"He told me to dress casual and we ended up going to where we had our first date," Michele tells PEOPLE of the special night out at Arclight Cinemas in Sherman Oaks. "He was acting so weird and so nervous. When he walked up to the bar he tripped and fell over some chairs! I was thinking 'What in the world is wrong with him?' "
Soon, Michele says she was the nervous one. "He got down on one knee and as soon as he started to talk I got nervous and couldn't help but to laugh hysterically. I was laughing and crying at the same time."
The happy engagement comes after a bit of turmoil in the couples relationship. Just last month the two split, in need of some space. "We were getting ready to take the next step and I believe that with new levels comes new devils," says Michele, "We needed a little time away to realize that we missed each other terribly."
But Michele insists it was a break, not a break up. "I never give permission to move on or anything like that. While he was in Dallas we stayed in contact and talked almost everyday."
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