Instead of feeling confused, I felt completely at peace. She turned to me, and I saw it was Kristen. My wedding! A woman stood next to me in a white dress. I looked around to see chairs, decorations, guests. Tall maple trees stood on the other side. The land was flat and covered in lush green grass. As I drifted off to sleep that night, a scene played out before me. Kyle: Trevor and I left the lake house on Monday and drove back to my place. Scared because deep down, I knew my life was about to change. Scared because whatever was happening felt bigger than me. Looking back on it now, I think I was scared. Kristen: I’m sure my friends thought I was crazy for brushing off a good-looking and available guy all weekend. Maybe I’ll ask her to meet me for coffee, I thought. I couldn’t tell how she felt about me-she seemed a bit standoffish-but I asked for her number at the end of the weekend and she gave it to me. I looked for excuses to strike up conversations with her. She told me how she’d seen me before at her friend’s business.įinding out our paths had crossed made me want to talk to her even more. It turned out we had another connection besides Trevor. When I spotted an empty chair next to her at dinner that first night, I sat down. There was something about Kristen that drew me to her. Kyle: I hated to admit it, but maybe Trevor was right. He kept trying to sit next to me and talk. I didn’t want to date a guy on the rebound. The timing…the dream… Was God trying to tell me something? No, it can’t be. Over the course of the afternoon, I learned he’d broken up with his girlfriend. It felt strange to officially meet the man from my odd dream. What on earth is Kyle doing here? The guy I’d literally dreamed about was showing up for my Fourth of July weekend? On the dock, everyone was greeting our friend Trevor and meeting the buddy he’d brought with him. Kristen: I stepped out of my friend’s boat and spotted him immediately. We walked down to the dock, where a bunch of people were just returning from a boat ride. The last thing I needed right now was a set-up. “There’s a girl here I want you to meet,” he said. “By the way,” he said, “you’re going to meet your future wife here.” As we got out of the car, Trevor leaned over the hood with a big smile on his face. I wouldn’t know anyone there, but I’d just gotten out of a serious relationship. Trevor was in town staying with me and mentioned that a group of his college buddies was meeting up at a friend’s for the Fourth of July weekend. Kyle: My buddy Trevor and I pulled into the driveway of his friend’s lake house. I couldn’t make sense of why it had made such an impact on me. I remembered it clearly all the next day, and every so often over the next three months. I tried to put Kyle out of my thoughts, but the dream stayed with me. So why was I dreaming about an unavailable guy I’d seen in passing? Dating was the furthest thing from my mind. Kyle was also there visiting his girlfriend. I had seen Kyle only once, briefly, a few weeks before. Handsome, with tan skin, dark hair, bushy eyebrows, light blue eyes and a kind smile… I woke with a start. Kristen: I’d just drifted off to sleep when a face appeared before me.
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