Over two years ago, a girl walked up to me and introduced herself – Alison. Bright blue eyes, a shining smile, bubbly personality, and a laugh loud enough to make small children cry. God, this woman is noisy, was my first thought. But she kept at me, the shy, angry, skinny white kid. And I started to, slowly, let her in. Didn’t have a choice, really, she wouldn’t go away. We became friendly, then friends.
That persistent style kinda set the tone for our ‘dating’ stage – she asked me to the movies, to parties, and so on. I’d always been a bit reserved with Alison; what the hell do I have in common with a loud, obnoxious, case-study extrovert like her? On paper we were oil and water, polar opposites, never to be one. Yet I always managed to toss paper logic aside when I was around her, and she slowly teased the extrovert out of me. We spent one fateful night at my apartment watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and somehow the dry humping and cider ale made something click in my head – I cared about this girl.
And that struck me as… odd. Because I hate people. Especially loud people. But sometimes it’s better not to over think a good thing, and we officially declared ourselves an item – on Facebook – December 23, 2006. Fifteen months later, I woke up next to this amazing woman, making today another amazing day in the longest relationship of my life.
I love this girl. She can quote Blazing Saddles verbatim. She can sculpt naughty bits out of almost anything. She has a leadfoot almost as heavy as mine. She cooks on demand. She indulges my hooligan driving habits – even bought a digicam to record them. She can cheer me up during my lowest moments. She has a father that trusts me with his guns. She calls me Master Chief in bed…oh wait, too much.
Anyway, I’ve found this girl, and I’m not letting her go. Alison, if you’re reading this, I need you do to me a favor.
Could you reach into the cabinet below the TV, and pull out that shiny, round, silver object?
Would you make me the happiest man alive by doing me the honor of putting Army of Two in the Xbox? Thanks hun.
I’ll see the rest of you fools in the game.
(Suckers!)
