It’s happening!

The story begins in 2009 when Abby and Derek were in 6th grade. Abby first tried to talk to Derek and he told her that she was “weird”. What followed were years of memories and mistakes, pain and happiness, and most of all though, a deep and growing love for one another. Derek spent the next two years waiting for Abby to give him a chance. Finally she decided to give the guy who called her weird a shot. They spent four years of high school dating and gaining a deeper love. However, their senior year they decided to go separate ways. Both experienced four years of maturing and learning about themselves as individuals. The beginning of January 2019 was the first time they decided to meet up with friends and rekindle their friendship. It became increasingly clear to them that they had both grown and matured as people, but the deep feelings of love and friendship had remained. During their years apart, they thought the feelings in their hearts had just been feelings of first love, but it was actually a deeper and more meaningful love. They knew they wanted to spend the rest of their lives experiencing that love together.