Flashback: it's {all about him} and the hypothetical situation...

After the “standoff’, I think I finally got the picture. It took me long enough, that’s for sure. But the fact that Jake liked me . . . well, freaked me out. Not because I didn’t like him. It was quite the opposite. It freaked me out because I did like him. And that really rained on my “Kate Doesn’t Date” parade. So I hid my feelings. I refused to let him know that I may have had a huge crush on him.

Well, little did I know, I was doing a fabulous job at hiding my feelings. So good, in fact, that Jake assumed I was less than interested in him. So he decided to once again move on.

Brandy let it slip that this was Jake’s plan. I think that is exactly what I needed to wake up from my “Kate Doesn’t Date” stupor.

But, I was still shy about the whole thing. So I did what anyone would do in the situation. I text him. [it’s the answer to any conversation you need to have but are to shy to go about it]

But, I couldn’t text him as myself. Oh no, that would be way too forward. So, the text went something like this.

So, I need some advice. Let’s say I have this friend. Speaking hypothetically, of course. [yep, I went there] And she has a crush on this boy. But she has been in a relationship for a long time. And she doesn’t know what to do.

Uh, creative right?  [Jake and I both agree we may have reached a new level of cheesiness with this]

And he replied,

Well, I bet the guy would understand. You should tell your hypothetical friend to go for it.

And go for it, I did.

***

After this, we spend almost every night together. But Jake was timid. He says he felt like he had to walk on eggshells so I wouldn’t become skittish and change my mind about the whole thing.

So he took it slow. One night, he gave me a hug. Huge monument for us!

A few nights later, he held my hand.

A few more nights and he got up the nerve. He finally kissed me … on the forehead. I had the poor guy so sure I would freak out if he went too fast [which is completely true].

But, his plan really worked in his favor. His acceptance of my need to take things slow was just the thing to show me what a good guy he was. 

So I finally took matters into my own hands...

Why all the flashbacks? Find out here!