2. Getting there..

Every girl dreams of that magical proposal with that dream ring. Well imagine this happening by a guy you're not even dating.

Who would do that? Why would someone be crazy enough to do that?

Now let me back up again and explain how this happened.

Remember how I said I was 22 and recently got out of a relationship with a controlling thoughtless guy? After my pathetic self begged for him not to leave me and he continued to walk out of my life, I started to move on..with Dawson. His name was Mick, and he so wasn't worth the begging.

I was happy talking to Dawson, being excited for a fresh start with a guy who truly cared about me and enjoyed listening to me talk. One day Mick pops back into my life because HE wants me back. I didn't know what I wanted. All I knew is Dawson made me happy but Mick was also a big part of my life for so long. So what does every girl do when she's confused? She dates both.

Okay, so it wasn't the smartest decision on my part, but I was stupid. I might of been stupid but I was honest. Dawson knew about Mick, and Mick knew about Dawson. I went on a few dates with Mick to see if maybe we could re-spark what we once had...but every time I was with him all I could think about was Dawson and wondering what he was doing. I knew what I wanted.. and that was to tell Mick goodbye and start an exclusive relationship with Dawson. I wasn't the only person who knew that's what I wanted either. Mick didn't want to give up. He would show up at my work and I would avoid him as much as I could. Sure, I felt bad about it, but he hurt me so badly that I was ready for something new. He had his chance every day the year and a half before this moment. So one morning as I'm getting ready for work Mick shows up at my house to talk. I basically just told him I didn't have time for any of it. He got down on one knee and pulled a small box out of his pocket. The only thing I remember feeling was anger. I stopped him dead in his tracks and told him to stand up. The ring he had bought was my dream ring that I had picked out for myself for years. I was so upset and angry with him. We weren't even together anymore and he thought a proposal would win me back?  I couldn't believe it. That moment that every girl dreams of was stolen from me by some asshole who didn't deserve the love I gave him in the time we were together.

I didn't yell at him like I wanted to. I guess I was in too much disbelief to bother. It wasn't too shortly after that I cut him out of my life for good.

Dawson and I still didn't become exclusive for reasons of my own. I wasn't sure if he and his wife were completely over. I didn't want to be that girl that's in every cliché Lifetime movie and be someone' s mistress who thinks the marriage is over when it never is. Dawson swore to me that they were done. I wanted to believe him but she was still living with him. He told me it was because she was on a waiting list for the apartment she was supposed to be moving into. I wanted to wait till she left to take things further.. just for my own security.
Turns out she wasn't ready to be done with the marriage like he was.
She wanted to meet me...and so I agreed. I wanted both sides of the story so I was aware of what was really going on. I knew nothing about her, not even what she looked liked. So my boss at the time, who was completely supportive of me and Dawson, told her to come to the bar and that id be waiting and she would mediate the talk...just in case things got heated.

So I waited, and what to come next was something that I could have never anticipated.