Chelsea's version
I am by far not a good of a writer as Derek so if you just want to read his part, by all means scroll down!
The first time I met Derek was when he came to my house to introduce himself as our home teacher in August. I remember thinking to myself how cute this red and curly headed guy was. He was really shy but I thought it intriguing. We would talk every once in awhile in church and when he would come over to teach us. I remember talking in church and trying to crack jokes to get him to laugh, and then feeling dumb because they were really bad jokes. I think he just laughed out of pity.
A couple of months into living in Provo I became really sick and needed a blessing. Derek and another boy came over to give my a blessing and I had to promise myself I wouldn't say anything weird. He didn't stay too long after the blessing and because of my wonderful anxiety thought it was something I said. (I am sure he doesn't even remember any of this.
Finally at the very first of November we were both sitting by each other at ward prayer. I was saying my usual Chelsea thing but he was laughing at everything. We all decided to have an after ward prayer game night at his place and play pool with his apartment and mine. We all arrived and Derek wanted to show us some videos he had made, I happened to be sitting on the love sac where he needed to sit to set up the video. As we started talking something felt different and I couldn't stop smiling. We decided to play pool after that and Derek and I were put on the same team. As the game went on we were giggling and doing all the flirting stuff I didn't know I had inside of me. We kept "messing up" to get the game to go on longer and for some odd reason I offered to run home and grab my Newsies soundtrack.
Upon turning it on I started dancing, (and guys I never dance in front of people I don't know very well, my confidence would of never have stood for it. But for some reason that night all my insecurities went away) soon derek was singing and dancing to every word and it turned out to be one of the funnest nights of my life, even if some other people in the room couldn't stand to listen to musicals. We didn't care.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
how we met: his and hers
Derek's Version
The day we first met began at the beginning of the school year. I was new to the ward so I was still shy and not willing to put myself out in the open for social interactions. The ward was nice, small, but quiet. The atmosphere did not convince me I was about to meet my sweetheart. Then in about mid September the weather was getting colder and the ward could not play outside. The ward decided to play a nice game of dodgeball inside the church gym. Because of my desire to win and desire to beat my brother Devan who was on the opposite team in our first match did not convince everyone else I was the nicest guy to want to get to meet. I was dripping with sweat and throwing dodge balls into people's faces, and stomachs. During the heat of the battle a young women named Chelsea decided this was a prime opportunity to get my name and introduce herself. And so it happened, we met while in the heated battle of a dodge ball game. Luckily she was quick on her feet and ran out of the gym to save her own life ;)
That first encounter, while playing dodgeball, did not instill in my memory that young women's name. However her face did not escape me. I can remember her frightened face as dodge balls were wizzing by.
The next month this young women and I sat close to each other during an FHE. Luckily her roommates who sat between us would say her name loudly before talking to her. Chelsea and I then shared a few interests and we decided to spend the rest of the evening at my apartment along with her roommates playing pool.
During our pool game it started as Chelsea and I. Somehow our game became very flirtatious and long. We would purposely miss the holes so that we would not have to switch the game with the others so we could flirt a little longer. After the first game was over we both felt the atmosphere needed a little more song or should I say dancing. Chelsea and I both agreed to listen to the disney musical "Newsies." We both danced to the music and we were both well versed in the words and role played throughout the whole song. It was then I felt a very large spark of love overcome my heart and I hoped to be able to dance with her again.
To be continued...
The day we first met began at the beginning of the school year. I was new to the ward so I was still shy and not willing to put myself out in the open for social interactions. The ward was nice, small, but quiet. The atmosphere did not convince me I was about to meet my sweetheart. Then in about mid September the weather was getting colder and the ward could not play outside. The ward decided to play a nice game of dodgeball inside the church gym. Because of my desire to win and desire to beat my brother Devan who was on the opposite team in our first match did not convince everyone else I was the nicest guy to want to get to meet. I was dripping with sweat and throwing dodge balls into people's faces, and stomachs. During the heat of the battle a young women named Chelsea decided this was a prime opportunity to get my name and introduce herself. And so it happened, we met while in the heated battle of a dodge ball game. Luckily she was quick on her feet and ran out of the gym to save her own life ;)
That first encounter, while playing dodgeball, did not instill in my memory that young women's name. However her face did not escape me. I can remember her frightened face as dodge balls were wizzing by.
The next month this young women and I sat close to each other during an FHE. Luckily her roommates who sat between us would say her name loudly before talking to her. Chelsea and I then shared a few interests and we decided to spend the rest of the evening at my apartment along with her roommates playing pool.
During our pool game it started as Chelsea and I. Somehow our game became very flirtatious and long. We would purposely miss the holes so that we would not have to switch the game with the others so we could flirt a little longer. After the first game was over we both felt the atmosphere needed a little more song or should I say dancing. Chelsea and I both agreed to listen to the disney musical "Newsies." We both danced to the music and we were both well versed in the words and role played throughout the whole song. It was then I felt a very large spark of love overcome my heart and I hoped to be able to dance with her again.
To be continued...
Monday, March 7, 2011
50 something days
-new job, lots more hours (yay!)
-cutting, painting, and modge podging for hours a day
-stressing, and worrying about how im going to get everything done until i am sick, i need to do some serious relaxation exercises
-hanging out with dexter till the wee hours of the morning
-driving to american fork and woods cross to play with family
derek has also been super crazy busy too or else he would be updating this baby too
ill be back, and sooner than you think believe in me guys, believe
xoxo chelsea {davidson}
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