How Logan & I ACTUALLY Started Dating Part 3

OUR LOVE STORY: March 9, 2022

You've made it to the conclusion! This is the happy part. It's so interesting how God's timing isn't always lined up with our timing. At the time, I couldn't figure out why Logan and I weren't working out. But looking back, it's because God hadn't yet prepared us individually for the strong relationship we were going to have together.

Alrighty, here we go!

I hadn't heard from Logan since he ghosted me, and I was in New York City by myself. I got this text out of the blue:

I was annoyed. I replied back, "Yep." He told me he was coming up the next day for his birthday. In my head I'm like "Okay???" Like, I had no intention of furthering the conversation. That was until the next day, when I was walking through Washington Square Park and saw a birthday balloon. I snapped a pic and sent it to him, since it was his birthday that day:

He asked if I wanted to grab a birthday drink before I left, but I told him I was leaving in the morning. He had just landed at LaGuardia and then texted me that he had an extra ticket to a comedy show if I wanted to go. Of course, in my head, I was like "No, absolutely not." But, on the other hand, this could be my chance to show him I'd moved on and wasn't looking for anything. I said alright.

Later that night, he texted the address to a nearby bar he was at. I can clearly remember looking at the Empire State Building as I walked around the corner. I walked in, and once again, we started gabbing like nothing had ever happened. The whole ghosting situation was never brought up. It was not mentioned. We headed to the comedy show around the corner, and we had the best time. We were laughing so hard, his hand was resting on my leg and I was leaning into him.

Well, once we went out on the street, Logan asked if I wanted to keep hanging out. Instead of answering that, I flat out asked, "Why did you ghost me?" I'm a non-confrontational person, but I needed an answer. All of a sudden, Logan was spilling his heart out about how stupid he was, how awful he felt about what had happened, how he still thinks about me, etc. This was too much to discuss on a street corner, so we got an Uber to my hotel. We went back and forth for at least an hour or so about what went down. He was so apologetic and sincere. I couldn't believe everything he was saying and how genuine he was saying it. He seemed like a totally different person. Before I knew it, he told me he didn't want to lose me again, and on the spot, asked me to be his girlfriend. This was my moment where I could be the one to break his heart. Everything in me wanted to say no, because I didn't want history to repeat itself. But I couldn't -- I knew this was it. I knew there wasn't going to be a third heartbreak. So I said yes.

We fell asleep, and I woke up the next morning totally convinced he was going to wake up and take back everything he said. I went out in the hallway while he was still sleeping and called my mom to tell her what a twist my night turned into. When I walked back in the room, Logan was awake and the first thing he said was "Good Morning, girlfriend!"

I was leaving that day, but my hotel was in lower Manhattan, so we had time to walk on the Brooklyn Bridge. We took our first picture together:

Logan was still in New York City for a few more days, so he rode with me across the water on the Staten Island Ferry to get me to my car. We kissed goodbye, and naturally, I had fears that he was going to ghost me again. Nope. Since that moment and every moment since, he has made me feel so cared for and loved.

It was a long journey, but I'm thankful for everything that got us to where we are :)