Soo..I'm engaged!

Yuppers, majorly weird and crazy, but I'm seriously engaged!
Alan is Marianne Schmidt's older brother.
 
Good old Marianne on Shakespeare team.
Anyways, Alan and I had met on occasion when i would go over to Marianne's house, but didn't really get to know each other until Marianne's wedding on January 5, 2008.  About a half an hour into the reception I noticed Alan had been following me around, staying within a 15ft. radius of me at all times.  Even when I tried to lose him by ducking into the bathroom when he wasn't looking, I came out and he was faithfully waiting.  
During the dancing I noticed he was standing alone, and dragged him into the spinning circle of people, after which he asked me to dance. 

 We danced a couple of times, then the reception ended and we all cleaned up.  Alan and I were some of the last to leave.  
I helped Aubrey out to her car with Alan following close behind, and he hovered in the parking lot while Aubrey drove off.  I gave him a hug and got into my car.  I was just about to drive off when I heard a knock on my car window.  And there was Alan, looking very nervous.  In a rush he said "I know this is kinda weird and a little bit awkward but I couldn't live with myself if I didn't at least try.  Do you wana go out with me sometime?"
"Sure."
". . . Really?"
"Why not?"
I gave him my phone number and the rest is pretty much history.

We were officially dating on our second date on Jan, 10th.  Its been really weird for me as I never dated anyone in specific in highschool, so I'm glad that the awkward dating stage only lasted 5 days, as Alan proposed on Jan 15th, just 10 days after him asking me out. 
He proposed using his class ring, as everything was so sudden for both of us.  It took me two hours to say yes, with Alan stewing over it the whole time.  I wore the ring on a chain around my neck till we got something more official, but the wedding ring itself still is in the making.

And that is how it went down.  I can't believe it happened so fast and so young, but I know its perfect for both of us.  Heck, I used to make fun of people like us all the time.  But I couldn't be happier with it happening and am so excited!   We haven't set a date yet (I know , I know, I'm a slacker)  but it should be in September, so there's enough time to prepare for it.  I promise I'll let everyone know the instant we decide!