Lauren Bushnell apparently shocked The Bachelor star Ben Higgins while he was watching Monday night's episode unfold on TV.
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"I know to a lot of you this is a TV show and that you expect stuff like this, but I had no idea. I had no idea that she had said that and felt that that night until right now. It's really great to watch that and hear that and know that it wasn't just me that felt our relationship really [took] a step up to a new level that night."
Bushnell and Higgins enjoyed a one-on-one date in the Bachelor's hometown of Warsaw, IN. Going into the date, the couple had a serious issue to discuss, as Leah Block had warned Higgins the prior week Bushnell was acting fake around him and catty with her fellow bachelorettes.
"After the way last week ended with Lauren B., I really felt like we needed to address our issues and get them out of the way if we were going to be able to move forward," said Higgins.
"But before that, I just wanted to have fun. I was so excited that I was able to share my hometown and the places that were special to me with Lauren so while I knew we needed to address last week at some point, I didn't want to spoil what I knew was going to be an unforgettable day either."
Higgins drove Bushnell around in a pickup truck and showed her his old stomping grounds, including his high school, church and old football field.
"Showing Lauren around my hometown just felt right. After all these extravagant dates for which I am forever grateful, this just felt so normal and I loved that. Seeing how genuinely interested and excited she was really meant a lot to me too," Higgins wrote.
But the place that meant the most to Higgins was Baker Youth Club, where Bushnell met little kids the Bachelor used to work with.
"[It was] awesome... to watch Lauren just soak all this up and enjoy it just as much as, if not more than, I did. It showed me so much about her character, and I knew right then and there that she was definitely the woman that I thought she was. I knew we still needed to talk about it that night and get it out of the way between us but watching her that day, I didn't doubt her even a little anymore," Higgins explained.
"So that night, while I knew I still trusted Lauren, we still needed to talk about it. Because I knew that, but she didn't yet. And communication is so vital in any relationship that I felt like it was important that we both understood where we were coming from and what we were feeling. What she said to me was perfect and I felt like that night we maybe came further as a couple than we ever had to that point."
The Bachelor airs every Monday night from 8-10PM ET/PT on ABC.
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