Our First Kiss/First Date (in that order...)

FIRST KISS--- Okay... so Petey and I had been hanging out for a couple of weeks and we had started to establish a relationship. We had cuddled a few times but we still hadn't kissed yet, nor had we gone out on an 'official date' yet. I was trying to wait patiently :) The night our first kiss happened there was a Utah Jazz game on tv. My friends and I had started to routinely watch the Jazz games with his friends, but when we had asked if we could watch the game at their apartment that night we didn't get a response. My friends found somewhere else to watch the game (curse having no cable!!). I told Petey and he was pretty bummed out. I told him that I would leave where I was watching the game at half time and come join him to watch the second half. Well one thing led to another and I ended up staying for the whole game with my girlfriends. Petey got a little upset with me...oops! After the game was over though, I went straight over to where was. There was a big group of people at the apartment and I felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't pay attention to anyone else but me. I've always been awkward when I'm around a guy I like when we are with a large group, but he gave me his full attention and I could tell that he wanted me there.

Eventually the crowd died down and the only people that around were Petey, myself, and his friend Antonio (who was asleep on the living room floor). We hopped up on the couch and talked and cuddled for hours. We talked about our families, we talked about where we've traveled, where we'd like to travel, our dream jobs, our hobbies, etc. After a few seconds of silence he turned my head towards him and we had our first kiss!!! I wasn't expecting it at that moment, but it happened! We kissed once more and continued to talk and get to know each other on a deeper level. I only got like 2 hours of sleep that night because we stayed up so long talking. I learned A LOT about him that night, and after that night I liked him 20 times more!

FIRST DATE---- May 1st, 2010 - Petey had finally asked me on our first 'official date' and I was very nervous and excited! I was nervous because he was leaving for the summer to install security systems in South Carolina and I knew I was starting to fall for him. I was excited because I wanted to spend as much time with him as I could before he left for the summer. I didn't know how things were going to work out with us living on separate sides of the country during the first part of our relationship. He had a week left in Utah and we were going to make the BEST of our time together.

For our date Petey had asked me to go on a hike with him. His good friend Nate had asked a girl and they were going to join us. The day of our date came and it was a torrential downpour! He texted me like 2 hours before our date and asked me if I was still game to go on our hike even if the weather wasn't good. I wasn't really looking forward to hiking through the mud and rain, but I wanted to be with him so I said yes. About 30 minutes before our date he called me and told me that we were going to a Real Salt Lake soccer game instead. He loves soccer and I've always wanted to go to an RSL soccer game, so I was happy with the change in plans :) The weather was still really bad so I brought a sweater, my coat, and a blanket for our trip. Nate's date ended up bailing on him, but he wanted to come with us still since he loves Real Salt Lake too. It wasn't awkward because Nate had become a really good friend of mine over the past few months, so it was just fun to all hang out together.

On our way down to the game we grabbed some food. The Real Soccer game was so much fun!! It rained almost the entire time and we were both freezing, but we cuddled up close :) RSL won the game so that made the night even better! On our ride home it was raining sooooooo bad that I was honestly scared for our safety. Petey was driving in his little Ford Escort and we were hydroplaning all over the road (he did an amazing job at keeping us safe though!). We managed to escape the weather unscathed but it sure was a ride! When we got back to Logan Petey dropped me off at my apartment and that was the end of our first OFFICIAL date... we had so much fun together!! It was a great date!! Next time I'll write about our crazy summer apart and our first I LOVE YOU

At the Real Sale Lake Game...Petey being a dork :)