He was soo nervous!
He drove back to Tuscaloosa to find me. My roommate had set it up with him so that I would be spending the day with her and he would know exactly where to find me. She took me to get my nails done, saying that she had a big date and wanted me to go with her. Then we went shopping at Plato's Closet to look for an outfit for her big date. While we are there, Will comes in to surprise me but he can't find us because we are in the dressing rooms. I happened to come out of the room once to see him walk by quickly with a grin on his face. It was surreal to me because I had no idea he was in town and since I never see him, I am always taunted by guys who look like him for a split second but aren't him. I was a little weirded out then brushed it off. But a minute later there was knocking on my door and when I opened it there he was looking adorable with that big grin!
He told me that I had to hurry because we had dinner reservations in an hour at Cypress Inn and they had made special arrangements just for him because he had driven so far. This restaurant in right by the river and he had asked me to be his girlfriend on the pier by the river almost 2 years before. We hurried to my apartment where I took the fastest shower of my life, threw on a dress and jewelry, touched up my makeup and was ready to go. When we got to Cypress Inn, we walked down to the river and the pier was flooded because it had rained the night before. Will got all upset and I was like "We don't have to go on the pier, its ok." He was thinking, "We have to go on the pier!" But we sat on a rock ledge by the river and looked at a scrapbook that I had made for him about our relationship. At the end I had written a note that said, "These are some of the best times of my life and the best is yet to come!" He asked me if I believed that and I said yes. Then he said, "Well, I do too and I have something for you!" He made me stand up and he got down on one knee and said, "Mary, will you marry me?" I was so happy and I cried so I could hardly see anything! I knew it was coming when he said he believed that too, but it all happened so fast that I could hardly believe it was happening. I was almost in denial that I had been lied to all week and I couldn't comprehend that he had talked to my dad. But it all made sense after that. It finally made sense why he was able to get special arrangements at the restaurant and why he didn't surprise me until late afternoon instead of showing up first thing in the morning.
I'm so excited for so many reasons. I get to go dress shopping. I get to have fun planning a wedding. I'm going to be a part of a new family and have sisters and an older brother, neither of which I had before. But most importantly, I get to spend my life with my best friend and my love. The weekend was so special and I am happy to say that I am marrying the man that I always dreamed of.
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