Friday, September 19, 2008

How we became Steven and Keeley

We met at Tuesday night bowling. A bunch of us would go every week after institute. One of the guys invited Steven along. As soon as he was introduced to the group all of the girls were talking about him and calling dibs. I am a more reserved person, so I decided to just stay out of that drama. Steven, however, had other plans. Every week he would make a point of talking to me. I'm ridiculously shy around cute boys. In Steven language, shy means I don't like you go away. Thankfully, Steven is determined and a little hard headed or we wouldn't have gotten very far. A while later, our group planned a California trip. Steven asked if I was coming(because he liked me and wanted me to be there). I thought he had a lot of nerve. This was my group of friends! Of course I was going! I said yes and he smiled. On the trip Steven made several subtle hints that he liked me, such as leaving everyone else in the car to walk with me because I wanted fresh air or asking me what I thought about marrying someone who hadn't served a mission. My personal favorite “subtle hint” was when I got a call from Sexy Beast on my cell phone first thing in the morning because he was at my door with breakfast. At some point I had left my phone within his reach, so he decided it would be a good idea to exchange numbers. A while later we became good friends. He would call me every night and we would talk for hours. I loved those phone calls! He ended up dating one of the other girls for a while, since he had no idea how much I really like him. I even gave him advice on how to make the other girl happy!(I know! I'm nuts!) I told him that he should kiss her forehead because girls love that. After he realized he just liked her as a friend and wanted to "know" me better, he broke things off and pursued me. About a week later, we became Steven and Keeley and that's how we have been ever since! Oh, and the first time he kissed me it was on the forehead...I loved it.