The Bride - Brittany AguilarJeff has been my best friend and confidant since my Sophomore year at Ray High School. I've always been a video game playing girl, and I couldn't help falling for a guy who had the same taste. We and our group of friends would mostly hang out at the Library before school. I was concerned about whether or not it was okay to ask him out since in "girl code" you can't date your best friend's ex. He was actually the best friend to my ex-boyfriend, who had originally introduced me to him. That guy and I split at the beginning of 10th grade. Could you date your ex's best friend? I asked our mutual friend Javier, and he said guys don't have a silly code, and to go for it. I was scared to ask since it was a bit intimidating to ask such a cool guy if he would go out with me. What if he said no? I'll just wait...
Two years later, there was a day that I wasn't getting picked up from school so I decided to walk with Jeff and all our friends to his house to continue conversating before leaving to go home. I got up the nerves I couldn't those past two years, and started off by and asked Jeff for a ride home. He said okay, and borrowed his dad's truck to take me home. That's when I finally told him "Um, so I like you" and he told me he liked me too. It was like fireworks going off inside me! Every day for the last eight years has been amazing, and every day I'm excited to see him. |
The Groom - Jeffrey DeanBefore getting together, my first relationship with Brittany was something akin to adviser. She would always come talk to me about problems she was having at school and at home, while I would give her advice on how to deal with the issues. She was always super excited to talk to me and I was always happy to be there. She would always shout “”Jeff!” then run up and hug me; I was too naive to realize it was because she liked me. Even if I had figured it out, I was really shy about girls back then, so asking her out was simply out of the question. Lucky for me, we came to a mutual, “I like you” while I was giving her a ride home.
One of the things that really drew me to Brittany was sharing the same hobbies with her. Soon after getting together we spend time playing online games while chatting on the phone with each other. We worked as a team and always planned how we were going to play games, and what type of character we would make. Eventually she learned from some stickers in my room that I really liked Pokémon, even though I insisted I was too old for that now; she convinced me to join back into it and now we share two years and counting of playing and working in the Pokémon community.
She has been such a large influence in my life. There are so many places I've never been to, and things I would never have done until she was there with me to join in. She has helped me mature as a person and has taught me so much over the years. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with her as the eight years we have shared already has already been amazing.
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THE PROPOSAL - August 8th, 2010
J- "We had discussed before the 'big question' when and where we should do it and we decided together that it should be with all our friends when they came together with us for Brittany’s 20th birthday. "
B- "I probably had a bigger hand in the details of the public display more than I should have, but I love helping. He took me to Kay's, from my suggestion, and asked me to pick out a ring so that it would be the correct size, and a design that I liked. Friends have always been important to me, so when he asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday, I responded 'bowling and dinner with all our friends'." J- "We had a blast and when the time came I dropped to one knee at the table and asked “would you marry me?” I was so nervous doing it in public like that but, of course; she said yes. B- "Despite knowing he was going to ask, it still made me giddy and I tackled him in a hug. We were applauded by our friends, and I was glad I could share the moment with them." J- "Now here we are with the wedding fast approaching where we will bind ourselves together for the rest of our lives." |