So, here’s a story!

They met when they were 18. She was an international exchange student and he became her first friend.

With days they became closer, he fell in love with her, she didn’t. She asked him if he could stay friends with her and he said yes, he tried but he couldn’t.

Four years later, on their graduation day, he told her that he never stopped loving her and that it was too hard for him to stay friends, knowing his feelings weren’t going away, knowing her feelings weren’t going to change.

She cried that day, he cried that day. She apologized for not reciprocating his feelings and he apologized for the same.

They went their seperate ways.

Another four years later, he worked on an international event as a coordinator and his counterpart on the overseas project-team  happened to be her. Yes!

They got to talking, reminiscing about old days, catching up. She told him she was engaged, he told her he was too. He lied. He got nervous.

She flew over to him for the event. They joked, they laughed, they had a great time and then he told her he wasn’t really engaged, he didn’t want her thinking he wasn’t over her, he didn’t want things getting awkward. She asked him if he was really over her, he said no.

Things did get awkward.

Another two years. He runs into her at a client’s company, he’s surprised and asks what she is doing here, she tells him she’s got a job here and she’s applied for residency.

They end up working together, a lot of meetings happen, a lot of coffee-dates happen, and they’re laughing again, they’re friends again. He learns that she broke off her engagement and he realizes he’s still in love with her. He doesn’t tell her this time, he’s too scared to tell her this time.

Days go by, a whole year goes by and he’s miserably and irrevocably in love with her, and he can do nothing about it but complain to his friend. His friend tells him to try for one last time, and he rejects the idea with “what if it doesn’t work out?”.
“Then it’s just not meant to be” the friend says, “but..,” he adds, “what if it does?” 

Today they danced their first dance as husband and wife on Otis Reddings’ “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” and guess who was all chocked up trying to hold back tears? MY HUSBAND! THAT FRIEND!

This guy is his bestest friend and this was so very emotional for him, I mean, I was bawling my eyes out, everyone who knew the story was too (which is everyone attending – strictly family and friends) but he was there from day one.

– Why are you looking at me like that?
– You want to cry, don’t you?
– I don’t!
– You want to cry!
– I don’t!
– You’re looking at them like a proud dad, you totally want to cry!
– [covers his eyes with his hand, shoulders shaking]
– Are you crying?
– [eyes still covered]: I’m laughing!
– Why?
– [laughs some more]: because you’re a fool!

Now he wants to take full credit for the wedding happening because of his famous “what if it does” line, LOL!