Last month, Educated Latina put out a call for Love stories and an Educated Latina answered the call. Here is a story of a romance submitted and written by Carolyne Vargas.
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Photo Credit: Carolyne Vargas
January 19, 2010 is day I will never forget, not only was this the first day at my new job, but it marked the beginning of a new chapter in my life. At the time I had just been laid off my last job, and I was in a rocky relationship with my now ex. This new job was in the mortgage industry, which required extensive training and long hours. Once our training was complete we were placed on teams and we got to meet our managers. My manager name was Michael he was about 5?8, shaved head, had the mouth of a Marine, but the kindest smile I had ever seen. In his pep talk he let us know that he expected nothing less but a top team and if we could accomplish that then we would never be on his bad side, and from looking at him we all knew that was not something we wanted to do. Our team of course was a top performing team and the boss was a happy guy. My boss would constantly come by my desk to check on me and to make sure I was doing my job, which I didn?t like because I would get nervous and he would constantly tease me. One day one of my co workers asks if I would like to go out after work with him, another co worker and Michael, at first I hesitated since I wasn?t sure if going out for drinks with my manager was a good idea but my co worker assured me that it would be fine. After work we headed out and met up at P.F. Changs for drinks. I sat in between my co worker and Michael. The entire time I felt very self conscious and nervous but I didn?t know why. As were heading out we realize that Michael has had a few too many since he throws his arms around and hugs me and calls me ?babe? as were walking out. The moment he did that I instantly got butterflies. As I drove home all I could think about was Michael and I kept asking myself why I got butterflies when he hugged me.
June of 2010 Michael lets the team know that he will be going on vacation to visit family and he will be out for one week. He pulls me into his office and lets me know that I will be acting Team Manager while he is out for the week. As the week is passing by I start realizing how much I miss him, so I decide to text him. We begin texting every day that he is away and he lets me know that when he returns that he would like for some of the team to come over to his house for a small get together for his birthday. I immediately get excited and tell my friends and we begin to make plans. Friday finally comes around and I can?t wait to get to work to see Michael. That day was the longest day ever, I couldn?t wait for 1:45 to come around so we could head out to Michaels house. The end of the day finally arrives and I call my boyfriend and let him know that I will be out for the night and instead of saying my normal ?I love you? I say ?talk to you later.? I realized at that moment that I no longer cared for him. All I wanted to do was get to Michaels house and have a good time since with my boyfriend all I had was nights of fighting. I arrive at Michael?s house and he tells me to park and to get in his car so we can go pick up another friend. The entire time I?m in his car I have butterflies and I don?t know what to do with myself. When we get back to his house our other friends have arrived and we begin the night with a few shots of Patron. Later in the night Michael asks if I want to step outside for a smoke, so we head outside and as I?m walking out to the driveway I trip but Michael catches me and instead of me feeling embarrassed I feel happy to be in his arms and before I can say anything Michael leans forward and kisses me. The moment our lips touched, it was instant relief; it was like I had been waiting for that kiss all my life. Reality soon slapped me in the face because I pulled away realizing that I was still in a relationship, and even though it wasn?t a relationship I wanted to be in anymore I didn?t want to be a cheater like him. Michael immediately understood why I pulled away and told me that whatever my choice was that he would always be here. We proceed to go back in the house and Michael grabs his iPod, pulls me into his room puts the speaker on and I hear Sinatra ?I Got a Crush on You.? He grabs my waist and starts dancing with me. I had never understood the saying, ?He swept me off my feet? until that night. My co workers and I decide to stay the night since neither one of us were in any condition to drive. The next morning we all decide we will go out for breakfast, and then to the shooting range. The whole day all I could think about was how much I wanted to kiss Michael again. When we get back to Michaels house everyone starts heading out, but Michael asks if I would like to stay, so I stay and we watch movies and talk all day. Monday comes along and we decide to play hooky since we?re having such a good time. We spent the day talking about our lives and Michael tells me that he would like to make me his girlfriend. Needless to say I end it with my ex the next day. Michael and I have been together for 1 year and 7 months and we got engaged August 5, 2011. Our wedding is on September 1, 2012.
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