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Watching carefully,

Nervously,

through all the others while thinking to yourself,

I can't be too obvious

.......yet

Before you even speak you have:

made all the right moves

not made an ass of yourself

actually impressed her, sort of

exchanged numbers

remembered to call

had the perfect date

played all your cards right

introduced her to you parents

impressed all of the right friends

tried to impress her family

had the perfect birthday/Valentines day, etc...

The magic evening under the full moon on the beach when she said yes

had the perfect wedding

got the promotion

saw all three children graduate high school and college

rejoiced over the grand kids

retired into the new condo near the same beach that she said "yes" on

frighteningly suffered through the first heart attack

Made her breakfast every single day for a year

after her funeral

You speak to her through the air....

"You come here often?"

Now you have met

The story begins

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