Tom And Katie Cover The New York Times Style Magazine

Tom Cruise admits he fell hard for Katie Holmes.

"I knew I wanted to marry Kate when I met her," he says in the Dec. 7 issue of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, in which he and his wife of two years appear on split covers for the "Holiday/Reinvention" issue.

When Holmes confessed to him that she dreamed of marrying him as a little girl, "I said I wouldn't want to disappoint her," Cruise says.

So, the actor says, he bought Holmes an engagement ring shortly after their first date in 2005.

"At one point, I thought she was going to ask me to marry her first and I put her off by changing the subject," Cruise adds. "I wanted to ask her."

In a separate interview, Holmes -- who says she "admired him growing up" -- admits she also was "completely in love" after their first meeting.

"He was so warm, and I thought, 'Wow,'" says the star. "I thought, 'You can be a superstar and a human being.'
"He made me feel so amazing," adds the actress, who welcomed their daughter Suri in 2006.

Since her romance with Cruise began, Holmes says, "My life has expanded. My family and friends are all a part of this bigger life."
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