It started with a Chris Brown moment, "I know I don't know your name, but excuse me miss, I saw you from across the room". We were both at a house party, having a great time. As things started to wind down a bit, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed this beautiful, short-haired woman dancing by herself, having a good ole time. This piqued my interest, and I was captured by her confidence, so I walked over. At first, she was a little standoffish, like "who is this guy?", but eventually she warmed up and we had a brief conversation where she let me sweeten her up a bit. I got her Instagram, and our winding love story began....

We first met in Seattle at an NSBE picnic when two friends came to visit for the summer. I thought he was cute, nothing more but a polite “hey” whenever we crossed paths at events. Months later, at a birthday party, he randomly switched up and went from casual acquaintance to acting like he was fully in love with me… and asking for my number. I was confused but intrigued, so I gave it to him. We stayed casual friends for a bit, then the pandemic hit and coincidentally we both moved back to Texas. Remembering that sudden switch up at the birthday party gave me the audacity to reply to his Instagram story in 2021. A few weeks later we went to brunch, and I felt this peace really getting to know him for the first time, and six weeks and a few dates later, we were official (ayye) From early days in Houston, to years of long distance (this was fun!) and now back to Houston together, it’s been a beautiful journey.