And the story begins
Written by Von Hansen
Did you ever have a night in which everything seemed to happen in such a way that changed your life forever? I’m going to tell you a story of the night that I didn’t know I had actually been waiting for my entire life. It all began with a seemly uneventful 3rd ward FHE dance activity. I was never too thrilled for dances because I can’t dance. I thought it was going to be just like the rest of them, me hanging in the background with my buddies and not asking any girl to dance. I had been going to the 3rd Ward for many months I figured that I already knew everyone who was going to attend, so what was the point of even going…It wasn’t like I was going to meet anyone new, right? WRONG! Little did I know that I was going to meet someone who would change my life!
My friends and I never arrive on time for church activities, mainly because we thought it looked geeky to do so. By the time my friends and I had arrived at the dance it had already started. As usual we headed to the food table to grab a drink and a cookie. As we were eating, some country dance music started playing and I noticed some people started to line dance. I was never a good dancer so I wasn’t one to ever go on the dance floor and show off my moves. But, as me and my friends were talking, I looked over and amongst the group of people line dancing I noticed one girl in particular who I thought was really good looking. A short, petite girl who I had never seen before. There she was in the middle of the dance floor smiling and having fun. The lights were dim and she was a good 30 feet away so I decided to inconspicuously join with the group of people line dancing just so I could get a closer look as to who this new girl was. When I joined in on the dancing and glanced over at her I instantly thought she was most beautiful girl I had ever seen. Every other girl at the dance paled in comparison to this short, petite beauty. While line dancing I couldn’t help but continue to make quick glances at this gorgeous female. I couldn’t keep my eyes off her. When the square dancing the music stopped I went back to my friends telling them that the lcute girl who I has spotted out was even more beautiful close up. I made up my mind that I was not going to leave the activity without asking her to dance.
I had been anxiously waiting for a slow song to begin and it wasn’t till about halfway through the dance the DJ finally decided to play one. At the start of the slow song I noticed that she was sitting at a table with just her friends and no guy had asked her to dance yet. I thought that this was my moment go make my move and to hopefully not look like a fool doing so. To be honest, I was scared out of my mind. If it wasn’t for some encouragement from a friend I might not have ever asked her for a slow dance because I was too scared that someone who I already thought was super cute would be turned off by such an average looking guy. But, with all my friends watching me I mustered the courage and walked over to her. She was sitting in a chair as I walked up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder, she turned around and I asked her if she would like to dance and to my surprise she said 'yes'. I took her by the hand and we walked to the dance floor.
Now, in past experiences I’ve had dancing with other girls sometimes you each end up just looking the other way and not really talking much after you exchange names and ask the standard 'get to know you' questions. After we exchanged names the only dialog I can specifically remember was trying to find out how old this girl was. Now, one of the reasons I almost didn’t ask her to dance was because she looked very young. I figured she even might even just be 18 years old. And I didn’t really want to date someone that young. So I thought it would be clever to not ask her for her age directly but ask her when she graduated from high school and then just do some math in my head and figure out how old she was.
“So what year did you graduate high school?” I asked.
“Guess!” she replied.
I thought to myself 'oh man', I could really screw things up depending on how I responded to her.’ “I dunno, 2008” which would have made her 18 because that what I thought her age was.
“Nope,” she said.
Instantly I thought that she might not even be graduated yet and I might be dancing with a 17 year old still in high school!!! I certainly was hoping for her to be older but she just didn’t look much older than 18. At this point I didn’t want to be anymore wrong so I just told her that I didn’t know when she graduated and for her to just tell me because I was done guessing and I for sure didn’t want to guess 2009, which would imply to her that I didn’t even think she was out of high school yet.
“I graduated in 2002”
'Two thousand and what?' I thought. 'No way!' I graduated in 2003 which would make her older than me! And there was no way she was older than me! Come to find out this young looking, petite beauty was older than me by 6 months. I thought how could a girl this good looking at this age not already be in a relationship with someone. I must be really lucky for her to still be single! I don’t remember what we said after that but I remember we were able to talk the whole time during the song and we never had one of the awkward silence moments. I was confident during the song that I had felt a good vibe coming from her and assumed she thought I was a nice guy and that she didn’t regard as being creepy. After the song ended we stood there on the dance floor still talking and, praise be to the DJ, because immediately after that slow song he played yet another slow one. I had such a good time with this girl that I just simply asked her if she wanted to dance with me again. And to my amazement she said ‘yes’!! So we continued to talk and I already could feel that this girl was special. Someone I could see myself in a relationship with.
