1. The Beginning

I was 22 and what I thought was a fairytale romance ended up changing my life in a way that I could have never predicted..

I had just recently got out of a relationship with a guy who was extremely controlling and very thoughtless. I was selfish and immature and only worried about myself. My mindset was to have fun and be free; little did I know one man would change my entire life in matter of days.

I met Dawson  working at a bar. I was a waitress and he was a cook. As sappy and ridiculous as it sounds, I fell in love with him the moment I first set my eyes on him. I didn't know a thing about him..his age or even his last name. All I knew is that I couldn't focus on anything but him. I would go to work on my days off  just to see him even though I didn't have the courage to talk to him. He made eyes at me as well as I did him.

A couple weeks into the job I started to learn things about him, he was 30 years old with 3 children. 2 to his wife...yes I said wife..and another to an ex girlfriend. He was married but separated. I also found out he was on house arrest for possession.

None of these things mattered to me, I still was interested in him and wanted to get to know him. Dawson and I only talked at work about basic things. I didn't even know if he was interested in me, as I was him, until one day I was at the bar.

Now let me back up and explain that a bunch of us at work would make jokes about the craziest things just to get laughs. Dawson and the other cook would make jokes about licking my cheek, and saying it now it seems weird but back at this time it was funny and somewhat made sense. 

Fast forward again to the day I was at the bar.. I was mid conversation with a beer in my hand talking to the bartender, when out of nowhere Dawson pops up and licked my cheek. My jaw dropped and I was speechless for so many reasons. Later that night he had found me on Facebook and sent me a message.

That was the moment Dawson told me he liked me and we began to talk. Such an odd moment for it all to begin but it was a funny story that I still to this day smile when I think about it.

We talked every single day and night. From the moment we woke up till the moment we went to sleep. Nothing in the world was relevant. It was like we were the only two people that existed. For the first time I felt real, very true love. That was the moment that was going to change me forever, and I didn't even know it.