The Story of Us Part 2

I sat excited and scared and stared at his name on my phone for a good two minutes without even clicking and reading the email. I was thinking in my head am I ready for this? I clicked on the email and began reading. He started out by saying how he knew my Dad. I love the line that says, "Your Dad spoke very highly of you and you seem like someone I would love to get to know." So sweet. He then said he would love to take me out sometime. The whole email made me feel at ease. He didn't make me feel awkward or pressured. I loved how Travis emailed me first and told me a bt about himself. I walked inside and went straight for my computer.

I made a mistake in my last post. Trav first emailed my Dad Thursday, December 15th and I got this first email Monday, December 19th.

I contemplated if I should wait a few hours to respond or to just respond right away. I decided to respond right away. I told him I would love to go out and then told him a little about myself. That night we sent 4 emails back and forth. Trav said he would call me the next day.

Tuesday I didn't let my phone out of my sight. I didn't want to miss his call. Blake and Ashley were with their Dad so I was free to talk anytime. Travis had given me his number so I already had it in my phone so I would know when he called. When my phone rang and it said "Travis" I was scared. How many times should I let it ring? Will I sound as scared as I feel? I answered my phone after two rings and said "Hello!" As friendly and confident as I could. I loved how he said "Hi Charisse! Travis Beckett here." He said it so cute and confidently. Our conversation just seemed to flow, with no awkward pauses or one person dominating the conversation. We ended up talking for an hour. Travis asked me out to lunch for Thursday.

Not even 5 minutes after we talked Travis called me again. This time he wanted to see me sooner, Wedsnesday.

Getting ready for our first date my bed was covered in different clothes, I had no idea what I was going to wear. Finally, I picked an outfit, got ready and headed upstairs. When Travis rang the door bell, my heart jumped.  I opened the door and my first words were, "Hi Travis, you look so familiar." I know that sounds cheesy and weird, but I thought we may have gone to the same Institute class. Travis greeted me with a hug. He looked so cute! By the time I had left the  porch he had already hugged me twice. I remember thinking thats odd, but I didn't care, he was really cute!! Travis says I was just a two hug kind of girl!! :)

After the date we ended up talking in his car (just talking, I promise :)) for an hour. I felt like we really connected.

Christmas was that weekend so we didn't see each other again for almost a week, but he did call me the 23rd and asked me out for a second date. He had texted me the day after our first date and told me he had a great time.

My family was all in town for Christmas and wanted to see what Travis looked like so my sister Honey pulled Facebook up on her phone. The phone was passed around all my sisters and everyone saw how cute Travis is.

Christmas Eve right before I went to bed I heard someone coming down the inside stairs to the basement apartment really fast. My sister Honey bolts around the corner. "Oh, no Reece!" she said. " I just got an email that says Travis Beckett confirmed you as a friend on Facebook. When we were passing the phone around the friend button must have been hit." Oh great. I told Travis about my family and their names and that I had a sister named Honey. What would he think? I wasn't even Facebook friends with him. All I could do was laugh.

December 26th Travis calls again just to say hi and that he is excited for our second date on the 28th. We talked for about half an hour. Travis said that right after he hung up the phone with me he said to himself, "I'm going to marry that girl!!"