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92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France on the 6th of February, 2018, at 7:30pm

By Mallory L

It was snowing that day. The first snowfall of the winter. I was home all day and supposed to meet with an ex-colleague for dinner. We had arranged it days before. But because of the snow, we changed our plans and decided to go to my place since I did not live far from his workplace and what used to be mine.

We first met about two years before that night. I was a student then and working part-time as a cashier in a garden center. I remember seeing him walk past me one day and thinking he was cute. Unfortunately, he was not single. I did not try anything. Not even to become friends. We would just say hi.

It all changed months after that. Maybe even a year after that. I was working that day. And so was he. Two of my colleagues/friends and I were going for sushi on our lunch break and one of them invited him. We spent the all the time laughing, the four of us. But I felt like something changed that day. We started talking more. Just this. I knew he was still in a relationship and I dated some guys too. But never the right one... it never lasted.

When I stopped working at the garden center in December 2017, I did not think I would see him except when I would come visit my colleagues. Which I did the month after. And I do not know what had gotten into me that day but I made it very clear that I was interested in him. Maybe it was the fact that I had learned he and his girlfriend had broken up. We exchanged our numbers for the first time. That night I texted him. We never stopped.

The 6th of February 2018 was supposed to be our first date. We changed our plans and stayed home but talked all evening. I was sitting on the armchair looking at him and thinking: "I don't want to be friends with him, I want to become his person, someone special". And from the look in his eyes, I knew that was what he wanted too.

The 13th of February 2018, we became a couple.

Our first official date was at the planetarium.