He slowed to a halt and peered out the window as he asked the fateful question: “Need a ride?”

I smiled mischievously. “Well you can’t take my home because my trucks still here, but you can drop me off at it.”His eyes sparkled. I knew there was something there. Something between us. But neither of us could put it into words.

“Well hop in and be sure to get you where you need to go,” he said with his country drawl. That was one of the things I loved about him.

We’d only known each other for about a year now, and in the beginning we had sworn that we would have nothing bigger than a friendship. We argued, we debated, we argued some more. Things had gotten a little ugly a few times. We weren’t afraid to speak our minds to each other. And though this intended to keep it at an honest friendship, it actually grew our relationship into something so much more.

He parked near my car and put it in drive. We sat there in silence for a while, just enjoying being in each other’s presence.

He turned to me so quickly and so dramatically I was startled. “You wanna go out sometime?”

“Dallas, you remember what we agreed to. Nothing more than friendship.” I quipped. I wanted to see how he’d respond before I gave him an answer. I didn’t want him to feel obligated to take me out anywhere just because.

“You didn’t think we’d actually stick to that did you? It feels like everything we’ve done to try to keep this just a friendship has ended up bringing us together.”

He read my mind. “ I would absolutely love to go out with you, Dallas.” His eyes melted as he heard the words he had been longing to hear for a long time.

“How ‘bout we go to that dance on Friday night?”

“You know I can’t dance.”

“I can’t either” He remarked. I laughed.

“As they say in the vernacular, ‘you’re on!’”

There was something about him I could grasp but it’s what I loved. Maybe it was his chivalry, his passion, his genuine self. He was always doing for others. He made sure everyone else had before he did. Neither of us had ever dated before so we knew that it would be a little awkward.

I got out and got in my truck. This was something I had been praying for for a long time. And God brought him right to me.