After slow song #2, some of my friends came over to meet this girl who I had just danced with twice in a row! One of my friends Jake, also couldn’t believe that she graduated in 2002 which made her older than all of us and demanded that she show us her driver’s license for proof. She said she didn’t have it on her but that it was in her car and after the dance she could show us. Well, after that we went our ways and it was back to the drink table for me with my friends while she went back to her table of friends. I hadn’t gotten her number yet and I knew I was going to have to approach her again during the dance and ask for it. During the rest of the dance I kept my distance from her as not to seem to needy but I couldn’t help my eyes from wanting to gaze upon her beautifulness. I told all of my friends that I was going to get her number that night. As the dance came to a close I still hadn’t talked to her again and when the lights came on to signify the end of the dance I noticed she was heading for the exit by herself. Unfortunately, at this same time I was preoccupied talking to another girl. So I looked over my shoulder and saw my friend Jake and told him that ‘SHE’ was leaving and to go stall her. From this point on, all I heard from the girl I was presently talking with was ‘blah, blah, blah’ I thought to myself, ‘Can’t you see that I really want to stop talking to you and run after the cute girl who just left?’ I don’t remember how I did it but I was able to end the conversation with this girl not a moment too soon.
After I casually exited the gym I quickly sprinted down the hallway thinking I was too late and she probably had already left. But heading out the church I scanned the parking lot and saw her still talking with my friend Jake. If it wasn’t for Jake running out there to stall her, my chance of get her number that night would have gone from slim to none. Jogging up to her and my friend I knew this was my chance to get her number. We all started talking and my friend Jake could realize that he had done his part by stalling her and, he being the cool guy that he is, excused himself from the situation and walked back into the church to leave us alone.
Now, it was just me and her. Mono e mono. My heart began to race. I knew that the two slow dance songs we had spent together didn’t mean anything if she didn’t want to give me her number. When the time was right I asked her for it and her exact response was “that’s debatable!” I thought it was such a witty and slightly flirty response I knew the moment I heard those words thatshe must have good feelings towards me. She gave me her number and we parted ways with a hug. It was a huge feeling of success!!!
The day after the dance I already really wanted to call her but I knew it was best to wait two days so as not to look too anxious. Just getting enough courage to call her up took a lot of effort. Before I called her I had supposed that she would be one of those girls who don’t answer the phone when she doesn’t recognize the number so I had a nice message prepared in my mind asking her if she wanted to go get some lunch. Instead of calling me back, which I had supposed she would do, she texted me back shortly saying she was busy and would not be able to go to lunch. 'Ouch!' I thought. I felt rejected. Maybe she wasn’t all that into me? Maybe I was in over my head with this girl? Who was I to think I could land a date with such a beautiful woman? But, to my surprise another text shortly followed which said that if I was up to it, I could come over to her place that night and watch a movie with her. The halleluiah choir was playing in my head!
That night we watched our first movie together, The Wedding Singer. It was the start of our wonderful relationship. We hung out the rest of the week together and just like that we were a couple. And that my friends, is the beginning of the love story about how I met Desiree which continues to grow even today as we keep living our lives together!
My friends and I never arrive on time for church activities, mainly because we thought it looked geeky to do so. By the time my friends and I had arrived at the dance it had already started. As usual we headed to the food table to grab a drink and a cookie. As we were eating, some country dance music started playing and I noticed some people started to line dance. I was never a good dancer so I wasn’t one to ever go on the dance floor and show off my moves. But, as me and my friends were talking, I looked over and amongst the group of people line dancing I noticed one girl in particular who I thought was really good looking. A short, petite girl who I had never seen before. There she was in the middle of the dance floor smiling and having fun. The lights were dim and she was a good 30 feet away so I decided to inconspicuously join with the group of people line dancing just so I could get a closer look as to who this new girl was. When I joined in on the dancing and glanced over at her I instantly thought she was most beautiful girl I had ever seen. Every other girl at the dance paled in comparison to this short, petite beauty. While line dancing I couldn’t help but continue to make quick glances at this gorgeous female. I couldn’t keep my eyes off her. When the square dancing the music stopped I went back to my friends telling them that the lcute girl who I has spotted out was even more beautiful close up. I made up my mind that I was not going to leave the activity without asking her to dance.
I had been anxiously waiting for a slow song to begin and it wasn’t till about halfway through the dance the DJ finally decided to play one. At the start of the slow song I noticed that she was sitting at a table with just her friends and no guy had asked her to dance yet. I thought that this was my moment go make my move and to hopefully not look like a fool doing so. To be honest, I was scared out of my mind. If it wasn’t for some encouragement from a friend I might not have ever asked her for a slow dance because I was too scared that someone who I already thought was super cute would be turned off by such an average looking guy. But, with all my friends watching me I mustered the courage and walked over to her. She was sitting in a chair as I walked up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder, she turned around and I asked her if she would like to dance and to my surprise she said 'yes'. I took her by the hand and we walked to the dance floor.
Now, in past experiences I’ve had dancing with other girls sometimes you each end up just looking the other way and not really talking much after you exchange names and ask the standard 'get to know you' questions. After we exchanged names the only dialog I can specifically remember was trying to find out how old this girl was. Now, one of the reasons I almost didn’t ask her to dance was because she looked very young. I figured she even might even just be 18 years old. And I didn’t really want to date someone that young. So I thought it would be clever to not ask her for her age directly but ask her when she graduated from high school and then just do some math in my head and figure out how old she was.
