How We Met: Part II

 

I wish I had pictures to accompany this story. this was taken June 2012. 

I spent the entire weekend with Troy never running into his weekend bunk-mate.  I found out later, that David had actually been kind enough to move an extra mattress into Pauls room so Troy wouldn’t have to sleep on the couch or the floor. The weekend with Troy couldn’t have gone any better, I thought for sure he would make it official but Sunday morning came and nothing was said. I agreed to go with him to Pauls ward that Sunday, trying to make the most of the time we had together. You can imagine the prep and primp that went into getting ready that Sunday morning. 

As we are walking into the make shift room of an on campus chapel I just happened to look up at the stand and see no other than David Palmer himself sitting in the row where the speakers are to sit before they talk wearing that exact same suite I saw him in two months previous. He was still just as handsome and dashing as I remembered, however I still thought nothing of it only excited to hear him talk and to tell my girlfriends of the funny coincidence. I mean I had other fish to fry that Sunday and David Palmer was definitely too good for me, I knew my limits.  
 
Unfortunately the first speaker took too long (shock) and David was unable to speak that Sunday. We left after sacrament meeting to go back to Paul's apartment for lunch, in fact we had corndogs and if you know me you know how much I LOVE corndogs. yum.
  
I was sitting on the couch when all the other roommates started to come home from church and who should walk in next but David Palmer, you can only imagine my surprise. I mean what are the chances, little did I know he was just as surprised to see me. He had seen my walk into the chapel as well. He saw that I was with Paul and Troy however and knowing that Troy was up here to visit a girl he figured I must be it. This didn't stop him though. 

He played it very cool, in fact I don't even remember him even noticing me. I remember him making himself a lunch and I watched casually, his best friends lived in the apartment next door so he quickly made his lunch and took it over there. But he kept coming back to the apartment and I kept watching him. 

He eventually turned on the TV to watch a Formula One race and then proceeds to sit himself on a stool right in the middle of the tiny living room, right in front of me!

So I knew I just had to talk to him. I’m not sure if Troy or anyone else was in the room at this time I can’t remember. I casually said

“I think I know you, aren’t you dating Haley?" (girl from back home.)

“No we broke up.” 

Of course I already knew this but I wanted to play it cool duh. I can’t remember the conversation from there, but I’m sure I said oh I’m sorry and I think he said it wasn’t a big deal, glad it was over, playing it cool himself. I think I remember him briefly explaining Formula One to me, and we talked about other things I can't remember.

On our 4 year anniversary. July 19th 2012

I spent a good chunk of the rest of the day at that apartment, I remember David coming back in and out the apartment getting different things, watching the race. Come to find out he was doing it to see me, however I was completely oblivious to it all. I was probably too occupied with Troy and I would have  never in my dreams thought that David was interested in me. 

So when I was alone in the kitchen waiting for Troy to take me home later that night and David asked me how long I had been dating Troy I immediately said we weren’t dating in fear that he would tell Troy I thought we were something we were actually not. I didn’t think that he might be asking for his own purposes. 

Troy took me home we hung out for a bit and then he started his drive back to Utah and nothing was discussed. All that and I was still confused on what was going on. However I would be seeing him again on Wednesday, I was flying to Denver to visit my family for the weekend, and I would be staying at his house before my early flight the next morning that he would drive me to. So I thought maybe then. 

That night I hung out with my roommates and was having a blast, as I was checking my Facebook that night I noticed a message was waiting for me.

David Palmer was asking me out. I was completely and totally shocked to see that he had sent me a message. It used to be saved to my facebook but David deleted his account a couple months ago and along with it the original messages. He said something like:

 I know this is a lame way to ask you out but I was wondering if you wanted to go see Oceans 13 with me on Friday. 

We must have talked about Oceans 13 that afternoon.You see the only person he knew to ask for my number would have been his roommate Paul and that would have been awkward given I was suppose to be dating his best friend. 
 
To say I was excited is an understatement, I came screaming out of my bedroom to tell my roommates that the hot guy from the stand at church had asked me out! They couldn’t really believe it either I think given the circumstances with Troy. The girly screeching would have been fine except for the fact that Davids neighbor happened to be visiting one of my roommates that night. I had no idea who he was but apparently he saw me at church and knew who I was and definitely knew who David was. So I had to beg and plead for him not to tell David how I was overly excited. 

I discussed my options with my roommates to go or not to go. What about Troy? Those kind of things. We decided that since Troy never said we were actually dating I was free to do what I like.  We also decided that I probably wouldn’t even end up liking David anyways, he seemed liked the stuck up guys we all tried to avoid. The ones who think they are too cool for school, too attractive for anyone, and knew it all. 

So it was decided I would go out with David for FUN! Haha looking back now it’s so ridiculous but truly that was the decision. I would go out with him just to see what it was like to go on a date with someone “like him”

So I responded to his Facebook message somewhat like this.

I would love to go out this weekend but I’m actually going to be out of town. But we could do go to lunch or something before I leave.

I gave him my number and didn’t hear back until the next morning when he called and I was talking to my mom on the phone and since I didn't recognize the number I let it go to voice mail.