Enough people have been asking about the gap between then and now so i guess I'll fill that in.
Changing my life plansI dare say she definitely was one of the major influences in changing my plans to move out of state and attend college in Illinois and instead remain in the St. Louis area. After multiple "offers"/"bribes" and constant questioning on a daily basis about my decision on whether or not I'm moving out of state or not, I ended up finding a year plan that would keep me in the area for quite a while longer, much to her excitement. I accepted a management promotion at work (she got one too) and at this point, we are now in training to become associate managers. One of the barriers preventing us from actually being in a relationship crumbled away.
CompetitionI still had competition going. Although we were getting along nicely, I was still pretty friendzoned. She also had her eye on other "eligible bachelors", who I will call Joe (a dumb good-looking coworker), Jay (my lanky friend), and her boyfriend. The jealousy was getting real for me and it got to the point where I stopped talking to my friend and the coworker because I was irrationally angry at them for having her attention. However, "Joe" was eliminated after he was arrested for killing a heroin dealer. "Jay" ended up just not being receptive to her timid advances on him and respected my run for the money, so we're all cool now. Only one more to go.
Discussion about possible relationship?One night at around 10:30pm, I got a call from her and answered. She was sobbing and asking if she could talk to me in person, so we met up at the Taco Bell across the street from work. Nosy coworkers getting off work saw our cars and started milling around in our area, to which I shooed them away to talk to her. For a good two hours, we talked about the issue she was dealing with (related to work) and along the lines of the discussion, she confided that she had been giving thought into us actually being in an established relationship, but ended it with uncertainty.
After me prioritizing her feelings enough to drive out late at night on a 25 mile round trip just to talk to her, things seemed to be changing somewhat. We started seeing each other a lot more, on a near daily basis.
What the boyfriend doesn't know doesn't hurt him ;) (Sept 16)After we went on a trip to walmart, I was invited over as her only guest to her boyfriend's mom's house (where she lives with her boyfriend). Instantly worried about the most ultimate friendzone experience ever of "meet my boyfriend", I accepted anyway and followed her all the way to the house. About ready to turn around and leave when I saw his red Hummer in the driveway, I was extremely hesitant about going anywhere near that house, but I followed her inside anyway.
Conveniently, he was away in Arkansas for work.....so we got down to baking......
Cupcakes. Yes, we made cupcakes and they were good cupcakes. In what I never expected would happen, I spent 7 hours with her in her boyfriend's mom's kitchen, met his entire family and a bunch of his friends, and had fun with his girlfriend all without him being there. Couldn't have gone better.
And then things get hot (Sept 20)After seeing each other literally every day without fail for almost two weeks, I'm stuck busy working at Walgreens with my annoying friend until 10pm. She was supposed to meet me that morning so we could hang out, but turned out that she was working that day so I was salty with her for not telling me. Kinda pissed and then upset because of everything, I spent the day driving until my shift was supposed to start. During my drive though, she calls me on the phone, to which I tether my phone to bluetooth and we talk for over 30 minutes. She tells me she will visit me at walgreens between 7 and 10, to which I agree and hang up and go to work. 7pm rolls around....then 8....8:30....still no sign. I start getting antsy wondering where she could be and finally around 8:45, she walks in the front doors. We talk a bit although I'm busy while my friend makes a fool of himself in front of her repeatedly. After she walks around the store and I barter my cash register to my friend so I can clean the restrooms instead, she follows me to the restrooms while I get my cleaning supplies from the janitor closet (no this is not going where you think). She tells me that she's going to leave but she'll wait up for when I'm off work, before hugging me and leaving a kiss on my neck.
After getting some handicapped customers pushed out the door eleven freaking minutes after closing, I notice her car pass through the parking lot and park next to mine. I walk over and get in the passenger side seat and we sit there talking, playing music, and gossiping for a while, but we're both tired after long days, so we decide to relax. She lies her head on my lap while I recline in my seat when she starts getting friendly. You know, asking if I'm ticklish. Things start getting warmer from there and she begins adding in little kisses, not much different from the little ones she'd given me before, but still. And they were working their way up my neck. Here ensues my first makeout session with her. The first kiss had my mind turn into jelly as I struggled to figure out how to handle the situation and just getting garbled responses, but I kept it going anyway. After it was over, I just sat there like, "Woah...." And then I realized, "I wanna do that again." So we did. Several more times. After being discovered by the cops a bit past 12am, we split and went to our respective homes. I could still feel her the next morning.
Midnight ride to rescue my damsel in distress from a party gone wrong (Sept 24)https://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=303087.0Today's leap of faith (Sept 25)Nothing seemed too unusual to boot the day. I was working 2-10 and she was off work and we texted flirty messages to each other all afternoon before she told me she'd pay me a visit at work today. All seemed normal, until she showed up. Her boyfriend was with her. I hadn't seen the guy in months considering he never ever comes anywhere near Hardee's or visits her at work. My mind went into panic but I kept my cool externally and tried to avoid both of them at all costs. Conveniently, the drive thru got hit by a tons of people wanting food so I was pretty much tied and couldn't talk to them if I wanted to. After maybe 10 minutes, I see the boyfriend walking out of the building and getting in her car to sit with his phone. That left room for me to be a little more friendly. She bought me pop rocks and shared her tabasco jellybeans before popping a pivotal question, asking if it was okay to tell our inanely curious nosy coworkers about us kissing a few nights ago. We awkwardly debate it in front of them only peaking their curiosity and I'm just like, "Yeah just tell them."
Lots of celebrating and jumping up and down ensued. Almost considered telling everyone in the employee roster just to see all the reactions after that. We then openly discussed relationship options in front of everyone, about how much nobody liked her boyfriend, etc. She had to leave not long after, and giving me puppy dog eyes, she asked me for a hug. I walk around the counter to give her one, take a jellybean, and turn around to return to work when she calls me back over to her. I know exactly what she's looking for, and I kiss her right in front of people and on security camera, with her boyfriend literally sitting not 20 yards away in her car.
That's all so far.
