"The party"

I stil could not believe I was hear! When I was first invited,I was not seriously considering attending. Julie had graduated from bible college. Her parents hosted a graduation party at there home. They invited all of the church to attend. I had not planed to attend until she asked me personally."
"Tim! Will you be coming?"she asked."I am not sure! " I answered ."I would like you to come."she told him.
I felt out of place. I mostly spoke to church members I knew including the church janitor. I had not even seen Julie.
Julie and I had a bit of a complex relationship. We were very different.we had a different life experience. I was a thirty four year old man. I was a businessman . I ran a smal business witch focused on real estate and antiques. "
Julie was twenty years old. She just graduated from an independent fundimentle Baptist college. We knew each other sence her family started attending abiding Grace Baptist church. She was sixteen at the time. We had not really said much to each other at the time. We had no reason to. When she went of to bible college it all changed. We became friends.
I found myself interested in her beyond a friendships. She had dated a little while at school. There was one man I was prety sure she would marry but they broke up. She explained that she just did not feel that it was God"s will for them to be together. I figured she would date someone else.i liked her,i figured
She would never have those feelings for me. That was fine. 
During the week. I gave it a lot of thought. I decided that I would throw caution to the wind and ask her out. Now that I am hear I had doubts. I very much wanted to go though with it. I decided to go though with it. "
Finaly I saw her. I went over to her.she smiled at me. 'There you are! I had not seen you.for a moment I wondered if you were going to play hookie !'she Said to me.
I laughed. I told her that I would not miss it for any thing. She was glad to hear that. Her reaction was not what I expected. While I knew She wanted me hear. It seemed that she realy did want  me hear.
"Look Jules when things die down I would like to talk to you!"I told her. She seemed puzzled. She was not expecting that. "Of course!"she replied.
I had no idea if she suspected what I wanted to talk to her about. I was nervous about it. Now I was committed. I could ways ask her her opinion of chess but I think she would know that was not what I intended to talk to her about. 
Finally things started to die down. People started to leave. I hoped that I could talk to her soon. I was getting more and more nervous . I was losing my nurve.
I looked for her. Then I found her.she smiled.  " there you are!" she said. I smiled."so what did you want to talk about?"she asked.
I probably looked really nervous. I tried to remain calm. That was not as easy as it sounded.
"Look I was wondering if we could go out sometime . for dinner perhaps? " I said. She steamed surprised for a split seconds. Then she smiled. "Are you asking me out on a date ?"she asked.
If I was not nervous before, I definently was now. " yes I think I am!"I replied. She smiled. "Of course I would love to!" she said.
I was relieved and happy at the same time. I was not sure I had heard it right. I asked her if I had heared her right.she laughed and said that I  had.        I wished I knew what she was thinking.I suspected she liked me but I knew I could be way off gourd it could just be me engaging in wishful thinking.
I later learned that she had like me. It seams that she liked me before I liked her. She wondered why I had not asked her out earlier.
When I went home that night,I wondered was this the beginning of a New era. I had no idea.it felt like things were different. I felt like things were about to change. I would be right.
  This was the beginning of the relationship between myself and my future wife. This was how it started .it was not always an easy road. This is how it started.