Relationship Deal Sealers-Part 2 of 5

I kept seeing this CD in Scott's collection. Always passing it over because what they heck was Sade? In my head I was pronouncing it Say Dee. I'd never heard of her, or them or him. One day I finally said, who is this, what CD is this? He said Sade, but pronounced it Shaw dey. Ohhh, right, the woman that sings Smooth Operator. Yeah, my interest wasn't peaked, because that song brings me back to 1980 whatever. But again, because Scott was all up in my grill about how awesome Sade is, I gave it a try. He took the CD from my hands and put it in his nicer that nice car stereo and blasted it. I still remember where we were. 7th st & the North Loop of the 101. Right by what would soon be "our house." We were just about to go under the overpass right there at the light, facing North bound. I have no idea why I remember where we were in that exact moment in time. I suppose it's because I knew there was something bigger happening and I wanted to seal it in my memory.

I completely fell in love with Sade that day. We ended up driving to Target a little later and he bought the Lovers Live DVD which is a Sade Concert. I highly recommend it. Buy it here and don't blame me if you find yourself with child in 9 months. He wanted me to really experience Sade, so he suggested we watch the concert DVD. Now, I'm not a concert DVD kind of person, but this concert is other worldly. It was a Phoenix day in August, so that guarantees two things. The morning will be hot and the late afternoon and evening will bring Monsoons. I love Monsoon season, like most all of the V.O.S, but this evening would put a permanent marker in my life so that every monsoon season from then on would bring me back to this one evening.

We got back to his house about 4:00 and put on the DVD in the bedroom. We laid on the bed and snuggled. It was pouring outside and the sky was dark. Perfect! I felt like my heart was going to burst open. We watched the concert unfold like we were there. I was totally immersed in the experience and I was with a man that I literally couldn't love more. I looked over about 30 minutes later and he was sound asleep. He was asleep and for some women, I'm sure they would think that rude, but for me I thought that was endearing. He was safe, I felt safe and loved, oh boy I felt loved. I love this moment because it's mostly all mine. It's one of my fondest moments of us and yet he was asleep. I lay there and finished out the DVD and just took it all in. I was in love, HARD!

Later that night, we ran around naked in the rain in his backyard. We jumped in the pool during the storm. The thunder was crashing so loud and it was exhilarating. Then we sat naked on pool chairs watching the storm under the cover of the patio eating a big bowl of Haagen Daz Chocolate-Chocolate Chip. And that's how I knew-part 2.