| I remember...
sometime during the second week of January, Pablo called me at my office, and in an
excited tone, said "We have reservations for Valentine's Day!" And I was
like "Reeeeally...." I got all excited as he went through the
details of his business peers highly recommending this place, but as soon as we got off
the phone, I sat back, thinking something's up... I mean, Valentine's Day was still
over a month away... hmmmm... And, as Valentine's Day drew nearer and nearer, Pablo
constantly raved about Valentine's Day, saying out of the blue, "[A number] MORE DAYS
TIL VALENTINE'S DAY!" with a HUGE grin on his face. Mid-January, I remember
hanging out with Sheila and Cyn in San Diego, telling them "You guys, I have a
feeling he's going to do it on Valentine's Day! He keeps making a big deal about
Valentine's Day!" I was so nervous thinking about it! But very
excited! I even told my mom my "instinct" and she was so excited, but also
trying to help me keep my sanity IN CASE it didn't happen. Valentine's Day was on a Wednesday... and Pablo had a dozen red
roses sent to my office. (I was happy all day!) He called me right at 5:45pm
before I left my office, reminding me (as if he didn't remind me the day before and the
other day before that) to make sure I'm at home in time and that he'd pick me up at
8pm. 8pm, right on the dot, a knock on my door... I wasn't ready at all and luckily
threw on a robe when I answered the door. A guy in a suit stood there, saying
"Are you Aileen?" Stunned, I said "Yes?" And he told me how he
was here to take me and make sure I made it to my reservation in time. Immediately,
I said "Can you give me 10 minutes?" I rushed and, 10 minutes exactly, he
was at the door again, and as we walked out of my complex, a limo was parked out and I kept
thinking Pablo BETTER be inside! And he was... I was just so breathless
when I saw him. I couldn't believe what was happening.
The Sky Room was just sooooo romantic... we
could see all of Long Beach from inside. After the main course, and before dessert,
he excused himself and went to the bathroom. As he came back to the table, the band
JUST started to play a slow song, so he took my hand and said "Come on, let's
dance!" We were slow dancing and talking, then he started, "You know...
we're always talking about 'IF we get married...', 'IF we have kids...', well... I don't
want it to be 'IF' anymore, I want it to be 'WHEN'." He pulled out the ring and
asked me to marry him. (I obviously said "yes"!) <=)
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