Our company was having a Christmas party in early December. It was to be a pretty big event, everyone would be dressed up. Guys would be in their suits and the ladies would be in their cocktail dresses. Everyone was talking about it. Unfortunately for me, Sharon was going to attend with her current relationship, as these plans were made before she and I got together. It was two weeks before his finals and she didn't want to make any waves. Since it would be a late night, the company decided to reserve hotel rooms for people that wanted to stay over. Her other relationship had asked Sharon to stay over. She had told me that he wanted to do that. I told Sharon that if she did, we were over. She said she wouldn't do that. I decided to go and would take this woman that I coached with named Merrill. We were friends and she had met Sharon and knew about our relationship. Some of my other friends around the soccer circle believed that she was interested in me but I never got that vibe. But after I met Sharon it was pretty hard to notice anything or anyone else. Merrill had told some of our players that we were going to a party together and they were pretty excited. I guess they still hadn't figured out who Sharon was. It was a pretty strange evening all the way around. All of my friends at work were probably wondering why Merrill and I kept telling them that we were just friends. As we were seated at our table, I caught a glimpse of Sharon coming in. She was beautiful as always. I couldn't take my eyes of off her. Merrill ran into Sharon in the ladies room and told her that I was pining away for her. Even though Sharon and I had agreed to depart from the party early and meet up afterwards, it seemed like the longest night of my life. I left the party after a couple of hours and dropped Merrill off at her apartment. I gave her the prize that I had one at the party. We chatted for a little while and I quickly left. Sharon called me a little later and we got into an argument because she ended up staying longer than we agreed upon. I was upset as I hung up the phone. About 30 minutes later she showed up at my apartment. We made up and stayed up all night talking (well there was a lot of kissing and hugging involved). That following morning we went to Denny's and had breakfast together. She left my place around 9:00 am to head home as I had several games to coach that day.
The following week, her other relationship completed his final exams and she broke up with him over the phone. So finally, we were free to be with each other openly. She drove to my apartment to tell me and we were so happy. That night was the first time we both said those three words that changes everything. That night we finally admitted what we were feeling for so long, that we were in love.
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