The first part 2

It was sometime in late August when my life changed. It sounds like a movie, but Ericka walked into the coffe shop where I hold a part time job, and subsequently walked into my life. At first sight I was captivated. She had a beauty without comparison. I knew I had to speak with her and find out who she was. I was in a relationship at the time so I had to keep my relations with Ericka within the boundaries of friendship. I asked her what she was studying and it just so happened to be one of my great interests: Culture and linguistics. I proceeded to ask her about herself only to discover more and more details that I found to be attractive. For example, Ericka is a religion major and a Christian, a listener of good music, a book reader and a crossword solver. The more I found out about Ericka the more I began to like her. The only red flags were our age difference and well, my girlfriend at the time. I remember criticizing one of my good friends hard for dating a girl so much younger than him and now I was having to eat my own words. Ericka proved to have many mature qualities that alot of my friends, my age, have yet to attain. Qualities such as self confidence, direction, speaking one's mind, and knowing how to respond appropriatley to your own feelings. Ericka displayed a wisdom and character far beyond her years. I was impressed. Our times were spent within the coffee shop, and they were pure bliss. When Ericka would walk through the door everything seemed to illuminate. On halloween night, I confessed to strongly liking her, even though by then I was already in love with her. However, I knew that going from one relationship to another is dangerous so I proceeded with caution. Yet, my feelings for Ericka only grew stronger and stronger and I knew that I loved her and wanted to be with her only. Thus, on Dec 18th when she proposed to make our relationship official, I obliged extactically. Of course, there would be some issues to work out, but we would work them out together and as it turns out, that is exactly what has happened. More to come soon......