“So what year did you graduate high school?” I asked.
“Guess!” she replied.
I thought to myself 'oh man', I could really screw things up depending on how I responded to her.’ “I dunno, 2008” which would have made her 18 because that what I thought her age was.
“Nope,” she said.
Instantly I thought that she might not even be graduated yet and I might be dancing with a 17 year old still in high school!!! I certainly was hoping for her to be older but she just didn’t look much older than 18. At this point I didn’t want to be anymore wrong so I just told her that I didn’t know when she graduated and for her to just tell me because I was done guessing and I for sure didn’t want to guess 2009, which would imply to her that I didn’t even think she was out of high school yet.
“I graduated in 2002”
'Two thousand and what?' I thought. 'No way!' I graduated in 2003 which would make her older than me! And there was no way she was older than me! Come to find out this young looking, petite beauty was older than me by 6 months. I thought how could a girl this good looking at this age not already be in a relationship with someone. I must be really lucky for her to still be single! I don’t remember what we said after that but I remember we were able to talk the whole time during the song and we never had one of the awkward silence moments. I was confident during the song that I had felt a good vibe coming from her and assumed she thought I was a nice guy and that she didn’t regard as being creepy. After the song ended we stood there on the dance floor still talking and, praise be to the DJ, because immediately after that slow song he played yet another slow one. I had such a good time with this girl that I just simply asked her if she wanted to dance with me again. And to my amazement she said ‘yes’!! So we continued to talk and I already could feel that this girl was special. Someone I could see myself in a relationship with.
After slow song #2, some of my friends came over to meet this girl who I had just danced with twice in a row! One of my friends Jake, also couldn’t believe that she graduated in 2002 which made her older than all of us and demanded that she show us her driver’s license for proof. She said she didn’t have it on her but that it was in her car and after the dance she could show us. Well, after that we went our ways and it was back to the drink table for me with my friends while she went back to her table of friends. I hadn’t gotten her number yet and I knew I was going to have to approach her again during the dance and ask for it. During the rest of the dance I kept my distance from her as not to seem to needy but I couldn’t help my eyes from wanting to gaze upon her beautifulness. I told all of my friends that I was going to get her number that night. As the dance came to a close I still hadn’t talked to her again and when the lights came on to signify the end of the dance I noticed she was heading for the exit by herself. Unfortunately, at this same time I was preoccupied talking to another girl. So I looked over my shoulder and saw my friend Jake and told him that ‘SHE’ was leaving and to go stall her. From this point on, all I heard from the girl I was presently talking with was ‘blah, blah, blah’ I thought to myself, ‘Can’t you see that I really want to stop talking to you and run after the cute girl who just left?’ I don’t remember how I did it but I was able to end the conversation with this girl not a moment too soon.
After I casually exited the gym I quickly sprinted down the hallway thinking I was too late and she probably had already left. But heading out the church I scanned the parking lot and saw her still talking with my friend Jake. If it wasn’t for Jake running out there to stall her, my chance of get her number that night would have gone from slim to none. Jogging up to her and my friend I knew this was my chance to get her number. We all started talking and my friend Jake could realize that he had done his part by stalling her and, he being the cool guy that he is, excused himself from the situation and walked back into the church to leave us alone.
Now, it was just me and her. Mono e mono. My heart began to race. I knew that the two slow dance songs we had spent together didn’t mean anything if she didn’t want to give me her number. When the time was right I asked her for it and her exact response was “that’s debatable!” I thought it was such a witty and slightly flirty response I knew the moment I heard those words thatshe must have good feelings towards me. She gave me her number and we parted ways with a hug. It was a huge feeling of success!!!
The day after the dance I already really wanted to call her but I knew it was best to wait two days so as not to look too anxious. Just getting enough courage to call her up took a lot of effort. Before I called her I had supposed that she would be one of those girls who don’t answer the phone when she doesn’t recognize the number so I had a nice message prepared in my mind asking her if she wanted to go get some lunch. Instead of calling me back, which I had supposed she would do, she texted me back shortly saying she was busy and would not be able to go to lunch. 'Ouch!' I thought. I felt rejected. Maybe she wasn’t all that into me? Maybe I was in over my head with this girl? Who was I to think I could land a date with such a beautiful woman? But, to my surprise another text shortly followed which said that if I was up to it, I could come over to her place that night and watch a movie with her. The halleluiah choir was playing in my head!
That night we watched our first movie together, The Wedding Singer. It was the start of our wonderful relationship. We hung out the rest of the week together and just like that we were a couple. And that my friends, is the beginning of the love story about how I met Desiree which continues to grow even today as we keep living our lives together!
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