Was new to Houston, it was my first weekend on my own. Decided to meet up with a group of friends whom I had contact with on facebook. Met up with them at the mall in downtown, which included him. We both started talking about our common interests, and we talked about ourselves which we instantly clicked. A week later we met up again, we exchanged phone numbers. He didn't know that I was seeing someone else at the time (he who must not be named), and I wasn't aware that he was seeking a relationship with me so I was trying to stick to being friends with him for now. After I got dumped by you-know-who, I fell into a deep depression and he wanted to see how I was doing. He knew what was happening, and found out I had skipped class, so he went to my place to cheer me up. While he was still trying to pursue my heart, I told him that I needed time to recover.
That took me two weeks. I felt better (not fully healed). He and I kept exchanging text messages during those two weeks, keeping myself company while I was at work and school. He became my go-to friend. I still was unsure whether I want to go back out there and find another date. Then later on, I realized I wasn't ready. He insisted that I should hang out with him just to "finally let loose" but I still wasn't ready, and I had school and work to deal with. When May came around, I finally had a weekend off, and I told him about it. My confidence was fully healed and once he asked me if he wanted to go "hang out", I immediately said yes.
He took me for a drive all over the city of Houston, then we stopped at a cool tex-mex restaurant (which to this day, has a special place in our hearts), and saw Avengers: Age of Ultron. Our first kiss was during the credits of the movie on Midnight.
It was pretty cool, made me happier than I was a few weeks back. He tried everything he could to be sure I was alright. Had I not dated that other guy, we would have started going out earlier. We're now heading two years next month, and I couldn't be happier.