I definitely have something to write a journal on now! Okay! So Friday was the anniversary of Zachariah telling me that he loved me and saving me from myself. We had planned to do a road trip for this. But it was Zachariah’s surprise. We left Thursday to get to the place we were going by nightfall. He wouldn’t let me look out windows, he just brought along a portable DVD player for me to watch and for him to just be listening as he drove us. It took forever to get where we were going. Somehow he was able to get us into a hotel. Though that was easily explained later. We stayed the night there. But don’t worry, there was no funny business. That waits till we are married. Our parents have every reason to trust us. We even actually had separate beds. So we were kind of acting like a divorced couple that way, but it’s just it was a bit weird if not. He knows I like to be in the middle and spread out anyway. When I woke up he was still asleep. Zachariah is so adorable when he sleeps! I kissed his forehead and he opened his eyes quickly. I must have scared him, it wasn’t like the movies! But then he kissed me. He asked if I wanted to shower first. I told him I did because I have more hair than he does and I like for it to dry halfway before I use a hairdryer. So I showered, then he did. It was sooo funny when he came skipping out afterwards and he was like “Bobbb Evans down on the farm!” So that’s where we went for breakfast. He had blueberry pancakes and he told me to order the smiley face pancakes I always talked about which was one of my two possible plans anyway. I feel so bad how he always spends money on me. He says it’s okay but I still feel bad. He has a job but I mean I feel bad taking his earned money. Then when I mention it, Zachariah says he spends money on things he loves, and I’m something he loves. Zachariah says my happiness is a lot to him. But all I really need is him, paying money on me is like... I just feel kind of bad. He won’t let me pay for anything. Zachariah is too much of a gentleman. Little did I know how much exaggerated this would get later.
We went to the grocery after that. He said that Oliver gave him money for buying food at the store. We got a few little things like snacks for later or the road and sandwich stuff and whatever else. I told Zach about how much he was going to trouble for me. He said he just wanted to do something super special because he loves me. Zach is so full of random special things he does for me. He does them all the time. But I could just tell this would be the most special for some reason by the way he’d get antsy at some times. I knew he had something up his sleeve. Little did I know how literally this was till later. He wouldn’t let me look around the area, he said he really didn’t want me to know where we were until later. We took the groceries back to the hotel room. Then we went to Starbucks for some good drinks. I got a cappuccino, he likes red bull. After we threw away trash he was taking me outside and asked if I was ready for why he brought me here and to find out where we were. Of course I was. So he blindfolded me this time. It was soon that we were in park and he kissed me on the cheek and got out. He ran around and opened the door for me and led me out. I heard waves crashing on a shoreline and my heart skipped a beat. I started to say something but he shushed me and told me to wait. Zachariah led me away. I heard waves on both sides of me. He took off the blindfold and I was facing a lighthouse. “Tadaa!” he said. So this was where he took me… my hometown! Conneaut, Ohio! To the lighthouse that I loved so much growing up and always begged my parents and grandparents to take me to. It was the best surprise he’d ever pulled off! I was freaking out with excitement. I glomped him with a tight hug and told him he was the best ever. I couldn’t believe we were here! I was so happy. Then we turned around to face the water. I closed my eyes and could see my childhood again. So many great memories! The familiar cool breeze, the smell, the sound of waves and sea gulls. I noticed Zachariah had taken something out of his pocket, it was in his hand and I couldn’t see what it was. He told me he had a present for me and with no delay he held out a ring with silver metal and a cute little sapphire in it. I knew it wasn’t for engagement because there was no question so there was no confusion there. Especially since we were talking about that sometime a few weeks ago and how it didn’t matter when he asked the question. If we’re really meant to get married, I don’t need a ring to make sure I’m his. Right now I can’t see either of us leaving each other. As I was hugging him tightly I thought about how much we’ve been through together since we met each other, even before our relationship. This was triggered by the fact that when he was still with his dad and he’d get hugs from any of us it would sometimes hurt him because he had bruises. Now he