A new beginning (F1 love story)

Chapter 1

Our story begins a few years back. When I was still working at the IT consultancy company. I had been working for about a year when I was asked to give training to the new colleagues. And there he was. My future husband. But I didn't see it right away. I was going through a break-up.

It was in the middle of a pandemic. I was just trying to find myself again. Someone new was not what I needed right now. So I shut them out. They would not get to know me.

Fast forward to six months later. We met again. Noah and I. I felt more like myself. I was happy again, feeling good. He made me laugh. We made jokes. Both said to people that we weren't ready for any kind of committed relationship. I wasn't because I got heartbroken very badly last time and he because of all the drama. Little did we know we ended up together. Loving each other unlimited. Handling each other's weird sides.

After two years of dating we decided to go and rent a house together. We didn't want to buy (although people were pushing us). It wasn't the biggest house. Two bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms, an open floor plan downstairs. It was all that we needed at the moment.

Life was good. Amazing. Coming home to my boyfriend cooking and giving him kisses, hugging him. Talking about our day. The smell of fresh flowers when he would surprise me with a big bouquet. We had our fights and differences but we learned how to handle them.

Once I washed one of his shirts a bit too hot and it came out a size or 4 smaller. That was a funny discussion though. But all the issues on our way were problems we had to tackle. Us against the problem. We loved living in the house but we started to talk about making a family of our own.

Noah and I, our family, our own kids. Noah is amazing with kids. Everytime i see him talk, play, do crazy stuff with them, my heart skips a beat.

So It was time to start and look for our own place.

After three months we found our dream place. We made an offer and got it. We had our own place.

The move from one house to another went smoothly. Both families came to help and we ended the day with a big BBQ in our garden. I remember looking from our kitchen and enjoying the silence in the kitchen and seeing everyone together. Maybe we should do this every year, I thought. We both took some days off and settled in our new space.

That night he made my favorite meal, pasta carbonara. And made it romantic. Candles were lit from the hallway into the kitchen, full with roses everywhere. Small pieces of paper on the ground and the wall, saying what he loved about me. There he was on one knee. "Will you marry me?", he asked. "Of course", I said, "of course I want to marry you. I want to spend my whole life with you. Seeing our children grow up, getting through the hard times.". I cried, ofcourse, i'm sensitive. And the ring. It was a beautiful. It was silver with a small stone. Very simple, elegant. I loved it.

When we announced our engagement, everyone was delighted. And we were ready. This was around 10th of october 2020.