Life is stranger than fiction....

Well, it's official. Jeff has totally won my heart...didn't matter how many walls I put up, he knew how to get through them all... had the patience to do it, and thought it was worth the wait...
And today, on our 6th date, he told me he loved me. Wow. I had been thinking that all weekend, but I was too scared to say it out loud... thinking that it was soon, I couldn't possibly love him already... but then he said it first...
Jeff and I are taking things slow... this is too perfect to screw it up by moving too fast... We have talked and we both want the first time we make love to be special, not as the result of getting carried away during a hot make out session...
On our third or fourth date, he brought a CD to have me listen to a song by Billy Joel... said it said his feelings better than he could... it was "Innocent Man" Here are the words...(sorry, it's long!)

Some people stay far away from the door
If there's a chance of it opening up
They hear a voice in the hall outside
And hope that it just passes by

Some people live with the fear of a touch
And the anger of having been a fool
They will not listen to anyone
So nobody tells them a lie

I know you're only protecting yourself
I know you're thinking of somebody else
Someone who hurt you
But I'm not above
Making up for the love
You've been denying you could ever feel
I'm not above doing anything
To restore your faith if I can

Some people see through the eyes of the old
Before they ever get a look at the young
I'm only willing to hear you cry
Because I am an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am

Some people say they will never believe
Another promise they hear in the dark
Because they only remember too well
They heard somebody tell them before

Some people sleep all alone every night
Instead of taking a lover to bed
Some people find that it's easier to hate
Than to wait anymore

I know you don't want to hear what I say
I know you're gonna keep turning away
But I've been there and if I can survive
I can keep you alive
I'm not above going through it againI've not above being cool for a while
If you're cruel to me I'll understand

Some people run from a possible fight
Some people figure they can never win
And although this is a fight I can lose
The accused is an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man

You know you only hurt yourself out of spite
I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight
That's your decision
But I'm not below
Anybody I know
If there's a chance of resurrecting a love
I'm not above going back to the start
To find out where the heartache began

Some people hope for a miracle cure
Some people just accept the world as it is
But I'm not willing to lay down and die
Because I am an innocent man

Jeff is not the kind of guy I would ever have seen myself with... but now I can't imagine life without him....