Lizzie and John met through our sorority, he was a Theta and we were Delta Chi’s. The Theta’s were our brother fraternity.
Lizzie had just gotten out of a really bad relationship, when I met her she was still with this douchecanoe…I couldn’t stand him. He didn’t like that she was joining a sorority and on top of a whole other mess of problems that they had they ended it, but the breakup was long past due. Then the fun with the sorority started. We were pledging and it was the funnest semester Lizzie and I ever had. At one of our parties Lizzie met John. They started talking and they hit it off, they made plans to meet up at our sister’s Halloween party. After a few hours of waiting for him, it was evident that he was a no-show. I was pissed. Who did he think he was standing up my bestie like that?? I can’t remember what the reason was that he didn’t show up, but I think I remember it being valid. Then they rescheduled.
Lizzie and I were having lunch on campus one day and saw John with some of his brothers. She wanted to go talk to him, and I wanted to talk to him too…if ya know what I mean haha. I still wasn’t sure about this guy. I had heard rumors that he was a player, and he was a major partier…I mean, he was a Theta and they are known for their parties. So I was skeptical. After hanging out for a little bit Lizzie and I had to get to class. We started to walk away but I had left something on the table so I had to go back *wink*. I know, smooth right? She headed to class and I went back to talk to John. Man, did I grill that boy. I was like an over-protective father on his daughter’s first date haha. I asked him what his intentions were with Lizzie- if he just wanted a hook up or if he was looking for a relationship; I told him I didn’t like that he stood her up on what would have been their first date and that she deserved better than that, and then I told him that if he ever hurt her I’d be sure to kick his ass. I didn’t go easy on him.
They started dating and it was going really well. Lizzie practically lived at my house at the time, when she would come over she was giddy and smiley, she was happy. One night she came over, we were watching tv and lying in bed while she was telling me about their date the night before. Lizzie was excited but freaking out at the same time. They had taken their relationship to the next level. She pulled the covers over her head and then I heard her talking a million miles an hour saying something like this, “Do you think I gave it up too soon?Do you think he thinks I’m a slut, because I’m not a slut.But I just like him so much, I mean I really like this guy.But what if he doesn’t like me like I like him?What if that’s all he wanted and now he’s not gonna call me, or if he thinks that’s all I’m good for?But I really like him Piper, I really like him.He’s just so cute and so sweet, and he treats me really well.” Lol obviously the feelings were pretty mutual. They’ve been inseparable since they started dating almost 3 years ago.
Lizzie and I were a packaged deal so the four of us double dated and hung out all the time. In December of 2009 her John called me and wanted to meet up. He had text me or called me before without Lizzie knowing when he didn’t know what to get her for her birthday or something, but he had never called me and asked me to meet up with him before. “That’s weird” I thought, but later that night we met up at Starbucks. He wanted to ask me what he should get Lizzie for Christmas. “Really?” I thought, “that’s what the big secret meet up was about?”. I didn’t buy it. I asked him when him and Lizzie were gonna get married, cuz I’m that person that will ask that question. He said probably within the next year.”Awesome!”, I thought. But then he told me that they had talked about moving back to North Carolina (where he’s from) when they do get married. I didn’t like the idea of Lizzie moving across country, but I made him promise me that they would at least wait to move until John and I got married (we were also planning on getting married within the next year). I know, that seems selfish lol. In February John and I got engaged, the next week Lizzie and John went to Cancun with his family and he asked her to marry him (come to find out that’s what he wanted to tell me that night at Starbucks, but he didn’t want me to spill the beans to Lizzie haha *which I totally wouldn’t have*). It was very exciting for the both of us. By the time they came back from Cancun, they had both decided to move back to NC that summer. I was so excited for them but totally bummed at the same time. I wanted Lizzie to be there with me while I planned my wedding, and I wanted to be there for her while she planned hers. But, they’re both southerners living in the desert we call Utah, and they wanted to be back in the south. I can’t blame ‘em. Don’t think I didn’t give John a hard time over breaking his promise though! Cuz I laid on the guilt haha
So that summer they packed up their stuff and they moved. Lizzie was born and raised in Louisiana, she had never been to NC before and yet she was moving there with her fiance’. She wasn’t sure about the move, she was nervous, but one thing she was sure about was the love she had for John and she’d move anywhere to be with him.
Now, over a year and a half later they’re both getting ready to walk down the aisle and say “I do”. Lizzie is ecstatic. She keeps talking about how her stomach is constantly filled with butterflies and that she can’t wait to marry the man of her dreams. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing their relationship evolve from the very beginning; from that first Halloween night to now. They’ve come so far; they’ve grown so much together and I love seeing how much they admire each other. John treats her like an angel and she treats him like he’s her entire world. I couldn’t be happier for them, and I couldn’t be more excited to stand up there with her while she commits her life to such a good guy.
See you soon Lizzie Doll!!
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