When I walked into the seventh grade I saw her. She was sitting there with her hands on her desk waiting for the class to start. I sat off to one side and behind her, but all I did was look at her. I found out when they read the roster that her name was Mary Jo.

In the ninth grade I finally had the opportunity to get close with her. We found ourselves as the same junior varsity basketball game and I asked her if I could sit beside her. I could feel the warmth of her body beside me, I could smell her hair, I wanted to lean over and kiss her every time she turned to talk to me. He older brother was on the basketball squad and she talked about him.

I didn't sleep that night, all I did was dream about her. All I wanted was for her to be with me.

In the tenth grade we had gym together. She was shy, and even though I always sat beside her to suit up she never let me get to see her. I on the other hand 'showed' her. She told me to be careful, because there were weird people. By then we had lunch together every day because we shared several classes together. She also helped me with math, any excuse to get her to be close to me.

For prom that year when she was asked out I told her that he wasn't right for her. So she and I ended up going together as friends without dates. After prom we went with a group of kids to IHOP and I made sure she sat close beside me in the booth, real close, so our legs were touching the whole time. I put my arm around her to talk to her, I told her I thought she was the prettiest girl in school. She was uncomfortable, but I wanted to kiss her more than anything and I kissed her in the booth in front of our friends and announced to them that she was my girlfriend.

She didn't deny it, when we walked back to the car I took her hand and made her hold my hand when we walked. In the back seat, all up against each other I whispered to her that I loved her more than anyone and I wanted her to love me back. That I wanted her to be my girlfriend. I told her I wanted her to wear a promise ring. I went all out. I also kissed her again in the car, while the other girls watched.

That night I held her face and told her I loved her and I wasn't going to go home until she told me she loved me back, as my friend honked the horn for me to hurry up. I kissed her on the porch, and didn't leave until she said I love you too.

She is my love, my one and only love. And we are going to get married and she is going to be a bride and she is going to wear a ring and she is going to say out loud that she is my wife.

I love her, I loved her the day I first saw her and now she is going to be my wife.