BOY MEETS GIRL

It was a warm evening on March 16, 2008 when I took my brother, his girlfriend, her son and my niece Naomi out to Benihanas for his birthday. It was our first time there. As we were seated we made small talk before the "show" started. Our chef approached the table and started to confirm each of our orders. When he turned to confirm my order, that's when it happened. Alex and I locked eyes for the first time. He had the most beautiful smile and I knew I had to get his number. Throughout the night I caught him discreetly glancing at me, as I myself was doing the same. When he was done cooking and before leaving our table, he asked if everything was ok. I felt like telling him everything was amazingly delicious and would he like to go out sometime? But of course I was to shy so I just smiled, said yes and watched him walk away. I found myself looking around for him the rest of the evening and knew I just couldn't leave without at least knowing his name. On our way out, I located the manager and asked for the name of our chef. He asked if something was wrong and I said "No, on the contrary everything was excellent", and asked if he would pass my business card along to him then walked out. I couldn't believe what I had just done! Surely this man named Alex would think I was some desperate woman who gave her card out to just anyone! I suddenly felt embarrassed and regretted what I had done. Then I thought, he must get numbers all the time. He won't call right? Wrong! The very next day I received a call from the man with the beautiful smile and he asked me if something was wrong with the dinner. Being as shy as I am it took all the courage I had to tell him this, but I said, "I left you my card becuase I thought you to be a very handsome man". He laughed and confessed that he had noticed me as well. In the following weeks we met at Starbucks and talked for hours on end. Needless to say there were sparks between us and now in 3 weeks, we're getting MARRIED!