was finally happy and healthy. We spent a while there, and then he took me to the mini golf course I talked about at one point. He said he as guessing at which one it was, though he was right! Then he took me into a familiar neighborhood… my Grandmother’s neighborhood! I missed her so much and was so happy to see her! She confessed to buying the hotel room for us and then took us to Frisches for dinner. Zachariah thanked my Grandma a million times over when we got back to her house. Grandma insisted we stay and watch a movie with her. We were okay with that. She said she had bought a new movie because she saw it playing on the TVs at Walmart the other day and thought it was very cute. (Rofl, my Grandma is so funny, I love her.) Guess what it was. Yeah, it was Finding Nemo! It was her first time watching it. When it was over she said we should go back to our hotel room “before it gets too darned dark for my little grandson to drive!” She hugged and kissed me, then hugged Zachariah and kissed him on the cheek. Zachariah said thank you to her again but then she was like “Anything for my grandson” and giggled her little laugh and said, “I thank you for keeping my little granddaughter so happy, you just call if you ever need anything!” Grandma really liked Zach, when he left the room she told me about how sweet of a boy she thought he was, a gentleman, a cutie. She seemed so grateful that he kept me so happy and safe. So then he guessed right again about what ice cream place to take me to. It was one of those unique stores, not like a dairy queen. Zachariah loves cake batter ice cream I like cookies and cream. We drove like a minute away to a dock at a bay to sit and eat. When we were done we were just standing, talking, and watching the tide. I kissed him and meant for him to lean against the pole but he nearly missed and had to hurry and move before he fell into the water. This was the second time in our history that a creepy old guy has winked at Zachariah. It’s like really weird.
We went back to the hotel, we were both rather tired I’d say. We laid in Zach’s bed in the dark watching TV. Zach fell asleep and I didn’t want to move because.. well he’s cute and cuddly, why would I want to move. So I decided to sleep on his shoulder, and hope his arm didn’t fall asleep from me being on it because his arm was around me before he fell asleep. I woke up in the middle of the night to find he had put the covers over us, the air conditioner was a little high. The next morning I could tell he had planned to make do with what we had to make me breakfast, but since I woke up first I beat him to it and did it the other way around. Finally something I could do! I really need to find sweet things to do for him. I let him sleep for a while, I watched the TV on mute. I had moved to my bed so moving wouldn’t disturb him. I can never get over how cute he is when he sleeps. When he woke up I brought the breakfast I put together to him for a corny breakfast in bed/breakfast five feet from where it would have been.
We took (separate) showers, packed up and checked out, then took a deep breath and started on our long way back home.
About an hour or two in I could tell something was wrong with Zach but he said he was fine when I asked. I demanded him to tell me and eventually I got out of him that he had a headache. I told him to go in the rest area and let me drive but he said no. I just got my license earlier in the month. It took a lot of convincing for him to comply with me. He had issues letting go. Zachariah is way overprotective and had issues with not being in control of the car, control of the car being a way of protection because of course when you’re driving someone your life is in their hands. It wasn’t that he was afraid I’d kill him or something, he just was afraid if something bad happened that something would happen to me. He gave me a few directions on where to go and let me drive. He was stressing out for a little while because he wasn’t able to protect me from anything when he wasn’t behind the wheel. He’s not overcontrollive, it’s not like he wants to show off like a macho driver or driving skills, he just was nervous of not being able to do anything if something went wrong with our car or the cars around us. Some people call it possessive but it’s not. He’s just really attached and protective and cares a lot. It comes with his background to need to keep the ones he loves from harm. Eventually Zachariah finally fell asleep curled up in a ball in the passenger’s seat against the window. When he woke up he seemed more relaxed about me driving. He asked if I was doing okay which I was. He apologized about how protective he is all the time but I told him I understood that he just didn’t ever want anything bad to happen to me. He said he was actually glad in a way that he didn’t have to drive the whole several hours it took. We swapped driver every hour or two.
It was like the best two days of my life.