Cute Love Stories

Love Story

Chapter Four- Last Chapter

In part three, the story left off just after our week of first dates and Matthew's return home from California, and just before Valentine's Day two years ago. I was at work that Valentine's Day evening when a special delivery arrived for me via Matthew's mom! I was too busy to chat with her much when she arrived, but she dropped off my gifts along with a gorgeous dozen white and red roses from Matthew. He had arranged all this before he left!

I waited to open my gifts until the restaurant was closed for the evening, but believe me, I thought about them ALL NIGHT LONG! Once the last customer had finally left, I sat down at a table with my roses, a large yellow manila envelope, and a wrapped gift. A note on the outside of a card instructed that I open the wrapped gift first.

In order to understand the significance of what comes next, you have to first understand my obsession with New York City. During those few weeks that we had know each other up until this point, Matthew and I had discussed how much we both loved it there, and how it is my absolute favorite place on Earth. So I opened my gift and found this adorable New York picture that Matthew had hand decaled with romantic little words.I was tickled by that, of course, but what was in the big manila envelope was the real kicker.Matthew had created this full page invitation (with a beautiful photo of a bridge in Central Park faded in the background), and it read:

(My Name)

You are hereby cordially invited to

"The City of Lights"

On Monday, the Ninth of March,

Two Thousand and Nine

at

The Ritz Carlton New York, Central Plaza

Enchantment will start promptly at 8:00 PM,

Romance will begin at first site,

.....Falling in Love will last a lifetime

Host: Matthew (Last Name)

Price of Admission: Your Company, Your Smile, and Your Grace

Please RSVP by February 16th, 2009

We apologize for any inconvenience,

Kisses are the only form of payment accepted at this time

Ummm, yeah. CAN WE SAY EVERY GIRL'S DREAM COME TRUE?!?! And Matthew had also created a fake airline boarding pass with the assigned seat "next to your man" and with flight and confirmation numbers matching the days of our first two dates. I know. Sickening! I'm here to tell you that not every man is completely clueless when it comes to romance!

So needless to say, I accepted the invitation, and that trip to New York City with my future husband turned out to be the most fabulous few days of my life. The Ritz Carlton ruined me for all eternity. I will compare all hotel experiences to that one, and nothing will ever match up. Matthew convinced the poor fellow at the front desk to upgrade our stay from a basic room to a two room, two bathroom suite, at no extra charge (the guy is a sweet-talker, what can I say?), and from our room on the seventh floor (my lucky number) you could sit on the window seat and gaze down at sixth avenue and central park below. I spent many teary moments on that window seat, wondering when I would wake up from this lovely dream.