Quinn and I met back in 2004. Candace, his sister, is a college friend of mine and we met in Bettie Johnson while he has visiting her. Over the next 2 years we would see each other from time to time and hook up. He would drive up to visit me and take me to dinner and I would bake him yummy treats. I had never dated anyone that went out of their way for me in such a way before. By 2007, we had gone our separate ways and settled down with other people. Never any ill thoughts or hard feelings.
Between 2007 and 2011 we would see each other here and there. We respected each other's lifestyles enough to only speak, but never anything more for several reasons. I didn't want either of us to get our feelings hurt and I wasn't sure how his sister would feel about us seeing each other again. We both went through break ups and make ups and it seems in the year 2011, we both had decided at different points that we wanted better for ourselves. I had gone through so many downs, I spent all of 2011 healing from heartache and pain and finding myself and building my relationship with God. I vowed not to let the previous relationship hinder my next one. I promised myself to not settle for less than anything I deserved and to never feel the way I let someone make me feel before. I only wanted to cry happy tears. I learned that honesty, truth, and faithfulness were keys to success...but that had to go both ways.
NYE 2011 I went to a NYE party at St. Rita's Church. I had learned earlier that day from Candace that Quinn would be there but not with his girlfriend. I knew that evening would be a bit awkward since I was bringing my boyfriend. The two hours leading up to the party was one of the worst nights of my life. My heart was broken again and I knew things would never be the same. We went to the party anyways because he knew Quinn would be there. I should have gone alone. Within a month of that party, I was single and ready to put my past 4 years behind me.
NYE 2012 I decided that since 2011 turned out to be such a successful year for me that I would go to the St. Rita's NYE party again, and this time alone. I meet Candace and her husband at her house to find Quinn there, alone. Well wasn't this kind of awkward beings how last year I felt like an idiot there with a bum and a fake smile on my face. We all go on in, get our table together and are ready to get the party started!! Quinn finally comes up to me and says I have been texting you. I told him I had a new number and gave it to him. All these years, he had my old one memorized!!!! We ended up dancing the night away and having a good time.
About a week after the party, he asked me to lunch. He lives in Mt. Sterling and me in Lexington. He works in Morehead and me in Nicholasville. There are quite some distances here. He didn't care and wanted to come take me to lunch anyways. Although I know now that he almost cancelled out of insecurity, he actually ended up coming to take me to lunch on several occasions. I gave Candace a heads up that he and I were just friends but had been going to lunch. To this day never have met anyone that would go out of their way to do the smallest thing, to make me happy or make me feel special or put first. The next thing I know we have been inseparable since January (11 months ago) and things keep getting better and better!!!
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